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98
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34993
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417
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187

Patrick Minnis 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 Patrick Minnis sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 621 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Patrick Minnis 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 Patrick Minnis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Patrick Minnis is affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions to global and planetary change as well as atmospheric science.

The main topics covered in Patrick Minnis's work include:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Climate variability and models
  • Advanced aircraft design and technologies

Patrick Minnis has published extensively in several key venues related to atmospheric and remote sensing sciences. Frequent publication venues include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Remote Sensing
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Recent papers authored by Patrick Minnis include:

  • CERES MODIS Cloud Product Retrievals for Edition 4-Part I: Algorithm Changes, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Other recent notable papers relevant to their field but authored by frequent collaborators include:

  • CERES MODIS Cloud Product Retrievals for Edition 4-Part II: Comparisons to CloudSat and CALIPSO, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • Evaluation of satellite retrievals of liquid clouds from the GOES-13 imager and MODIS over the midlatitude North Atlantic during the NAAMES campaign, 2021, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Reducing uncertainties in satellite estimates of aerosol-cloud interactions over the subtropical ocean by integrating vertically resolved aerosol observations, 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Stratiform Cloud-Hydrometeor Assimilation for HRRR and RAP Model Short-Range Weather Prediction, 2021, Monthly Weather Review

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Patrick Minnis include:

  • William L. Smith
  • Ping Yang
  • Christopher R. Yost
  • Sunny Sun-Mack
  • Yan Chen

Patrick Minnis has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 2009.

Best Publications

  • Cloud-radiative forcing and climate: results from the Earth radiation budget experiment.

    V. Ramanathan;R. D. Cess;E. F. Harrison;P. Minnis

  • Efficacy of climate forcings

    J. Hansen;J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;L. Nazarenko

  • Seasonal variation of cloud radiative forcing derived from the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment

    E. F. Harrison;P. Minnis;B. R. Barkstrom;V. Ramanathan

  • Assessment of Global Cloud Datasets from Satellites: Project and Database Initiated by the GEWEX Radiation Panel

    C. J. Stubenrauch;W. B. Rossow;S. Kinne;S. Ackerman

  • Dust and Biological Aerosols from the Sahara and Asia Influence Precipitation in the Western U.S.

    Jessie M. Creamean;Kaitlyn J. Suski;Daniel Rosenfeld;Alberto Cazorla

  • Absorption of solar radiation by clouds: observations versus models.

    R. D. Cess;M. H. Zhang;P. Minnis;L. Corsetti

  • CERES Edition-2 Cloud Property Retrievals Using TRMM VIRS and Terra and Aqua MODIS Data—Part I: Algorithms

    P. Minnis;Szedung Sun-Mack;D. F. Young;P. W. Heck

  • Long-range transport and vertical structure of Asian dust from CALIPSO and surface measurements during PACDEX

    Jianping Huang;Patrick Minnis;Bin Chen;Zhongwei Huang

  • Comparing clouds and their seasonal variations in 10 atmospheric general circulation models with satellite measurements

    M. H. Zhang;W. Y. Lin;S. A. Klein;S. A. Klein;J. T. Bacmeister

  • Radiative Climate Forcing by the Mount Pinatubo Eruption

    P. Minnis;E. F. Harrison;L. L. Stowe;G. G. Gibson

  • A 6‐year climatology of cloud occurrence frequency from Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II observations (1985–1990)

    Pi-Huan Wang;Patrick Minnis;M. Patrick McCormick;Geoffrey S. Kent

  • The GCM‐Oriented CALIPSO Cloud Product (CALIPSO‐GOCCP)

    H. Chepfer;S. Bony;D. Winker;G. Cesana

  • Cloud ice: A climate model challenge with signs and expectations of progress

    Duane E. Waliser;Jui-Lin F. Li;Christopher P. Woods;Richard T. Austin

  • Summer dust aerosols detected from CALIPSO over the Tibetan Plateau

    Jianping Huang;Patrick Minnis;Yuhong Yi;Qiang Tang

  • Comparison of regional clear-sky albedos inferred from satellite-observations and model computations

    B. P. Briegleb;P. Minnis;V. Ramanathan;E. Harrison

  • Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES): algorithm overview

    B.A. Wielicki;B.R. Barkstrom;B.A. Baum;T.P. Charlock

  • The Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment.

    J. Verlinde;J. Y. Harrington;G. M. McFarquhar;V. T. Yannuzzi

  • Satellite-Based Assessment of Possible Dust Aerosols Semi-Direct Effect on Cloud Water Path over East Asia

    Jianping Huang;Bing Lin;Patrick Minnis;Tianhe Wang

  • FIRE Arctic Clouds Experiment

    J. A. Curry;P. V. Hobbs;M. D. King;D. A. Randall

  • Possible influences of Asian dust aerosols on cloud properties and radiative forcing observed from MODIS and CERES

    Jianping Huang;Patrick Minnis;Bing Lin;Tianhe Wang

  • Cloud Ice: A Climate Model Challenge With Signs and Expectations of Progress

    F. Li;D. Waliser;J. Bacmeister;J. Chern

Frequent Co-Authors

William L. Smith
William L. Smith Langley Research Center
Xiquan Dong
Xiquan Dong University of Arizona
Bruce A. Wielicki
Bruce A. Wielicki Langley Research Center
Baike Xi
Baike Xi University of Arizona
Norman G. Loeb
Norman G. Loeb Langley Research Center
Jianping Huang
Jianping Huang Lanzhou University
Bing Lin
Bing Lin Langley Research Center
Ping Yang
Ping Yang Texas A&M University
Gerald G. Mace
Gerald G. Mace University of Utah
Kristopher M. Bedka
Kristopher M. Bedka National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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