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Robert C. Levy is a researcher affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, contributing extensively to understanding atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

Their research spans several key fields of study, including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, Levy's subfields of study include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Earth-Surface Processes

Levy's work covers multiple topics related to atmospheric conditions and their effects, as shown by their frequent study of:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Aeolian processes and effects

Their publication record includes articles in several recurring academic venues, notably:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Remote Sensing
  • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface

Levy has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • L. A. Remer
  • Alexei Lyapustin
  • A. M. Sayer
  • Ralph A. Kahn
  • S. Mattoo

Notable recent papers by Robert C. Levy cover a range of topics related to global aerosol measurements and air pollution. These include:

  • Global Estimates and Long-Term Trends of Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations (1998-2018), 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Monthly Global Estimates of Fine Particulate Matter and Their Uncertainty, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Validation of GRASP algorithm product from POLDER/PARASOL data and assessment of multi-angular polarimetry potential for aerosol monitoring, 2020, Earth system science data
  • Merging regional and global aerosol optical depth records from major available satellite products, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Air pollution trends measured from Terra: CO and AOD over industrial, fire-prone, and background regions, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment

Best Publications

  • The MODIS Aerosol Algorithm, Products and Validation

    L. A. Remer;Y. J. Kaufman;D. Tanré;S. Mattoo

  • The Collection 6 MODIS aerosol products over land and ocean

    R. C. Levy;S. Mattoo;L. A. Munchak;L. A. Remer

  • Global Estimates of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations from Satellite-Based Aerosol Optical Depth: Development and Application

    Aaron van Donkelaar;Randall V. Martin;Michael Brauer;Ralph Kahn

  • Second‐generation operational algorithm: Retrieval of aerosol properties over land from inversion of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer spectral reflectance

    Robert C. Levy;Robert C. Levy;Lorraine A. Remer;Shana Mattoo;Eric F. Vermote

  • Global evaluation of the Collection 5 MODIS dark-target aerosol products over land

    R. C. Levy;L. A. Remer;R. G. Kleidman;S. Mattoo

  • Global Estimates of Fine Particulate Matter Using a Combined Geophysical-Statistical Method with Information from Satellites, Models, and Monitors

    Aaron Van Donkelaar;Randall V. Martin;Randall V. Martin;Michael Brauer;N. Christina Hsu

  • Global aerosol climatology from the MODIS satellite sensors

    Lorraine A. Remer;Richard G. Kleidman;Robert C. Levy;Yoram J. Kaufman

  • Global aerosol optical properties and application to Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aerosol retrieval over land

    Robert C. Levy;Robert C. Levy;Lorraine A. Remer;Oleg Dubovik

  • Global Estimates and Long-Term Trends of Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations (1998-2018).

    Melanie S Hammer;Melanie S Hammer;Aaron van Donkelaar;Aaron van Donkelaar;Chi Li;Chi Li;Alexei Lyapustin;Alexei Lyapustin

  • MODIS Collection 6 aerosol products: Comparison between Aqua's e-Deep Blue, Dark Target, and "merged" data sets, and usage recommendations

    A. M. Sayer;A. M. Sayer;L. A. Munchak;N. C. Hsu;R. C. Levy

  • Satellite-Based Spatiotemporal Trends in PM2.5 Concentrations: China 2004-2013

    Zongwei Ma;Xuefei Hu;Andrew M. Sayer;Robert Levy

  • Monthly Global Estimates of Fine Particulate Matter and Their Uncertainty.

    Aaron van Donkelaar;Aaron van Donkelaar;Melanie S. Hammer;Liam Bindle;Michael Brauer;Michael Brauer

  • Multiangle implementation of atmospheric correction (MAIAC): 2. Aerosol algorithm

    A. Lyapustin;A. Lyapustin;Y. Wang;Y. Wang;I. Laszlo;R. Kahn

  • Validation of MODIS aerosol retrieval over ocean

    L. A. Remer;D. Tanré;Y. J. Kaufman;C. Ichoku

  • MODIS 3 km aerosol product: algorithm and global perspective

    L. A. Remer;S. Mattoo;R. C. Levy;L. A. Munchak

  • MODIS Cloud screening for remote sensing of aerosols over oceans using spatial variability

    José Vanderlei Martins;José Vanderlei Martins;Didier Tanré;Lorraine Remer;Yoram Kaufman

  • Indonesian fire activity and smoke pollution in 2015 show persistent nonlinear sensitivity to El Niño-induced drought

    Robert D. Field;Robert D. Field;Guido R. van der Werf;Thierry Fanin;Eric J. Fetzer

  • Multi-decadal aerosol variations from 1980 to 2009: a perspective from observations and a global model

    Mian Chin;T. Diehl;T. Diehl;Q. Tan;Q. Tan;J. M. Prospero

  • MISR Aerosol Product Attributes and Statistical Comparisons With MODIS

    R.A. Kahn;D.L. Nelson;M.J. Garay;R.C. Levy

  • Analysis of the performance characteristics of the five-channel Microtops II Sun photometer for measuring aerosol optical thickness and precipitable water vapor

    Charles Ichoku;Robert Levy;Yoram J. Kaufman;Lorraine A. Remer

  • MODIS cloud screening for remote sensing of aerosols over oceans using spatial variability : First result and evaluation of aerosol from the Terra Spacecraft (MODIS)

    José Vanderlei Martins;Didier Tanre;Lorraine Remer;Yoram Kaufman

  • An Emerging Global Aerosol Climatology from the MODIS Satellite Sensors

    Lorraine A. Remer;Richard G. Kleidman;Robert C. Levy;Yoram J. Kaufman

Frequent Co-Authors

Lorraine A. Remer
Lorraine A. Remer University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center
Andrew M. Sayer
Andrew M. Sayer Goddard Space Flight Center
Yoram J. Kaufman
Yoram J. Kaufman Goddard Space Flight Center
Ralph A. Kahn
Ralph A. Kahn Goddard Space Flight Center
Didier Tanré
Didier Tanré University of Lille
Alexei Lyapustin
Alexei Lyapustin Goddard Space Flight Center
Randall V. Martin
Randall V. Martin Washington University in St. Louis
Oleg Dubovik
Oleg Dubovik University of Lille
Thomas F. Eck
Thomas F. Eck Goddard Space Flight Center

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