| Recent Greenland ice mass loss by drainage system from satellite gravity observations | Science | 2006 | 302 |
| Reduced-order fluid/structure modeling of a complete aircraft configuration | Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering | 2006 | 199 |
| Monthly tidal temperatures 20–120 km from TIMED/SABER | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2006 | 171 |
| Eddies and Tropical Instability Waves in the eastern tropical Pacific: A review | Progress in Oceanography | 2006 | 141 |
| Troposphere-thermosphere tidal coupling as measured by the SABER instrument on TIMED during July–September 2002 | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2006 | 141 |
| Thermosphere density response to the 20–21 November 2003 solar and geomagnetic storm from CHAMP and GRACE accelerometer data | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2006 | 134 |
| Finding the repeat times of the GPS constellation | GPS Solutions | 2006 | 128 |
| Solar Tides as Revealed by Measurements of Mesosphere Temperature by the MLS Experiment on UARS | Journals of the Atmospheric Sciences | 2006 | 113 |
| Correlation between the inner edge of outer radiation belt electrons and the innermost plasmapause location | Geophysical Research Letters | 2006 | 103 |
| Antibiotic efficacy and microbial virulence during space flight | Trends in Biotechnology | 2006 | 86 |
| Modeling the global micrometeor input function in the upper atmosphere observed by high power and large aperture radars | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2006 | 80 |
| Neutral density response to the solar flares of October and November, 2003 | Geophysical Research Letters | 2006 | 80 |
| Pulsatile vortex generators for low-speed maneuvering of small underwater vehicles | Ocean Engineering | 2006 | 71 |
| Solar rotation effects on the thermospheres of Mars and Earth | Science | 2006 | 68 |
| Intercomparison of Bulk Cloud Microphysics Schemes in Mesoscale Simulations of Springtime Arctic Mixed-Phase Stratiform Clouds | Monthly Weather Review | 2006 | 67 |
| Global and seasonal distribution of gravity wave activity in Mars' lower atmosphere derived from MGS radio occultation data | Geophysical Research Letters | 2006 | 62 |
| A climatology of tides in the Antarctic mesosphere and lower thermosphere | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2006 | 57 |
| Estimating fugitive dust emission rates using an environmental boundary layer wind tunnel | Atmospheric Environment | 2006 | 54 |
| A long-range forecast of Arctic summer sea-ice minimum extent | Geophysical Research Letters | 2006 | 50 |
| Intercomparison of Arctic Regional Climate Models: Modeling Clouds and Radiation for SHEBA in May 1998 | Journal of Climate | 2006 | 50 |
| Density variability at scales typical of gravity waves observed in Mars' thermosphere by the MGS accelerometer | Geophysical Research Letters | 2006 | 48 |
| Polar mesospheric clouds observed by an iron Boltzmann lidar at Rothera (67.5°S, 68.0°W), Antarctica from 2002 to 2005: Properties and implications | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2006 | 44 |
| Modeling of 1–2 September 1859 super magnetic storm | Advances in Space Research | 2006 | 44 |
| Considerations for non-invasive in-flight monitoring of astronaut immune status with potential use of MEMS and NEMS devices | Life Sciences | 2006 | 39 |
| Microbial antibiotic production aboard the International Space Station | Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | 2006 | 37 |
