Over four decades S. Fred Singer produced dozens of interesting, and stimulating, contributions to astronomy and space physics, including seminal and much cited work on cosmic rays and radiation in near Earth space (including one co-authored with James Van Allen,) and his highly original, and still controversial theory of the formation of the Moon.
However, none of these noteworthy scholarly papers had much to do with atmospheric science, and obituaries by partisan institutions like CFAC, and the Heartland institute have accordingly ignored them.
Instead of celebrating Singer's peer-reviewed successes, the usual suspects ballyhoo the dubious achievements of his old age : pseudoscience "deliverables" designed by K Street P-R men to discredit all the real science that undercuts the climate policy positions Donor's Trust clients and coal and oil producers hold dear.
This is doubly unfortunate: it deprives Singer of credit for work well done and much cited, and risks his remembrance not as a scientific contrarian who often weighed in for the hell of it, before ( the two aren't mutually exclusive) his decline into a political and legal witness for hire. So here, courtesy of ResearchGate is a short list of works he authored, or co-authored, whose citation rankings speak for themselves:
S. Fred Singer : Top h:cited research:
The Nature of Light and Colour in the Open Air
January 1954 Physics Today
142 Citations
Trapped Albedo Theory of the Radiation Belt
October 1958 Physical Review Letters
97 Citations
Geomagnetically Trapped Electrons from Cosmic-Ray Albedo Neutrons
December 1961 Journal of Geophysical Research : Atmospheres
90 Citations
A New Model of Magnetic Storms and Aurorae
January 1958 Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
80 Citations
Molecular Flow of Gases
January 1956 Physics Today
77 Citations
Distribution of Density in an Ion-Exosphere of a Nonrotating Planet
November 1964
Aharon EviatarAharon EviatarAllen M. LenchekAllen M. LenchekFred s SingerFred s Singer
75 Citations
The Origin of the Moon and Geophysical Consequences
July 1968 Geophysical Journal International
74 Citations
Evidence for Ionosphere Currents from Rocket Experiments Near the Geomagnetic Equator
June 1951 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Fred s Singer E. M. Maple W. A. Bowen Jr
73 Citations
Lifetimes of Trapped Radiation Belt Particles Determined by Coulomb Scattering
September 1959
R. C. Wentworth W. M. MacDonald S. Fred Singer
71 Citations
Cosmic Ray Physics: Nuclear and Astrophysical Aspects
January 1971 Physics Today
67 Citations
A method for the determination of the vertical ozone distribution from a satellite
June 1957 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
63 Citations
Distribution of Density in a Planetary Exosphere
April 1960 Physics of Fluids
60 Citations
Geomagnetically Trapped Protons from Cosmic-Ray Albedo Neutrons
April 1962 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
50 Citations
Electrostatic dust transport on the lunar surface
December 1963 Icarus
45 Citations
The Economic Growth Debate: An Assessment
July 1979 Technology and Culture
43 Citations
"Radiation Belt" and Trapped Cosmic-Ray Albedo
September 1958 Physical Review Letters
43 Citations
Altitude dependence of atmospheric temperature trends: Climate models versus observation
August 2004 Geophysical Research Letters
34 Citations
Photoelectric screening of bodies in interplanetary space
May 1962 Icarus
34 Citations
Forbush Decreases Produced by Diffusive Deceleration Mechanism in Interplanetary Space
January 1962
32 Citations
Escape of Gases from the Moon
October 1960 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
29 Citations
Calculation of meteoroid impacts on Moon and Earth
May 1973 Icarus
29 Citations
Origin of the Moon by capture and its consequences
September 1970
29 Citations
On the Primary Cosmic-Ray Spectrum
( with James Van Allen)
June 1950 Physical Review
cit. mult.
However, none of these noteworthy scholarly papers had much to do with atmospheric science, and obituaries by partisan institutions like CFAC, and the Heartland institute have accordingly ignored them.
Instead of celebrating Singer's peer-reviewed successes, the usual suspects ballyhoo the dubious achievements of his old age : pseudoscience "deliverables" designed by K Street P-R men to discredit all the real science that undercuts the climate policy positions Donor's Trust clients and coal and oil producers hold dear.
This is doubly unfortunate: it deprives Singer of credit for work well done and much cited, and risks his remembrance not as a scientific contrarian who often weighed in for the hell of it, before ( the two aren't mutually exclusive) his decline into a political and legal witness for hire. So here, courtesy of ResearchGate is a short list of works he authored, or co-authored, whose citation rankings speak for themselves:
S. Fred Singer : Top h:cited research:
The Nature of Light and Colour in the Open Air
January 1954 Physics Today
142 Citations
Trapped Albedo Theory of the Radiation Belt
October 1958 Physical Review Letters
97 Citations
Geomagnetically Trapped Electrons from Cosmic-Ray Albedo Neutrons
December 1961 Journal of Geophysical Research : Atmospheres
90 Citations
A New Model of Magnetic Storms and Aurorae
January 1958 Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
80 Citations
Molecular Flow of Gases
January 1956 Physics Today
77 Citations
Distribution of Density in an Ion-Exosphere of a Nonrotating Planet
November 1964
Aharon EviatarAharon EviatarAllen M. LenchekAllen M. LenchekFred s SingerFred s Singer
75 Citations
The Origin of the Moon and Geophysical Consequences
July 1968 Geophysical Journal International
74 Citations
Evidence for Ionosphere Currents from Rocket Experiments Near the Geomagnetic Equator
June 1951 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Fred s Singer E. M. Maple W. A. Bowen Jr
73 Citations
Lifetimes of Trapped Radiation Belt Particles Determined by Coulomb Scattering
September 1959
R. C. Wentworth W. M. MacDonald S. Fred Singer
71 Citations
Cosmic Ray Physics: Nuclear and Astrophysical Aspects
January 1971 Physics Today
67 Citations
A method for the determination of the vertical ozone distribution from a satellite
June 1957 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
63 Citations
Distribution of Density in a Planetary Exosphere
April 1960 Physics of Fluids
60 Citations
Geomagnetically Trapped Protons from Cosmic-Ray Albedo Neutrons
April 1962 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
50 Citations
Electrostatic dust transport on the lunar surface
December 1963 Icarus
45 Citations
The Economic Growth Debate: An Assessment
July 1979 Technology and Culture
43 Citations
"Radiation Belt" and Trapped Cosmic-Ray Albedo
September 1958 Physical Review Letters
43 Citations
Altitude dependence of atmospheric temperature trends: Climate models versus observation
August 2004 Geophysical Research Letters
34 Citations
Photoelectric screening of bodies in interplanetary space
May 1962 Icarus
34 Citations
Forbush Decreases Produced by Diffusive Deceleration Mechanism in Interplanetary Space
January 1962
32 Citations
Escape of Gases from the Moon
October 1960 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
29 Citations
Calculation of meteoroid impacts on Moon and Earth
May 1973 Icarus
29 Citations
Origin of the Moon by capture and its consequences
September 1970
29 Citations
On the Primary Cosmic-Ray Spectrum
( with James Van Allen)
June 1950 Physical Review
cit. mult.
