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D-Index
40
Citations
5378
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8146
National Ranking
2909

Scott Palo 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 Scott Palo sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 226 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Scott Palo 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 Scott Palo sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Scott Palo is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within physics and engineering, with a particular focus on atmospheric and space sciences as well as aerospace engineering.

The scientist's work involves extensive study of the ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, solar and space plasma dynamics, GNSS positioning and interference, planetary science and exploration, atmospheric ozone and climate, spacecraft design and technology, and inertial sensor and navigation.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Utah State Research and Scholarship (Utah State University)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the Satellite Division's International Technical Meeting (Online)/Proceedings of the Satellite Division's International Technical Meeting (CD-ROM)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Their research output includes prominent recent papers such as:

  • Unusual Quasi 10-Day Planetary Wave Activity and the Ionospheric Response During the 2019 Southern Hemisphere Sudden Stratospheric Warming, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Seasonal evolution of winds, atmospheric tides, and Reynolds stress components in the Southern Hemisphere mesosphere-lower thermosphere in 2019, 2021, Annales Geophysicae
  • Improving ionospheric predictability requires accurate simulation of the mesospheric polar vortex, 2022, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Day-to-Day Variability of Diurnal Tide in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Driven From Below, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Design of a high-stability heterogeneous clock system for small satellites in LEO, 2021, GPS Solutions

Key frequent co-authors include:

  • John Marino
  • Nicholas Rainville
  • Penina Axelrad
  • J. M. Forbes
  • Tracy Moffat-Griffin

Their main fields of study are physics and astronomy with 41 publications, and engineering with 30 publications. Subfields of study reflect a concentration in astronomy and astrophysics, aerospace engineering, atmospheric science, atomic and molecular physics and optics, as well as nuclear and high energy physics.

Scott Palo's research contributes to understanding complex interactions within Earth's upper atmosphere and its coupling with space weather phenomena, advancing spacecraft design, satellite technology, and atmospheric observations relevant to climate and geophysical studies.

Best Publications

  • Variability of the ionosphere

    Jeffrey M. Forbes;Scott E. Palo;Xiaoli Zhang

  • Tidal variability in the ionospheric dynamo region

    J. M. Forbes;X. Zhang;S. Palo;J. Russell

  • Monthly tidal temperatures 20–120 km from TIMED/SABER

    Xiaoli Zhang;Jeffrey M. Forbes;Maura E. Hagan;James M. Russell

  • Troposphere-Thermosphere Tidal Coupling as Measured by the SABER Instrument on TIMED during July-September, 2002

    J. M. Forbes;J. Russell;S. Miyahara;X. Zhang

  • Middle atmosphere effects of the quasi-two-day wave determined from a General Circulation Model

    Scott E. Palo;Raymond G. Roble;Maura E. Hagan

  • Polar mesospheric cloud structures observed from the cloud imaging and particle size experiment on the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere spacecraft: Atmospheric gravity waves as drivers for longitudinal variability in polar mesospheric cloud occurrence

    A. Chandran;D. W. Rusch;A. W. Merkel;S. E. Palo

  • Short‐term variability in the migrating diurnal tide caused by interactions with the quasi 2 day wave

    Loren C. Chang;Loren C. Chang;Scott E. Palo;Han Li Liu

  • Semiempirical Model for Satellite Energy-Accommodation Coefficients

    Marcin D. Pilinski;Brian M. Argrow;Scott E. Palo

  • Observations of the 5-day planetary wave in PMC measurements from the Student Nitric Oxide Explorer Satellite

    A. W. Merkel;G. E. Thomas;S. E. Palo;S. M. Bailey

  • First results from CSSWE CubeSat: Characteristics of relativistic electrons in the near‐Earth environment during the October 2012 magnetic storms

    X. Li;Q. Schiller;L. Blum;S. Califf

  • The summertime 12-h wind oscillation with zonal wavenumber s = 1 in the lower thermosphere over the South Pole

    Y. I. Portnyagin;J. M. Forbes;N. A. Makarov;E. G. Merzlyakov

  • New perspectives on thermosphere tides: 1. Lower thermosphere spectra and seasonal-latitudinal structures

    Alexander O Truskowski;Jeffrey M Forbes;Xiaoli Zhang;Scott E Palo

  • A bird’s-eye view: Development of an operational ARM unmanned aerial capability for atmospheric research in Arctic Alaska

    Gijs de Boer;Mark Ivey;Beat Schmid;Dale Lawrence

  • An eastward propagating two‐day wave: Evidence for nonlinear planetary wave and tidal coupling in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere

    S. E. Palo;J. M. Forbes;X. Zhang;J. M. Russell

  • Kelvin waves in stratosphere, mesosphere and lower thermosphere temperatures as observed by TIMED/SABER during 2002-2006

    Jeffrey M. Forbes;Xiaoli Zhang;Scott E. Palo;James Russell

  • Gravity wave observations in the summertime polar mesosphere from the Cloud Imaging and Particle Size (CIPS) experiment on the AIM spacecraft

    A. Chandran;D. Rusch;S. E. Palo;G. E. Thomas

  • Semi-Empirical Satellite Accommodation Model for Spherical and Randomly Tumbling Objects

    Marcin D. Pilinski;Brian M. Argrow;Scott E. Palo;Bruce R. Bowman

  • Mesosphere/lower thermosphere prevailing wind model

    Yu. Portnyagin;T. Solovjova;E. Merzlyakov;J. Forbes

  • Response of the thermosphere and ionosphere to an ultra fast Kelvin wave

    Loren C. Chang;Scott E. Palo;Han Li Liu;Tzu Wei Fang

  • Drag Coefficients of Satellites with Concave Geometries: Comparing Models and Observations

    Marcin D. Pilinski;Brian M. Argrow;Scott E. Palo

  • A new meteor echo detection and collection system: Christmas Island mesospheric wind measurements

    S. K. Avery;J. P. Avery;T. A. Valentic;S. E. Palo

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey M. Forbes
Jeffrey M. Forbes University of Colorado Boulder
James M. Russell
James M. Russell Brown University
Xiaoli Zhang
Xiaoli Zhang University of Colorado Boulder
Stanley C. Solomon
Stanley C. Solomon National Center for Atmospheric Research
Han-Li Liu
Han-Li Liu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Maura E. Hagan
Maura E. Hagan Utah State University
Nicholas J. Mitchell
Nicholas J. Mitchell University of Bath
Gary E. Thomas
Gary E. Thomas University of Colorado Boulder
Thomas N. Woods
Thomas N. Woods University of Colorado Boulder
James A. Maslanik
James A. Maslanik University of Colorado Boulder

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