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D-Index
66
Citations
15706
World Ranking
2096
National Ranking
858

Simon Yueh 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 Simon Yueh sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 415 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Simon Yueh 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 Simon Yueh sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% 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

  • 2009 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to polarimetric radar and radiometer remote sensing

Overview

Simon Yueh is affiliated with the Jet Propulsion Lab in the United States. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Key subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Oceanography, and Nephrology.

Their work covers significant topics such as Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Precipitation Measurement and Analysis, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques, Climate Change and Permafrost, Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics, and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes.

Yueh has coauthored extensively with several researchers. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Andreas Colliander
  • Dara Entekhabi
  • Mahta Moghaddam
  • Xiaolan Xu
  • Paolo Gamba

The scientist has published in numerous venues, with multiple contributions to the following journals and conferences:

  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Sea surface salinity estimates from spaceborne L-band radiometers: An overview of the first decade of observation (2010-2019)" (2020), Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Validation of Soil Moisture Data Products From the NASA SMAP Mission" (2021), IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • "Sentinel-1 soil moisture at 1 km resolution: a validation study" (2021), Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Improved SMAP Dual-Channel Algorithm for the Retrieval of Soil Moisture" (2020), IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • "A new SMAP soil moisture and vegetation optical depth product (SMAP-IB): Algorithm, assessment and inter-comparison" (2022), Remote Sensing of Environment

In 2009, Simon Yueh was awarded the IEEE Fellow distinction for contributions to polarimetric radar and radiometer remote sensing.

Best Publications

  • Validation of SMAP surface soil moisture products with core validation sites

    A. Colliander;T.J. Jackson;R. Bindlish;S. Chan

  • Assessment of the SMAP Passive Soil Moisture Product

    Steven K. Chan;Rajat Bindlish;Peggy E. O'Neill;Eni Njoku

  • The global distribution and dynamics of surface soil moisture

    Kaighin A. McColl;Kaighin A. McColl;Seyed Hamed Alemohammad;Ruzbeh Akbar;Alexandra G. Konings;Alexandra G. Konings

  • The Aquarius/SAC-D mission: Designed to meet the salinity remote-sensing challenge

    Gary Lagerloef;F. Raul Colomb;Davide Le Vine;Frank Wentz

  • Development and assessment of the SMAP enhanced passive soil moisture product

    S. K. Chan;R. Bindlish;P. O'Neill;T. Jackson

  • Aquarius: An Instrument to Monitor Sea Surface Salinity From Space

    D.M. Le Vine;G.S.E. Lagerloef;F.R. Colomb;S.H. Yueh

  • Modeling of wind direction signals in polarimetric sea surface brightness temperatures

    S.H. Yueh

  • 2011 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM (IGARSS)

    Helmut Rott;Donald W. Cline;Claude Duguay;Richard Essery

  • Observations of soil moisture using a passive and active low-frequency microwave airborne sensor during SGP99

    E.G. Njoku;W.J. Wilson;S.H. Yueh;S.J. Dinardo

  • Symmetry properties in polarimetric remote sensing

    S. V. Nghiem;S. H. Yueh;R. Kwok;F. K. Li

  • The SMAP and Copernicus Sentinel 1A/B microwave active-passive high resolution surface soil moisture product

    Narendra N. Das;Dara Entekhabi;R. Scott Dunbar;Mario J. Chaubell

  • Cold Regions Hydrology High-Resolution Observatory for Snow and Cold Land Processes

    Helmut Rott;Simon H Yueh;Donald W Cline;Claude Duguay

  • Error sources and feasibility for microwave remote sensing of ocean surface salinity

    S.H. Yueh;R. West;W.J. Wilson;F.K. Li

  • K-distribution and polarimetric terrain radar clutter

    S. H. Yueh;J. A. Kong;J. K. Jao;R. T. Shin

  • Application of neural networks to radar image classification

    Y. Hara;R.G. Atkins;S.H. Yueh;R.T. Shin

  • SMAP Handbook–Soil Moisture Active Passive: Mapping Soil Moisture and Freeze/Thaw from Space

    Dara Entekhabi;Simon Yueh;Peggy E O’Neill;Kent H Kellogg

  • Combined Active/Passive Retrievals of Ocean Vector Wind and Sea Surface Salinity With SMAP

    Alexander G. Fore;Simon H. Yueh;Wenqing Tang;Bryan W. Stiles

  • Sea surface salinity estimates from spaceborne L-band radiometers: An overview of the first decade of observation (2010–2019)

    Nicolás Reul;S.A. Grodsky;Manuel Arias;Jacqueline Boutin

  • Polarimetric measurements of sea surface brightness temperatures using an aircraft K-band radiometer

    S.H. Yueh;W.J. Wilson;F.K. Li;S.V. Nghiem

  • Passive active L- and S-band (PALS) microwave sensor for ocean salinity and soil moisture measurements

    W.J. Wilson;S.H. Yueh;S.J. Dinardo;S.L. Chazanoff

  • Estimates of Faraday rotation with passive microwave polarimetry for microwave remote sensing of Earth surfaces

    S.H. Yueh

  • L-Band Passive and Active Microwave Geophysical Model Functions of Ocean Surface Winds and Applications to Aquarius Retrieval

    Simon H. Yueh;Wenqing Tang;Alexander G. Fore;Gregory Neumann

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Colliander
Andreas Colliander California Institute of Technology
Thomas J. Jackson
Thomas J. Jackson Agricultural Research Service
Eni G. Njoku
Eni G. Njoku Jet Propulsion Lab
Michael H. Cosh
Michael H. Cosh Agricultural Research Service
Rajat Bindlish
Rajat Bindlish Goddard Space Flight Center
Peggy E. O'Neill
Peggy E. O'Neill Goddard Space Flight Center
Leung Tsang
Leung Tsang University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ron Kwok
Ron Kwok University of Washington
Son V. Nghiem
Son V. Nghiem California Institute of Technology

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