| Statistics for the evaluation and comparison of models CJ Willmott, SG Ackleson, RE Davis, JJ Feddema, KM Klink, DR Legates, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 90 (C5), 8995-9005, 1985 | 2703 | 1985 |
| Biological and optical properties of mesoscale coccolithophore blooms in the Gulf of Maine WM Balch, PM Holligan, SG Ackleson, KJ Voss Limnology and Oceanography 36 (4), 629-643, 1991 | 436 | 1991 |
| A line in the sea JA Yoder, SG Ackleson, RT Barber, P Flament, WM Balch Nature 371 (6499), 689-692, 1994 | 400 | 1994 |
| An overview of approaches and challenges for retrieving marine inherent optical properties from ocean color remote sensing PJ Werdell, LIW McKinna, E Boss, SG Ackleson, SE Craig, WW Gregg, ... Progress in oceanography 160, 186-212, 2018 | 366 | 2018 |
| Spring phytoplankton blooms in the absence of vertical water column stratification DW Townsend, MD Keller, ME Sieracki, SG Ackleson Nature 360 (6399), 59-62, 1992 | 332 | 1992 |
| Natural oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico visible from space IR MacDonald, NL Guinasso Jr, SG Ackleson, JF Amos, R Duckworth, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 98 (C9), 16351-16364, 1993 | 295 | 1993 |
| Remote sensing of submerged aquatic vegetation in lower Chesapeake Bay: A comparison of Landsat MSS to TM imagery SG Ackleson, V Klemas Remote Sensing of Environment 22 (2), 235-248, 1987 | 212 | 1987 |
| Satellite sensor requirements for monitoring essential biodiversity variables of coastal ecosystems FE Muller‐Karger, E Hestir, C Ade, K Turpie, DA Roberts, D Siegel, ... Ecological applications 28 (3), 749-760, 2018 | 158 | 2018 |
| Size and refractive index of individual marine particulates: a flow cytometric approach SG Ackleson, RW Spinrad Applied Optics 27 (7), 1270-1277, 1988 | 149 | 1988 |
| Statistics for the evaluation of model performance CJ Willmott, SG Ackleson, RE Davis, JJ Feddema, KM Klink, DR Legates, ... Journal of Geophysical Research 90 (C5), 8995-9005, 1985 | 107 | 1985 |
| Light in shallow waters: A brief research review SG Ackleson Limnology and Oceanography 48 (1part2), 323-328, 2003 | 106 | 2003 |
| White waters of the Gulf of Maine S Ackleson, WM Balch, PM Holligan Oceanography 1 (2), 18-22, 1988 | 106 | 1988 |
| Response of water‐leaving radiance to particulate calcite and chlorophyll a concentrations: A model for Gulf of Maine coccolithophore blooms SG Ackleson, WM Balch, PM Holligan Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 99 (C4), 7483-7499, 1994 | 93 | 1994 |
| Living up to the hype of hyperspectral aquatic remote sensing: science, resources and outlook HM Dierssen, SG Ackleson, KE Joyce, EL Hestir, A Castagna, S Lavender, ... Frontiers in Environmental Science 9, 649528, 2021 | 92 | 2021 |
| Blooms of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi with respect to hydrography in the Gulf of Maine DW Townsend, MD Keller, PM Holligan, SG Ackleson, WM Balch Continental Shelf Research 14 (9), 979-1000, 1994 | 91 | 1994 |
| On the spatial scales of a river plume J O'Donnell, SG Ackleson, ER Levine Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 113 (C4), 2008 | 58 | 2008 |
| Spatial scales of optical variability in the coastal ocean: Implications for remote sensing and in situ sampling WJ Moses, SG Ackleson, JW Hair, CA Hostetler, WD Miller Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 121 (6), 4194-4208, 2016 | 45 | 2016 |
| AVHRR observations of a Gulf of Maine coccolithophore bloom SG Ackleson, PM Holligan Photogrammetric engineering and remote sensing 55 (4), 473-474, 1989 | 38 | 1989 |
| Characterization of light extinction and attenuation in Chesapeake Bay, August 1977 MA Champ, GA Gould, WE Bozzo, SG Ackleson, KC Vierra Estuarine perspectives, 263-277, 1980 | 38 | 1980 |
| Some changes in the optical properties of marine phytoplankton in response to high light intensity SG Ackleson, JJ Cullen, J Brown, MP Lesser Ocean Optics X 1302, 238-249, 1990 | 35 | 1990 |