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Steven Platnick is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with a strong emphasis on atmospheric aerosols and clouds as well as atmospheric chemistry. The scholar contributes extensively to topics including atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, climate variability and models, calibration and measurement techniques, and solar radiation and photovoltaics.

The major fields of study in Platnick's work include Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these broader fields, the scientist specializes in subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Artificial Intelligence, Aerospace Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

Platnick's frequent publication venues reflect this focus with multiple papers published in journals such as Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Remote Sensing, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Nature Geoscience, and Science Advances. The count of publications is notably higher in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques and Remote Sensing journals.

  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Remote Sensing
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Science Advances

Frequent collaborators include Kerry Meyer, Lazaros Oreopoulos, Robert Wood, Tianle Yuan, and Chenxi Wang, with co-authorship counts ranging from 6 to 20 publications each.

  • Kerry Meyer
  • Lazaros Oreopoulos
  • Robert Wood
  • Tianle Yuan
  • Chenxi Wang

Some of the recent notable papers co-authored by Platnick and others are:

  • "An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions in the southeast Atlantic basin" (2021), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Machine learning reveals climate forcing from aerosols is dominated by increased cloud cover" (2022), published in Nature Geoscience
  • "A machine-learning-based cloud detection and thermodynamic-phase classification algorithm using passive spectral observations" (2020), published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Global reduction in ship-tracks from sulfur regulations for shipping fuel" (2022), published in Science Advances
  • "The NASA MODIS-VIIRS Continuity Cloud Optical Properties Products" (2020), published in Remote Sensing

Best Publications

  • The MODIS cloud products: algorithms and examples from Terra

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

  • 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

  • The MODIS Cloud Optical and Microphysical Products: Collection 6 Updates and Examples From Terra and Aqua

    Steven Platnick;Kerry G. Meyer;Michael D. King;Galina Wind

  • 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

  • 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

  • Determining the Susceptibility of Cloud Albedo to Changes in Droplet Concentration with the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

    S. Platnick;S. Twomey

  • Cloud ice: A climate model challenge with signs and expectations of progress

    Duane E. Waliser;Jui-Lin F. Li;Christopher P. Woods;Richard T. Austin

  • Vertical Photon Transport in Cloud Remote Sensing Problems

    S. Platnick

  • Bulk Scattering Properties for the Remote Sensing of Ice Clouds. Part II: Narrowband Models

    Bryan A. Baum;Ping Yang;Andrew J. Heymsfield;Steven Platnick

  • The Fog Remote Sensing and Modeling Field Project

    Ismail Gultepe;G. Pearson;J. A. Milbrandt;B. Hansen

  • 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

  • Spatially complete global spectral surface albedos: value-added datasets derived from Terra MODIS land products

    E.G. Moody;M.D. King;S. Platnick;C.B. Schaaf

  • Africa burning: A thematic analysis of the Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000)

    Robert J. Swap;Robert J. Swap;Harold J. Annegarn;J. Timothy Suttles;Michael D. King

  • Strong constraints on aerosol–cloud interactions from volcanic eruptions

    Florent F. Malavelle;Jim M. Haywood;Jim M. Haywood;Andy Jones;Andrew Gettelman

  • An assessment of differences between cloud effective particle radius retrievals for marine water clouds from three MODIS spectral bands

    Zhibo Zhang;Steven Platnick

  • Impact of three-dimensional radiative effects on satellite retrievals of cloud droplet sizes

    Alexander Marshak;Steven Platnick;Tamás Várnai;Guoyong Wen

  • Airborne Scanning Spectrometer for Remote Sensing of Cloud, Aerosol, Water Vapor, and Surface Properties

    Michael D. King;W. Paul Menzel;Patrick S. Grant;Jeffrey S. Myers

  • Scientific Impact of MODIS C5 Calibration Degradation and C6+ Improvements

    A. Lyapustin;Yujie Wang;X. Xiong;G. Meister

  • An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol–cloud–radiation interactions in the southeast Atlantic basin

    Jens Redemann;Robert Wood;Paquita Zuidema;Sarah J. Doherty

  • 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

  • Effects of Cloud Horizontal Inhomogeneity and Drizzle on Remote Sensing of Cloud Droplet Effective Radius: Case Studies Based on Large-eddy Simulations

    Zhibo Zhang;Zhibo Zhang;Andrew S. Ackerman;Graham Feingold;Steven Platnick

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerry Meyer
Kerry Meyer Goddard Space Flight Center
Michael D. King
Michael D. King University of Colorado Boulder
Ping Yang
Ping Yang Texas A&M University
Bryan A. Baum
Bryan A. Baum University of Wisconsin–Madison
Steven A. Ackerman
Steven A. Ackerman University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lazaros Oreopoulos
Lazaros Oreopoulos Goddard Space Flight Center
Robert E. Holz
Robert E. Holz University of Wisconsin–Madison
Andrew K. Heidinger
Andrew K. Heidinger National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Peter Pilewskie
Peter Pilewskie University of Colorado Boulder
Andrew S. Ackerman
Andrew S. Ackerman Goddard Institute for Space Studies

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