C. A. Hostetler

15.7k citations

173 papers · 8.4k · 2 hit papers · h-index 46

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Atmospheric Science top 0.1%
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Global and Planetary Change top 0.1%
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Papers in

Global and Planetary Change 152
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds 130
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 87
Atmospheric Science 128
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 109
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate 37
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations 14

Co-authors: R. A. Ferrare (82 shared papers)Mark Vaughan (28 shared papers)David M. Winker (25 shared papers)Johnathan W. Hair (51 shared papers)Zhaoyan Liu (12 shared papers)Yongxiang Hu (30 shared papers)Ali Omar (11 shared papers)Charles R. Trepte (9 shared papers)
Journals: Atmospheric chemistry and physics (19 papers)Atmospheric measurement techniques (17 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (13 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (8 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (7 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

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C. A. Hostetler

166 papers receiving 8.1k citations

C. A. Hostetler's Hit Papers

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The CALIPSO Automated Aerosol Classification and Lidar Ratio Selection Algorithm 2009 · 811 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2009 Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
2009 Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

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1	The CALIPSO Automated Aerosol Classification and Lidar Ratio Selection Algorithm Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology ·Ali Omar, David M. Winker, Mark Vaughan, Yongxiang Hu, Charles R. Trepte, R. A. Ferrare, (unknown), C. A. Hostetler, C. Kittaka, Raymond R. Rogers, Ralph E. Kuehn, Zhaoyan Liu Hit paper breakdown →	2009	811
2	Fully Automated Detection of Cloud and Aerosol Layers in the CALIPSO Lidar Measurements Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology ·Mark Vaughan, Kathleen A. Powell, David M. Winker, C. A. Hostetler, Ralph E. Kuehn, William H. Hunt, Brian Getzewich, Stuart A. Young, Zhaoyan Liu, Matthew J. McGill Hit paper breakdown →	2009	484
3	The CALIPSO Lidar Cloud and Aerosol Discrimination: Version 2 Algorithm and Initial Assessment of Performance Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology ·Zhaoyan Liu, Mark Vaughan, David M. Winker, C. Kittaka, Brian Getzewich, Ralph E. Kuehn, Ali Omar, Kathleen A. Powell, Charles R. Trepte, C. A. Hostetler	2009	413
4	Aerosol classification using airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar measurements – methodology and examples Atmospheric measurement techniques ·S. P. Burton, R. A. Ferrare, C. A. Hostetler, Johnathan W. Hair, R. R. Rogers, M. D. Obland, C. F. Butler, Anthony L. Cook, David B. Harper, K. D. Froyd	2012	392
5	Airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar for profiling aerosol optical properties Applied Optics ·Johnathan W. Hair, C. A. Hostetler, Anthony L. Cook, David B. Harper, R. A. Ferrare, Terry L. Mack, Wayne Welch, Luis Ramos Izquierdo, Floyd E. Hovis	2008	376
6	Fully automated analysis of space-based lidar data: an overview of the CALIPSO retrieval algorithms and data products Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Mark Vaughan, Stuart A. Young, David M. Winker, Kathleen A. Powell, Ali Omar, Zhaoyan Liu, Yongxiang Hu, C. A. Hostetler	2004	294
7	The Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites (ARCTAS) mission: design, execution, and first results Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Daniel J. Jacob, J. H. Crawford, Hal Maring, A. D. Clarke, Jack E. Dibb, L. K. Emmons, R. A. Ferrare, C. A. Hostetler, P. B. Russell, H. B. Singh, Anne M. Thompson, Glenn E. Shaw, E. McCauley, J. R. Pederson, Jenny A. Fisher	2010	276
8	Airborne dust distributions over the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding areas derived from the first year of CALIPSO lidar observations Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Zhaoyan Liu, Dantong Liu, Jianping Huang, Mark Vaughan, Itsushi Uno, Nobuo Sugimoto, C. Kittaka, Charles R. Trepte, Zhe Wang, C. A. Hostetler, David M. Winker	2008	254
9	CALIPSO lidar observations of the optical properties of Saharan dust: A case study of long‐range transport Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Zhaoyan Liu, Ali Omar, Mark Vaughan, Johnathan W. Hair, C. Kittaka, Yongxiang Hu, Kathleen A. Powell, Charles R. Trepte, David M. Winker, C. A. Hostetler, R. A. Ferrare, R. Bradley Pierce	2008	239
10	Evaluation of the surface PM2.5 in Version 1 of the NASA MERRA Aerosol Reanalysis over the United States Atmospheric Environment ·Virginie Buchard, Arlindo da Silva, Cynthia A. Randles, Peter R. Colarco, R. A. Ferrare, Johnathan W. Hair, C. A. Hostetler, Jason L. Tackett, David M. Winker	2015	217
11	Aerosol classification from airborne HSRL and comparisons with the CALIPSO vertical feature mask Atmospheric measurement techniques ·S. P. Burton, R. A. Ferrare, Mark Vaughan, Ali Omar, Raymond R. Rogers, C. A. Hostetler, J. W. Hair	2013	201
12	Observations of the spectral dependence of linear particle depolarization ratio of aerosols using NASA Langley airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·S. P. Burton, Johnathan W. Hair, Michael Kahnert, R. A. Ferrare, C. A. Hostetler, Anthony L. Cook, David B. Harper, T. Berkoff, Shane T. Seaman, J. E. Collins, Marta A. Fenn, R. R. Rogers	2015	170
13	Annual boom–bust cycles of polar phytoplankton biomass revealed by space-based lidar Nature Geoscience ·Michael J. Behrenfeld, Yongxiang Hu, Robert T. O’Malley, Emmanuel Boss, C. A. Hostetler, David A. Siegel, Jorge L. Sarmiento, Jennifer A. Schulien, Johnathan W. Hair, Xiaomei Lu, Sharon Rodier, Amy Jo Scarino	2016	161
14	Spaceborne Lidar in the Study of Marine Systems Annual Review of Marine Science ·C. A. Hostetler, Michael J. Behrenfeld, Yongxiang Hu, Johnathan W. Hair, Jennifer A. Schulien	2017	144
15	MODIS 3 km aerosol product: applications over land in an urban/suburban region Atmospheric measurement techniques ·L. A. Munchak, R. C. Levy, S. Mattoo, L. A. Remer, B. N. Holben, J. S. Schafer, C. A. Hostetler, R. A. Ferrare	2013	140
16	Use of probability distribution functions for discriminating between cloud and aerosol in lidar backscatter data Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Zhaoyan Liu, Mark Vaughan, David M. Winker, C. A. Hostetler, L. R. Poole, Dennis L. Hlavka, William D. Hart, Matthew J. McGill	2004	135
17	Global satellite-observed daily vertical migrations of ocean animals Nature ·Michael J. Behrenfeld, Peter Gaube, Alice Della Penna, Robert T. O’Malley, William J. Burt, Yongxiang Hu, Paula S Bontempi, Deborah K. Steinberg, Emmanuel Boss, David A. Siegel, C. A. Hostetler, Philippe D. Tortell, Scott C. Doney	2019	134
18	Space‐based lidar measurements of global ocean carbon stocks Geophysical Research Letters ·Michael J. Behrenfeld, Yongxiang Hu, C. A. Hostetler, Giorgio Dall’Olmo, Sharon Rodier, John Hair, Charles R. Trepte	2013	124
19	CALIPSO Lidar Calibration Algorithms. Part I: Nighttime 532-nm Parallel Channel and 532-nm Perpendicular Channel Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology ·Kathleen A. Powell, C. A. Hostetler, Mark Vaughan, (unknown), Charles R. Trepte, Raymond R. Rogers, David M. Winker, Zhaoyan Liu, Ralph E. Kuehn, William H. Hunt, Stuart A. Young	2009	118
20	Status and performance of the CALIOP lidar Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·David M. Winker, William H. Hunt, C. A. Hostetler	2004	105

About C. A. Hostetler

C. A. Hostetler is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Aerospace Engineering and Earth-Surface Processes, having authored 173 papers that have together received 8.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (130 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (109 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (87 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (37 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (15 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (14 papers), Aeolian processes and effects (12 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (6.6k citations), Global and Planetary Change (7.1k citations), Oceanography (819 citations), Earth-Surface Processes (382 citations) and Instrumentation (170 citations). C. A. Hostetler has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include R. A. Ferrare, Mark Vaughan, David M. Winker, Johnathan W. Hair, Zhaoyan Liu, Yongxiang Hu, Ali Omar, Charles R. Trepte, S. P. Burton and Kathleen A. Powell. Their work appears in journals such as Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Atmospheric measurement techniques, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geophysical Research Letters.

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