2026 Steven A. Ackerman: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	53	4148	3970	1567	1446	205	17313

Overview

Steven A. Ackerman is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas in environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, emphasizing atmospheric and climate-related phenomena.

The primary fields of study include:

Environmental Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, key subfields of research addressed by Ackerman are:

Global and Planetary Change
Atmospheric Science
Artificial Intelligence
Sociology and Political Science
Environmental Chemistry

Major topics covered in their work are:

Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics
Climate Change Communication and Perception

Steven A. Ackerman has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications. Notable recent papers include:

"The Continuity MODIS-VIIRS Cloud Mask," 2020, Remote Sensing
"Application of a Convolutional Neural Network for the Detection of Sea Ice Leads," 2021, Remote Sensing
"A 20-Year Climatology of Sea Ice Leads Detected in Infrared Satellite Imagery Using a Convolutional Neural Network," 2022, Remote Sensing
"Lessons Learned from the Updated GEWEX Cloud Assessment Database," 2024, Surveys in Geophysics
"Evaluation of Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) neural network cloud detection against current operational cloud masks," 2021, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Frequent publication venues for Ackerman's work include:

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Remote Sensing
Surveys in Geophysics
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Throughout their career, Ackerman has collaborated with various researchers. Frequent co-authors are:

Andrew K. Heidinger
Jay P. Hoffman
Yinghui Liu
Jeffrey R. Key
C.H. White

Best Publications

The MODIS cloud products: algorithms and examples from Terra

S. Platnick;M.D. King;S.A. Ackerman;W.P. Menzel

2153
Citations
Discriminating clear sky from clouds with MODIS

Steven A. Ackerman;Kathleen I. Strabala;W. Paul Menzel;Richard A. Frey

1861
Citations
THE CALIPSO MISSION: A Global 3D View of Aerosols and Clouds

D. M. Winker;Jacques Pelon;J. A. Coakley;S. A. Ackerman

1211
Citations
Cloud and aerosol properties, precipitable water, and profiles of temperature and water vapor from MODIS

M.D. King;W.P. Menzel;Y.J. Kaufman;D. Tanre

1184
Citations
Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Clouds Observed by MODIS Onboard the Terra and Aqua Satellites

M. D. King;S. Platnick;W. P. Menzel;S. A. Ackerman

825
Citations
Assessment of Global Cloud Datasets from Satellites: Project and Database Initiated by the GEWEX Radiation Panel

C. J. Stubenrauch;W. B. Rossow;S. Kinne;S. Ackerman

688
Citations
Cloud Detection with MODIS. Part II: Validation

S. A. Ackerman;R. E. Holz;R. Frey;E. W. Eloranta

560
Citations
Remote sensing aerosols using satellite infrared observations

Steven A. Ackerman

556
Citations
Cloud Properties inferred from 812-µm Data

Kathleen I. Strabala;Steven A. Ackerman;W. Paul Menzel

386
Citations
Remote sensing of cloud properties using MODIS airborne simulator imagery during SUCCESS: 2. Cloud thermodynamic phase

Bryan A. Baum;Peter F. Soulen;Kathleen I. Strabala;Michael D. King

373
Citations
Reconciling Simulated and Observed Views of Clouds: MODIS, ISCCP, and the Limits of Instrument Simulators

Robert Pincus;Steven Platnick;Steven A. Ackerman;Richard S. Hemler

347
Citations
STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

344
Citations
Global Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) cloud detection and height evaluation using CALIOP

R. E. Holz;S. A. Ackerman;F. W. Nagle;R. Frey

336
Citations
State of the Climate in 2014

Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

332
Citations
The 27–28 October 1986 FIRE IFO Cirrus Case Study: Spectral Properties of Cirrus Clouds in the 8–12 μm Window

Steven A. Ackerman;W. L. Smith;H. E. Revercomb;J. D. Spinhirne

288
Citations
Remote Sensing of Liquid Water and Ice Cloud Optical Thickness and Effective Radius in the Arctic: Application of Airborne Multispectral MAS Data

Michael D. King;Steven Platnick;Ping Yang;G. Thomas Arnold

233
Citations
A Shortwave Parameterization Revised to Improve Cloud Absorption

Graeme L. Stephens;Steven Ackerman;Eric A. Smith

206
Citations
Single scattering properties of droxtals

Ping Yang;Bryan A Baum;Andrew J Heymsfield;Yong X Hu

201
Citations
Using the radiative temperature difference at 3.7 and 11 μm to tract dust outbreaks

Steven A. Ackerman

197
Citations
State of the Climate in 2016

Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

161
Citations
[Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Platnick Goddard Space Flight Center

W. Paul Menzel University of Wisconsin–Madison

Robert E. Holz University of Wisconsin–Madison

Michael D. King University of Colorado Boulder

William L. Smith Langley Research Center

Andrew K. Heidinger National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Bryan A. Baum University of Wisconsin–Madison

Timothy J. Schmit National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ping Yang Texas A&M University

Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

External Links

Personal website of Steven A. Ackerman

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