2026 Otis B. Brown: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	43	6950	6679	2474	2300	81	10909

Overview

Otis B. Brown is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, notably Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Information Systems and Management, Ecology, and Information Systems.

Brown's primary topics of work encompass Climate variability and models, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Climate change and permafrost, and Scientific Computing and Data Management.

Their recent publications cover a variety of relevant themes and venues. These include:

Observations for Model Intercomparison Project (Obs4MIPs): status for CMIP6, 2020, Geoscientific model development
Sensitivity of Arctic Sea Ice Extent to Sea Ice Concentration Threshold Choice and Its Implication to Ice Coverage Decadal Trends and Statistical Projections, 2020, Remote Sensing
NOAA Open Data Dissemination: Petabyte-scale Earth system data in the cloud, 2023, Science Advances
NOAA Open Data Dissemination (Formerly NOAA Big Data Project/Program), 2022, Special publications
Expanding Access to Open Environmental Data: Advancements and Next Steps, 2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Frequent publication venues for Brown include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geoscientific model development, Remote Sensing, Science Advances, and the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

Brown collaborates regularly with a set of coauthors, including Jonathan Brannock and Jenny Dissen, each with five joint publications, Adrienne Simonson with five joint publications, Denis S. Willett with four, and Patrick Keown with four. These collaborations reflect a network active in environmental data, climate modeling, and atmospheric sciences.

Best Publications

A semianalytic radiance model of ocean color

Howard R. Gordon;Otis B. Brown;Robert H. Evans;James W. Brown

1759
Citations
Phytoplankton pigment concentrations in the Middle Atlantic Bight: comparison of ship determinations and CZCS estimates

Howard R. Gordon;Dennis K. Clark;James W. Brown;Otis B. Brown

1099
Citations
On the limiting aerodynamic roughness of the ocean in very strong winds

M. A. Donelan;B. K. Haus;N. Reul;W. J. Plant

1071
Citations
Computed relationships between the inherent and apparent optical properties of a flat homogeneous ocean.

Howard R. Gordon;Otis B. Brown;Michael M. Jacobs

1060
Citations
An overview of MODIS capabilities for ocean science observations

W.E. Esaias;M.R. Abbott;I. Barton;O.B. Brown

702
Citations
Temporal variations in the separation of Brazil and Malvinas Currents

Donald B. Olson;Guillermo P. Podestá;Robert H. Evans;Otis B. Brown

506
Citations
Study of the Río de la Plata turbidity front, Part 1: spatial and temporal distribution

Mariana B. Framiñan;Otis B. Brown

314
Citations
A decade of sea surface temperature from MODIS

K.A. Kilpatrick;G. Podestá;S. Walsh;E. Williams

273
Citations
The Marine-Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer: A High-Accuracy, Seagoing Infrared Spectroradiometer

P. J. Minnett;R. O. Knuteson;F. A. Best;B. J. Osborne

268
Citations
Observations of the infrared radiative properties of the ocean-implications for the measurement of sea surface temperature via satellite remote sensing

William L. Smith;R. O. Knuteson;H. E. Revercomb;W. Feltz

193
Citations
Chronology of warm-core ring 82B

Robert H. Evans;Karen S. Baker;Otis B. Brown;Raymond C. Smith

187
Citations
Physical Characteristics and Processes of the Río de la Plata Estuary

Mariana B. Framiñan;María P. Etala;Eduardo M. Acha;Raúl A. Guerrero

172
Citations
Surface-ocean color and deep-ocean carbon flux: how close a connection?

W.G. Deuser;F.E. Muller-Karger;R.H. Evans;O.B. Brown

162
Citations
Calibration of advanced very high resolution radiometer infrared observations

Otis B. Brown;James W. Brown;Robert H. Evans

160
Citations
Nimbus 7 CZCS: reduction of its radiometric sensitivity with time.

Howard R. Gordon;James W. Brown;Otis B. Brown;Robert H. Evans

152
Citations
Phytoplankton blooming off the u.s. East coast: a satellite description.

O. B. Brown;R. H. Evans;J. W. Brown;H. R. Gordon

151
Citations
Agulhas ring dynamics from TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite altimeter data

Gustavo J. Goni;Silvia L. Garzoli;Silvia L. Garzoli;Andreas J. Roubicek;Donald B. Olson

147
Citations
An Independent Assessment of Pathfinder AVHRR Sea Surface Temperature Accuracy Using the Marine Atmosphere Emitted Radiance Interferometer (MAERI)

Edward J. Kearns;Jennifer A. Hanafin;Robert H. Evans;Peter J. Minnett

145
Citations
Gulf Stream warm rings: a statistical study of their behavior

Otis B. Brown;Peter C. Cornillon;Steven R. Emmerson;H.Mark Carle

126
Citations
Development of Near-Surface Flow Pattern and Water Mass Distribution in the Somali Basin in Response to the Southwest Monsoon of 1979

John C. Swallow;Robert L. Molinari;John G. Bruce;Otis B. Brown

124
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard R. Gordon University of Miami

Peter J. Minnett University of Miami

Donald B. Olson University of Miami

Peter Cornillon University of Rhode Island

Raymond C. Smith University of California, Santa Barbara

Guillermo P. Podestá University of Miami

Kendall L. Carder University of South Florida

Silvia L. Garzoli Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

Veronika Eyring University of Bremen

Mark A. Donelan University of Miami

External Links

Personal website of Otis B. Brown

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