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Robert L. Herman 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 Robert L. Herman sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 116 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert L. Herman 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 Robert L. Herman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Robert L. Herman is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in the subfields of Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Oceanography.

Their scholarly work emphasizes several core topics including Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, and Calibration and Measurement Techniques.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Amazonian terrestrial water balance inferred from satellite-observed water vapor isotopes, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Comparison of optimal estimation HDO∕H2O retrievals from AIRS with ORACLES measurements, 2020, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Joint VSWIR-TIR retrievals of earth's surface and atmosphere, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Remote sensing of atmospheric HDO/H2O in southern California from CLARS-FTS, 2022, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
  • Amazonian terrestrial water balance inferred from satellite-derived water vapor isotopes, 2021, Research Square (Research Square)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Robert L. Herman are:

  • John R. Worden
  • David Noone
  • Vivienne H. Payne
  • Mingjie Shi
  • Adriana Bailey

Their research has been published predominantly in these venues:

  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Nature Communications
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Best Publications

  • Hydrogen Radicals, Nitrogen Radicals, and the Production of O3 in the Upper Troposphere

    P. O. Wennberg;T. F. Hanisco;L. Jaeglé;D. J. Jacob

  • The detection of large HNO3-containing particles in the winter Arctic stratosphere.

    D. W. Fahey;R. S. Gao;K. S. Carslaw;J. Kettleborough

  • A microphysics guide to cirrus clouds – Part 1: Cirrus types

    Martina Krämer;Christian Rolf;Anna Luebke;Armin Afchine

  • Aura Microwave Limb Sounder upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric H2O and relative humidity with respect to ice validation

    W. G. Read;A. Lambert;J. Bacmeister;R. E. Cofield

  • Mean Ages of Stratospheric Air Derived from in Situ Observations of Co2, Ch4, and N2o

    A. E. Andrews;K. A. Boering;B. C. Daube;S. C. Wofsy

  • Comparisons of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) ozone profiles to ozonesondes: Methods and initial results

    H. M. Worden;J. A. Logan;J. R. Worden;R. Beer

  • Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer observations of the tropospheric HDO/H2O ratio: Estimation approach and characterization

    John Worden;Kevin Bowman;David Noone;Reinhard Beer

  • Aerosols that form subvisible cirrus at the tropical tropopause

    K. D. Froyd;K. D. Froyd;D. M. Murphy;P. Lawson;D. Baumgardner

  • Chemical depletion of Arctic ozone in winter 1999/2000

    M. Rex;R. J. Salawitch;N. R. P. Harris;P. von der Gathen

  • Evidence That Nitric Acid Increases Relative Humidity in Low-Temperature Cirrus Clouds

    R. S. Gao;P. J. Popp;D. W. Fahey;T. P. Marcy

  • Ice supersaturations exceeding 100% at the cold tropical tropopause: implications for cirrus formation and dehydration

    E. J. Jensen;J. B. Smith;L. Pfister;J. V. Pittman

  • The AquaVIT-1 intercomparison of atmospheric water vapor measurement techniques

    D. W. Fahey;R.-S. Gao;O. Möhler;H. Saathoff

  • Validation of Aqua satellite data in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere with in situ aircraft instruments

    A. Gettelman;E. M. Weinstock;E. J. Fetzer;F. W. Irion

  • Evolution of a Florida Cirrus Anvil

    T. J. Garrett;B. C. Navarro;C. H. Twohy;E. J. Jensen

  • Retrievals of tropospheric ozone profiles from the synergism of AIRS and OMI: Methodology and validation

    Dejian Fu;Susan S. Kulawik;Kazuyuki Miyazaki;Kevin W. Bowman

  • Severe and extensive denitrification in the 1999–2000 Arctic winter stratosphere

    P. J. Popp;M. J. Northway;J. C. Holecek;R. S. Gao

  • Airborne Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer (ALIAS-II) for in situ atmospheric measurements of N 2 O, CH 4 , CO, HCL, and NO 2 from balloon or remotely piloted aircraft platforms

    David C. Scott;Robert L. Herman;Christopher R. Webster;Randy D. May

  • TES carbon monoxide validation with DACOM aircraft measurements during INTEX‐B 2006

    M. Luo;C. Rinsland;B. Fisher;G. Sachse;G. Sachse

  • An examination of chemistry and transport processes in the tropical lower stratosphere using observations of long-lived and short-lived compounds obtained during STRAT and POLARIS

    F. Flocke;R. L. Herman;R. J. Salawitch;E. Atlas

  • Tropical entrainment time scales inferred from stratospheric N2O and CH4 observations

    R. L. Herman;D. C. Scott;C. R. Webster;R. D. May

  • Validation of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) measurements of the total, stratospheric, and tropospheric column abundance of ozone

    G. B. Osterman;S. S. Kulawik;H. M. Worden;H. M. Worden;N. A. D. Richards;N. A. D. Richards

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher R. Webster
Christopher R. Webster Jet Propulsion Lab
David W. Fahey
David W. Fahey National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Dale F. Hurst
Dale F. Hurst Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Elliot M. Weinstock
Elliot M. Weinstock Harvard University
Max Loewenstein
Max Loewenstein Ames Research Center
Elliot L Atlas
Elliot L Atlas University of Miami
Ru-Shan Gao
Ru-Shan Gao National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Eric A. Ray
Eric A. Ray National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Karen H. Rosenlof
Karen H. Rosenlof National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Kevin W. Bowman
Kevin W. Bowman California Institute of Technology

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