Alain Viltard

591 total citations
19 papers, 494 citations indexed

About

Alain Viltard is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Viltard has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 494 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 15 papers in Atmospheric Science and 8 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Alain Viltard's work include Climate variability and models (14 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (12 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (9 papers). Alain Viltard is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (14 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (12 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (9 papers). Alain Viltard collaborates with scholars based in France and Senegal. Alain Viltard's co-authors include Pierre de Félice, Arona Diédhiou, Serge Janicot, H. Laurent, Amadou Thierno Gaye, Henri Sauvageot, André Kamga, Abdoulaye Dème and Bamol Ali Sow and has published in prestigious journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Monthly Weather Review and Climate Dynamics.

In The Last Decade

Alain Viltard

19 papers receiving 483 citations

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alain Viltard France 12 458 430 172 19 11 19 494
Pierre de Félice France 10 424 0.9× 396 0.9× 161 0.9× 18 0.9× 13 1.2× 24 464
Kshudiram Saha India 12 390 0.9× 343 0.8× 165 1.0× 10 0.5× 9 0.8× 28 427
Flore Mounier France 7 390 0.9× 355 0.8× 131 0.8× 21 1.1× 9 0.8× 10 432
Rob Colman Australia 7 356 0.8× 267 0.6× 172 1.0× 16 0.8× 4 0.4× 7 386
Manuel Lonfat United Kingdom 4 354 0.8× 465 1.1× 159 0.9× 6 0.3× 18 1.6× 4 475
Eric Rappin United States 12 508 1.1× 561 1.3× 211 1.2× 18 0.9× 10 0.9× 22 611
Boutheina Oueslati France 10 413 0.9× 356 0.8× 102 0.6× 27 1.4× 7 0.6× 15 445
Tomohiko Tomita Japan 11 655 1.4× 599 1.4× 349 2.0× 9 0.5× 5 0.5× 29 718
Jiu‐En Shi Hong Kong 6 372 0.8× 381 0.9× 233 1.4× 11 0.6× 13 1.2× 7 412
Daniel A. Shaevitz United States 7 413 0.9× 408 0.9× 188 1.1× 7 0.4× 5 0.5× 9 436

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alain Viltard

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Viltard, Alain, et al.. (2007). Rainfall distribution over the Fouta Djallon — Guinea. Atmospheric Research. 86(2). 149–161. 11 indexed citations
2.
Gaye, Amadou Thierno, Alain Viltard, & Pierre de Félice. (2005). Lignes de grains et pluies en Afrique de l’Ouest : part des lignes de grains à la pluie totale des étés 1986 et 1987. Science et changements planétaires / Sécheresse. 16(4). 269–273. 6 indexed citations
3.
Gaye, Amadou Thierno, Alain Viltard, & Pierre de Félice. (2005). Squall lines and rainfall over Western Africa during summer 1986 and 87. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 90(3-4). 215–224. 17 indexed citations
4.
Sauvageot, Henri, et al.. (2005). A cyclogenesis index for tropical Atlantic off the African coasts. Atmospheric Research. 79(2). 123–147. 16 indexed citations
5.
Sow, Bamol Ali, et al.. (2004). Are squall lines detected by NCEP-NCAR reanalyses?. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 90(3-4). 209–214. 1 indexed citations
6.
Dème, Abdoulaye, Alain Viltard, & Pierre de Félice. (2003). Daily Precipitation Forecasting in Dakar Using the NCEP–NCAR Reanalyses. Weather and Forecasting. 18(1). 93–105. 7 indexed citations
7.
Janicot, Serge, et al.. (2002). Energetics of easterly wave disturbances over West Africa and the tropical Atlantic: a climatology from the 1979-95 NCEP/NCAR reanalyses. Climate Dynamics. 18(6). 487–500. 20 indexed citations
8.
Diédhiou, Arona, Serge Janicot, Alain Viltard, & Pierre de Félice. (2001). Composite patterns of easterly disturbances over West Africa and the tropical Atlantic: a climatology from the 1979-95 NCEP/NCAR reanalyses. Climate Dynamics. 18(3-4). 241–253. 28 indexed citations
9.
Kamga, André, et al.. (2000). Systematic Errors of the ECMWF Operational Model over Tropical Africa. Monthly Weather Review. 128(6). 1949–1959. 17 indexed citations
10.
Diédhiou, Arona, Serge Janicot, Alain Viltard, Pierre de Félice, & H. Laurent. (1999). Easterly wave regimes and associated convection over West Africa and tropical Atlantic: results from the NCEP/NCAR and ECMWF reanalyses. Climate Dynamics. 15(11). 795–822. 222 indexed citations
11.
Félice, Pierre de, et al.. (1999). Influence of the 6–9 day wave disturbances on temperature, vorticity and cloud cover over the tropical atlantic during summer 1985. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 69(3-4). 137–144. 3 indexed citations
12.
Diédhiou, Arona, Serge Janicot, Alain Viltard, & Pierre de Félice. (1998). Evidence of two regimes of easterly waves over West Africa and the tropical Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters. 25(15). 2805–2808. 72 indexed citations
13.
Viltard, Alain, et al.. (1998). Rainfall and the 6–9 day wave-like disturbance in West-Africa during summer 1989. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 66(3-4). 229–234. 9 indexed citations
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Diédhiou, Arona, Serge Janicot, Alain Viltard, Pierre de Félice, & H. Laurent. (1998). A fast moving easterly wave of the West Africa troposphere. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 69(1-2). 39–47. 3 indexed citations
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Viltard, Alain, et al.. (1997). Comparison of the African and the 6–9 day wave-like disturbance patterns over West-Africa and the tropical Atlantic during summer 1985. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 62(1-2). 91–99. 21 indexed citations
16.
Félice, Pierre de, et al.. (1993). A Synoptic-Scale Wave of 6–9-Day Period in the Atlantic Tropical Troposphere during Summer 1981. Monthly Weather Review. 121(5). 1291–1298. 13 indexed citations
17.
Viltard, Alain, et al.. (1990). Lower-Tropospheric Cyclonic Vortices in Northern Africa in Summer. Monthly Weather Review. 118(4). 818–823. 1 indexed citations
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Félice, Pierre de, et al.. (1990). Characteristics of North African 6–9 Day Waves during Summer 1981. Monthly Weather Review. 118(12). 2624–2633. 15 indexed citations
19.
Viltard, Alain & Pierre de Félice. (1979). Statistical Analysis of Wind Velocity in an Easterly Wave over West Africa. Monthly Weather Review. 107(10). 1320–1327. 12 indexed citations

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