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Rachel T. Pinker 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 Rachel T. Pinker sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 243 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rachel T. Pinker 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 Rachel T. Pinker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rachel T. Pinker is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a specific emphasis on global and planetary change, atmospheric science, environmental engineering, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, and artificial intelligence.

The main topics covered in their work include atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality monitoring and forecasting, air quality and health impacts, meteorological phenomena and simulations, climate variability and models, and atmospheric aerosols and clouds.

Recent publications by Rachel T. Pinker include:

  • Full-coverage mapping and spatiotemporal variations of ground-level ozone (O3) pollution from 2013 to 2020 across China, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Ground-Level NO2Surveillance from Space Across China for High Resolution Using Interpretable Spatiotemporally Weighted Artificial Intelligence, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Himawari-8-derived diurnal variations in ground-level PM 2.5 pollution across China using the fast space-time Light Gradient Boosting Machine (LightGBM), 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Season, not lockdown, improved air quality during COVID-19 State of Emergency in Nigeria, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Annual and seasonal variability of net heat flux in the Northern Indian Ocean, 2020, International Journal of Remote Sensing

Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Jing Wei
  • Zhanqing Li
  • Wenhao Xue
  • Lin Sun
  • Maureen Cribb

Rachel T. Pinker's recent publications have appeared in a variety of venues, most notably:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmosphere
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Best Publications

  • An emerging ground-based aerosol climatology: Aerosol optical depth from AERONET

    B. N. Holben;D. Tanré;A. Smirnov;T. F. Eck;T. F. Eck;T. F. Eck

  • The multi-institution North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS): Utilizing multiple GCIP products and partners in a continental distributed hydrological modeling system

    Kenneth E. Mitchell;Dag Lohmann;Paul R. Houser;Eric F. Wood

  • Baseline surface radiation network (BSRN/WCRP) New precision radiometry for climate research

    Atsumu Ohmura;Ellsworth G. Dutton;Bruce Forgan;Claus Fröhlich

  • Use of NDVI and Land Surface Temperature for Drought Assessment: Merits and Limitations

    Arnon Karnieli;Nurit Agam;Rachel T. Pinker;Martha Anderson

  • Modeling Surface Solar Irradiance for Satellite Applications on a Global Scale

    R. T. Pinker;I. Laszlo

  • Real‐time and retrospective forcing in the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) project

    Brian A. Cosgrove;Brian A. Cosgrove;Dag Lohmann;Kenneth E. Mitchell;Paul R. Houser

  • Do Satellites Detect Trends in Surface Solar Radiation

    R. T. Pinker;B. Zhang;E. G. Dutton

  • Full-coverage mapping and spatiotemporal variations of ground-level ozone (O3) pollution from 2013 to 2020 across China

    Jing Wei;Jing Wei;Zhanqing Li;Ke Li;Russell R. Dickerson

  • Climatological aspects of the optical properties of fine/coarse mode aerosol mixtures

    Thomas F. Eck;Thomas F. Eck;B. N. Holben;Aliaksandyr Sinyuk;R. T. Pinker

  • Ground-Level NO2 Surveillance from Space Across China for High Resolution Using Interpretable Spatiotemporally Weighted Artificial Intelligence

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  • A review of satellite methods to derive surface shortwave irradiance

    R.T. Pinker;R. Frouin;Z. Li

  • Aerosol radiative forcing during dust events over New Delhi, India

    G. Pandithurai;S. Dipu;S. Dipu;K. K. Dani;S. Tiwari

  • Surface radiation budgets in support of the GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project (GCIP) and the GEWEX Americas Prediction Project (GAPP), including the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) project

    Rachel T. Pinker;J. Dan Tarpley;Istvan Laszlo;Kenneth E. Mitchell

  • Estimation of land surface temperature from a Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES‐8)

    Donglian Sun;Rachel T. Pinker

  • Estimating Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) at the earth's surface from satellite observations

    Robert Frouin;Rachel T. Pinker

  • Diurnal variability of aerosol optical depth observed at AERONET (Aerosol Robotic Network) sites

    A. Smirnov;A. Smirnov;B. N. Holben;T. F. Eck;T. F. Eck;I. Slutsker

  • High-Latitude Ocean and Sea Ice Surface Fluxes: Challenges for Climate Research

    Mark A. Bourassa;Mark A. Bourassa;Sarah T. Gille;Cecilia Bitz;David Carlson

  • First global WCRP shortwave surface radiation budget dataset

    C. H. Whitlock;T. P. Charlock;W. F. Staylor;R. T. Pinker

  • Evaluation of the North American Land Data Assimilation System over the southern Great Plains during the warm season

    Alan Robock;Lifeng Luo;Lifeng Luo;Eric F. Wood;Fenghua Wen

  • Air-Sea Fluxes With a Focus on Heat and Momentum

    Meghan F. Cronin;Chelle Leigh Gentemann;James B Edson;Iwao Ueki

  • Modeling Surface Solar Radiation: Model Formulation and Validation

    R. T. Pinker;J. A. Ewing

  • Surface radiation budgets in support of the GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project (GCIP) and the GEWEX Americas Prediction Project (GAPP), including the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) project : GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project, Part 3 (GCIP3)

    Rachel T. Pinker;J. Dan Tarpley;Istvan Laszlo;Kenneth E. Mitchell

Frequent Co-Authors

Istvan Laszlo
Istvan Laszlo National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Paul R. Houser
Paul R. Houser George Mason University
Eric F. Wood
Eric F. Wood Princeton University
Lifeng Luo
Lifeng Luo Michigan State University
Alan Robock
Alan Robock Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kenneth E. Mitchell
Kenneth E. Mitchell National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Justin Sheffield
Justin Sheffield University of Southampton
R. Wayne Higgins
R. Wayne Higgins National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Qingyun Duan
Qingyun Duan Hohai University
Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center

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