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2023

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D-Index
87
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29646
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674
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52

Shubha Sathyendranath 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 Shubha Sathyendranath sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 322 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shubha Sathyendranath 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 Shubha Sathyendranath sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Shubha Sathyendranath is affiliated with the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on Oceanography as a subfield. Additional subfields include Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Water Science and Technology.

Their work concentrates on several key topics within marine and environmental sciences:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and fisheries research

Shubha Sathyendranath has contributed to numerous publication venues including:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Among their recent scientific papers are:

  • "Widespread phytoplankton blooms triggered by 2019-2020 Australian wildfires," 2021, Nature
  • "Primary Production, an Index of Climate Change in the Ocean: Satellite-Based Estimates over Two Decades," 2020, Remote Sensing
  • "Sensing the ocean biological carbon pump from space: A review of capabilities, concepts, research gaps and future developments," 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Reconciling models of primary production and photoacclimation [Invited]," 2020, Applied Optics
  • "Ocean carbon from space: Current status and priorities for the next decade," 2023, Earth-Science Reviews

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Trevor Platt
  • Robert J. W. Brewin
  • Gemma Kulk
  • Grinson George
  • Bror Jönsson

Best Publications

  • The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Northwest Atlantic through Eastern Tropical Pacific

    Douglas B. Rusch;Aaron L Halpern;Granger Sutton;Karla B. Heidelberg;Karla B. Heidelberg

  • An estimate of global primary production in the ocean from satellite radiometer data

    A. Longhurst;S. Sathyendranath;T. Platt;C. Caverhill

  • An optical classification of coastal and oceanic waters based on the specific spectral absorption curves of phytoplankton pigments, dissolved organic matter, and other particulate materials1

    Louis Prieur;Shubha Sathyendranath

  • Ecosystem dynamics based on plankton functional types for global ocean biogeochemistry models

    Corinne Le Quéré;Sandy P Harrison;Sandy P Harrison;I Colin Prentice;I Colin Prentice;Erik Theodoor Buitenhuis

  • Oceanic Primary Production: Estimation by Remote Sensing at Local and Regional Scales

    Trevor Platt;Shubha Sathyendranath

  • Remote sensing of ocean colour in coastal, and other optically-complex, waters.

    Shubha Sathyendranath;Ioccg

  • An ocean-colour time series for use in climate studies: The experience of the ocean-colour climate change initiative (OC-CCI)

    Shubha Sathyendranath;Robert J.W. Brewin;Carsten Brockmann;Vanda Brotas

  • Primary productivity of planet earth: biological determinants and physical constraints in terrestrial and aquatic habitats

    Richard J. Geider;Evan H. Delucia;Paul G. Falkowski;Adrien C. Finzi

  • The ESA Climate Change Initiative: Satellite Data Records for Essential Climate Variables

    R Hollmann;CJ Merchant;RA Saunders;C Downy

  • A three-component model of ocean colour and its application to remote sensing of phytoplankton pigments in coastal waters

    S. Sathyendranath;L. Prieur;A. Morel

  • Variations in the spectral values of specific absorption of phytoplankton

    Shubha Sathyendranath;Luigi Lazzara;Louis Prieur

  • Remote sensing of phytoplankton pigments: A comparison of empirical and theoretical approaches

    S. Sathyendranath;G. Cota;V. Stuart;H. Maass

  • Ocean primary production and available light: further algorithms for remote sensing

    Trevor Platt;Shubha Sathyendranath;Shubha Sathyendranath;Carla M. Caverhill;Marlon R. Lewis

  • Regionally and seasonally differentiated primary production in the North Atlantic

    S. Sathyendranath;A. Longhurst;C. M. Caverhill;T. Platt

  • Carbon-to-chlorophyll ratio and growth rate of phytoplankton in the sea

    Shubha Sathyendranath;Venetia Stuart;Anitha Nair;Kenji Oka

  • A three-component model of phytoplankton size class for the Atlantic Ocean

    Robert J.W. Brewin;Shubha Sathyendranath;Takafumi Hirata;Samantha J. Lavender

  • Biological control of surface temperature in the Arabian Sea

    Shubha Sathyendranath;Shubha Sathyendranath;Albert D. Gouveia;Satish R. Shetye;P. Ravindran

  • Basin-scale estimates of oceanic primary production by remote sensing - The North Atlantic

    Trevor Platt;Carla Caverhill;Shubha Sathyendranath

  • Effect of pigment composition on absorption properties of phytoplankton

    N. Hoepffner;S. Sathyendranath

  • Satellite Ocean Colour: Current Status and Future Perspective

    Steve Groom;Shubha Sathyendranath;Yai Ban;Stewart Bernard

  • Discrimination of diatoms from other phytoplankton using ocean-colour data

    Shubha Sathyendranath;Louisa Watts;Emmanuel Devred;Trevor Platt

Frequent Co-Authors

Trevor Platt
Trevor Platt Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Robert J. W. Brewin
Robert J. W. Brewin University of Exeter
Steve Groom
Steve Groom Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Vanda Brotas
Vanda Brotas University of Lisbon
Timothy J Smyth
Timothy J Smyth Plymouth Marine Laboratory
David Antoine
David Antoine Curtin University
Vittorio E. Brando
Vittorio E. Brando National Research Council (CNR)
Heidi M. Sosik
Heidi M. Sosik Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Robert Frouin
Robert Frouin University of California, San Diego
Hubert Loisel
Hubert Loisel University of Lille

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