2026 Steven D. Miller: 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	48	5451	5225	1996	1847	191	10880

Overview

Steven D. Miller is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science.

Their work covers several topics, including:

Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Impact of Light on Environment and Health
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steven D. Miller include:

Yoo-Jeong Noh
Curtis J. Seaman
Jun Wang
Zhuosen Wang
William Straka

Miller publishes regularly in a variety of scientific venues. The most common publication venues are:

Remote Sensing
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Remote Sensing of Environment

Selected recent papers by Steven D. Miller include:

Quantifying uncertainties in nighttime light retrievals from Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS Day/Night Band data, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
Association of Neonatal Hypoglycemia With Academic Performance in Mid-Childhood, 2022, JAMA
Examining the Economic and Environmental Impacts of COVID-19 Using Earth Observation Data, 2020, Remote Sensing
Evaluating Geostationary Lightning Mapper Flash Rates Within Intense Convective Storms, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Environmental Controls on Tropical Sea Breeze Convection and Resulting Aerosol Redistribution, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Miller has also published a book titled War after Death with Fordham University Press eBooks in 2020.

Best Publications

The CloudSat mission and the A-train: a new dimension of space-based observations of clouds and precipitation

Graeme L. Stephens;Deborah G. Vane;Ronald J. Boain;Gerald G. Mace

2311
Citations
Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future

Noam Levin;Noam Levin;Christopher C.M. Kyba;Christopher C.M. Kyba;Qingling Zhang;Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel;Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel;Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel

764
Citations
NASA's Black Marble Nighttime Lights Product Suite

Miguel O. Román;Zhuosen Wang;Zhuosen Wang;Qingsong Sun;Qingsong Sun;Virginia Kalb

535
Citations
Rainfall retrieval over the ocean with spaceborne W‐band radar

John Matthew Haynes;Tristan S L'Ecuyer;Graeme L Stephens;Steven D Miller

437
Citations
Illuminating the Capabilities of the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day/Night Band

Steven D. Miller;William C. Straka;Stephen P. Mills;Christopher D. Elvidge

379
Citations
Suomi satellite brings to light a unique frontier of nighttime environmental sensing capabilities.

Steven D. Miller;Stephen P. Mills;Christopher D. Elvidge;Daniel T. Lindsey

322
Citations
Toward improved characterization of remotely sensed precipitation regimes with MODIS/AMSR-E blended data techniques

F.J. Turk;S.D. Miller

278
Citations
The NPOESS VIIRS Day/Night Visible Sensor

Thomas E. Lee;Steven D. Miller;F. Joseph Turk;Carl Schueler

254
Citations
First-Light Imagery from Suomi NPP VIIRS

Donald Hillger;Thomas Kopp;Thomas Lee;Daniel Lindsey

245
Citations
Haboob dust storms of the southern Arabian Peninsula

Steven D. Miller;Steven D. Miller;Arunas P. Kuciauskas;Ming Liu;Qiang Ji

217
Citations
A consolidated technique for enhancing desert dust storms with MODIS

S. D. Miller

202
Citations
A Dynamic Lunar Spectral Irradiance Data Set for NPOESS/VIIRS Day/Night Band Nighttime Environmental Applications

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181
Citations
Detection of a bioluminescent milky sea from space

Steven D. Miller;Steven H. D. Haddock;Christopher D. Elvidge;Thomas F. Lee

180
Citations
Short-term solar irradiance forecasting via satellite/model coupling

Steven D. Miller;Matthew A. Rogers;John M. Haynes;Manajit Sengupta

178
Citations
Multisensor profiling of a concentric gravity wave event propagating from the troposphere to the ionosphere

Irfan Azeem;Jia Yue;Lars Hoffmann;Steven D. Miller

148
Citations
On the link between ocean biota emissions, aerosol, and maritime clouds: Airborne, ground, and satellite measurements off the coast of California

Armin Sorooshian;Armin Sorooshian;Armin Sorooshian;Luz T. Padró;Athanasios Nenes;Graham Feingold

147
Citations
Upper atmospheric gravity wave details revealed in nightglow satellite imagery

Steven D. Miller;William C. Straka;Jia Yue;Steven M. Smith

119
Citations
Development of a dust source database for mesoscale forecasting in southwest Asia

Annette L. Walker;Ming Liu;Steven D. Miller;Kim A. Richardson

109
Citations
Quantifying uncertainties in nighttime light retrievals from Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS Day/Night Band data

Zhuosen Wang;Zhuosen Wang;Miguel O. Román;Virginia L. Kalb;Steven D. Miller

105
Citations
The GOES-R Proving Ground: Accelerating User Readiness for the Next-Generation Geostationary Environmental Satellite System

Steven J. Goodman;James Gurka;Mark DeMaria;Timothy J. Schmit

103
Citations
Aerosol optical depth increase in partly cloudy conditions

Duli Chand;Robert Wood;Steven J. Ghan;Minghuai Wang

89
Citations
Preliminary investigations toward nighttime aerosol optical depth retrievals from the VIIRS Day/Night Band

R. S. Johnson;J. Zhang;E. J. Hyer;S. D. Miller

84
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey S. Reid United States Naval Research Laboratory

Jianglong Zhang University of North Dakota

Graeme L. Stephens Jet Propulsion Lab

Andrew K. Heidinger National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Jun Wang University of Iowa

Christopher D. Elvidge Colorado School of Mines

Edward J. Hyer United States Naval Research Laboratory

Zhuosen Wang University of Maryland, College Park

Sonia M. Kreidenweis Colorado State University

Timothy J. Schmit National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

External Links

Personal website of Steven D. Miller

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