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D-Index
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9926
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8503
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3035

Nima Pahlevan publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nima Pahlevan sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 90 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Nima Pahlevan D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nima Pahlevan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nima Pahlevan is affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily situates within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Their work focuses on several subfields, including:

  • Oceanography
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Ecology

Research topics frequently addressed by Pahlevan cover areas such as:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Remote-Sensing Image Classification

They have contributed to multiple publications, with a significant presence in several academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Their selected recent papers include:

  • "Fifty years of Landsat science and impacts," 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Seamless retrievals of chlorophyll-a from Sentinel-2 (MSI) and Sentinel-3 (OLCI) in inland and coastal waters: A machine-learning approach," 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "A machine learning approach to estimate chlorophyll-a from Landsat-8 measurements in inland lakes," 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms," 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "ACIX-Aqua: A global assessment of atmospheric correction methods for Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 over lakes, rivers, and coastal waters," 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment

Frequent collaborators include Brandon Smith, Caren Binding, Daniela Gurlin, Claudia Giardino, and Krista Alikas.

Best Publications

  • Widespread global increase in intense lake phytoplankton blooms since the 1980s

    Jeff C. Ho;Jeff C. Ho;Anna M. Michalak;Nima Pahlevan

  • Current status of Landsat program, science, and applications

    Michael A. Wulder;Thomas R. Loveland;David P. Roy;Christopher J. Crawford

  • Fifty years of Landsat science and impacts

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  • Seamless retrievals of chlorophyll-a from Sentinel-2 (MSI) and Sentinel-3 (OLCI) in inland and coastal waters: A machine-learning approach

    Nima Pahlevan;Brandon Smith;John Schalles;Caren Binding

  • Benefits of the free and open Landsat data policy

    Zhe Zhu;Michael A. Wulder;David P. Roy;Curtis E. Woodcock

  • A machine learning approach to estimate chlorophyll-a from Landsat-8 measurements in inland lakes

    Zhigang Cao;Ronghua Ma;Hongtao Duan;Nima Pahlevan

  • Performance of Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 surface reflectance products for river remote sensing retrievals of chlorophyll-a and turbidity

    Catherine Kuhn;Aline de Matos Valerio;Nick Ward;Nick Ward;Luke Loken;Luke Loken

  • Sentinel-2 MultiSpectral Instrument (MSI) data processing for aquatic science applications: Demonstrations and validations

    N. Pahlevan;S. Sarkar;B.A. Franz;S.V. Balasubramanian;S.V. Balasubramanian

  • ACIX-Aqua: A global assessment of atmospheric correction methods for Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 over lakes, rivers, and coastal waters

    Nima Pahlevan;Antoine Mangin;Sundarabalan V. Balasubramanian;Brandon Smith

  • NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms

    Kerry Cawse-Nicholson;Philip A. Townsend;David Schimel;Ali M. Assiri

  • Sentinel-2/Landsat-8 product consistency and implications for monitoring aquatic systems

    Nima Pahlevan;Sandeep K. Chittimalli;Sundarabalan V. Balasubramanian;Sundarabalan V. Balasubramanian;Vincenzo Vellucci

  • On-orbit radiometric characterization of OLI (Landsat-8) for applications in aquatic remote sensing

    Nima Pahlevan;Nima Pahlevan;Zhongping Lee;Jianwei Wei;Crystal B. Schaaf

  • Simultaneous retrieval of selected optical water quality indicators from Landsat-8, Sentinel-2, and Sentinel-3

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  • Atmospheric Correction Inter-Comparison eXercise

    Georgia Doxani;Eric F. Vermote;Jean-Claude Roger;Ferran Gascon

  • Robust algorithm for estimating total suspended solids (TSS) in inland and nearshore coastal waters

    Sundarabalan V. Balasubramanian;Sundarabalan V. Balasubramanian;Nima Pahlevan;Brandon Smith;Caren Binding

  • The 50-year landsat collection 2 archive

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  • Satellite sensor requirements for monitoring essential biodiversity variables of coastal ecosystems

    Frank E. Muller‐Karger;Erin Hestir;Christiana Ade;Kevin Turpie

  • Landsat 8 Remote Sensing Reflectance (Rrs) Products: Evaluations, Intercomparisons, and Enhancements

    Nima Pahlevan;John R. Schott;Bryan A. Franz;Giuseppe Zibordi

  • GLORIA - A globally representative hyperspectral in situ dataset for optical sensing of water quality

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  • Need and vision for global medium-resolution Landsat and Sentinel-2 data products

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  • A Chlorophyll-a Algorithm for Landsat-8 Based on Mixture Density Networks

    Brandon Smith;Nima Pahlevan;John Schalles;Steve Ruberg

  • Robust approach to directly measuring water-leaving radiance in the field

    ZhongPing Lee;Nima Pahlevan;Yu-Hwan Ahn;Steven Greb

  • Analyzing Performances of Different Atmospheric Correction Techniques for Landsat 8: Application for Coastal Remote Sensing

    Christopher O. Ilori;Nima Pahlevan;Anders Knudby

  • Leveraging EO-1 to Evaluate Capability of New Generation of Landsat Sensors for Coastal/Inland Water Studies

    N. Pahlevan;J. R. Schott

  • Remotely estimating total suspended solids concentration in clear to extremely turbid waters using a novel semi-analytical method

    Dalin Jiang;Bunkei Matsushita;Nima Pahlevan;Daniela Gurlin

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhongping Lee
Zhongping Lee University of Massachusetts Boston
Bryan A. Franz
Bryan A. Franz Goddard Space Flight Center
Crystal B. Schaaf
Crystal B. Schaaf University of Massachusetts Boston
Eric Vermote
Eric Vermote Goddard Space Flight Center
Ronghua Ma
Ronghua Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Claudia Giardino
Claudia Giardino National Research Council (CNR)
David P. Roy
David P. Roy Michigan State University
Zhe Zhu
Zhe Zhu University of Connecticut
Chuanmin Hu
Chuanmin Hu University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Mariano Bresciani
Mariano Bresciani Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell'Ambiente

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