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D-Index
43
Citations
7786
World Ranking
7058
National Ranking
2519

William G. Pichel 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 William G. Pichel sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 127 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William G. Pichel 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 William G. Pichel sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William G. Pichel is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their professional role relates to scientific research within this governmental organization.

There are no recent papers, frequent co-authors, or frequent publication venues available for William G. Pichel in the provided data.

Information regarding main fields of study, subfields, and main topics of work has not been supplied for this scientist.

Similarly, no book publications or awards associated with William G. Pichel are listed in the source data.

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Best Publications

  • Comparative performance of AVHRR‐based multichannel sea surface temperatures

    E. Paul McClain;William G. Pichel;Charles C. Walton

  • The development and operational application of nonlinear algorithms for the measurement of sea surface temperatures with the NOAA polar-orbiting environmental satellites

    C. C. Walton;W. G. Pichel;J. F. Sapper;D. A. May

  • Comparison of SAR-derived wind speed with model predictions and ocean buoy measurements

    F.M. Monaldo;D.R. Thompson;R.C. Beal;W.G. Pichel

  • Detection of natural oil slicks in the NW Gulf of Mexico using MODIS imagery

    Chuanmin Hu;Xiaofeng Li;William G. Pichel;Frank E. Muller-Karger

  • Multi-channel improvements to satellite-derived global sea surface temperatures

    E.P. McClain;W.G. Pichel;C.C. Walton;Z. Ahmad

  • Mapping sea surface oil slicks using RADARSAT-2 quad-polarization SAR image

    Biao Zhang;William Perrie;Xiaofeng Li;William G. Pichel

  • Marine debris collects within the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone.

    William G. Pichel;James H. Churnside;Timothy S. Veenstra;David G. Foley;David G. Foley

  • Automatic Detection of Ships in RADARSAT-1 SAR Imagery

    Christopher C. Wackerman;Karen S. Friedman;William G. Pichel;Pablo Clemente-Colon

  • A systematic comparison of QuikSCAT and SAR ocean surface wind speeds

    F.M. Monaldo;D.R. Thompson;W.G. Pichel;P. Clemente-Colon

  • SAR observation and model tracking of an oil spill event in coastal waters.

    Yongcun Cheng;Xiaofeng Li;Qing Xu;Qing Xu;Oscar Garcia-Pineda

  • Tropical Cyclone Morphology from Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar

    Xiaofeng Li;Jun A. Zhang;Xiaofeng Yang;William G. Pichel

  • Using SAR images to delineate ocean oil slicks with a texture-classifying neural network algorithm (TCNNA)

    Oscar Garcia-Pineda;Beate Zimmer;Matt Howard;William Pichel

  • Ocean Vector Winds Retrieval From C-Band Fully Polarimetric SAR Measurements

    Biao Zhang;W. Perrie;P. W. Vachon;Xiaofeng Li

  • Comparison of Ocean Surface Winds From ENVISAT ASAR, MetOp ASCAT Scatterometer, Buoy Measurements, and NOGAPS Model

    Xiaofeng Yang;Xiaofeng Li;W. G. Pichel;Ziwei Li

  • Oil Spill Mapping and Measurement in the Gulf of Mexico With Textural Classifier Neural Network Algorithm (TCNNA)

    Oscar Garcia-Pineda;Ian R. MacDonald;Xiaofeng Li;Christopher R. Jackson

  • A Multifrequency Polarimetric SAR Processing Chain to Observe Oil Fields in the Gulf of Mexico

    M. Migliaccio;F. Nunziata;A. Montuori;Xiaofeng Li

  • Comparison of Ocean-Surface Winds Retrieved From QuikSCAT Scatterometer and Radarsat-1 SAR in Offshore Waters of the U.S. West Coast

    Xiaofeng Yang;Xiaofeng Li;Quanan Zheng;Xingfa Gu

  • Validation of coastal sea and lake surface temperature measurements derived from NOAA/AVHRR data

    X. Li;W. Pichel;P. Clemente-Colón;V. Krasnopolsky

  • Internal solitary waves in the northwestern South China Sea inferred from satellite images

    Xiaofeng Li;Zhongxiang Zhao;William G. Pichel

  • Internal solitary wave refraction at Dongsha Atoll, South China Sea

    Xiaofeng Li;Christopher R. Jackson;William G. Pichel

  • Automatic Detection of Ships in RADARSAT-1 SAR Imagery

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Frequent Co-Authors

Quanan Zheng
Quanan Zheng University of Maryland, College Park
Ferdinando Nunziata
Ferdinando Nunziata Parthenope University of Naples
Maurizio Migliaccio
Maurizio Migliaccio Parthenope University of Naples
David G. Foley
David G. Foley National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Chunyan Li
Chunyan Li Louisiana State University
Jun A. Zhang
Jun A. Zhang University of Miami
Mark DeMaria
Mark DeMaria Colorado State University
Benjamin Holt
Benjamin Holt California Institute of Technology
Leonard J. Pietrafesa
Leonard J. Pietrafesa Coastal Carolina University
David G. Long
David G. Long Brigham Young University

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