Anton Beljaars

49.1k citations

105 papers · 9.7k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 50

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.1%
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
Global and Planetary Change top 0.1%
- Climate variability and models
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 81
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations 69
- Cryospheric studies and observations 12
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research 10
Global and Planetary Change 83
- Climate variability and models 65
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 29
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 13

Co-authors: Pedro Viterbo A.A.M. Holtslag Alan K. Betts Gianpaolo Balsamo M. J. Miller Peter Bechtold John H. Ball Xubin Zeng
Journals: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (17 papers)Boundary-Layer Meteorology (11 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (9 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (6 papers)Monthly Weather Review (6 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Netherlands United States

In The Last Decade

Anton Beljaars

105 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

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ERA-Interim/Land: a global land surface reanalysis data set 2015 · 436 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 Hydrology and earth system sciences
2008 Journal of Hydrometeorology
1996 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
1991 Journal of Applied Meteorology

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All Works

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1	Neutral and stratified turbulent boundary‐layer flow over low mountains Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society ·François Lott, Anton Beljaars, Ritva Ijäs, Bruno Deremble	2023	1
2	ECLand: The ECMWF Land Surface Modelling System Atmosphere ·Souhail Boussetta, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Gabriele Arduini, Emanuel Dutra, Joe McNorton, Margarita Choulga, Anna Agustí‐Panareda, Anton Beljaars, Nils Wedi, Joaquı́n Muñoz-Sabater, Patricia de Rosnay, Irina Sandu, Ioan Hadade, Glenn Carver, O. Burko, Christel Prudhomme, Dai Yamazaki, Ervin Zsótér	2021	37
3	Measuring the Impact of a New Snow Model Using Surface Energy Budget Process Relationships Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems ·Jonathan J. Day, Gabriele Arduini, Irina Sandu, Linus Magnusson, Anton Beljaars, Gianpaolo Balsamo, M. J. Rodwell, David Richardson	2020	12
4	Representation of Boundary-Layer Processes in Numerical Weather Prediction and Climate Models Boundary-Layer Meteorology ·John Edwards, Anton Beljaars, A.A.M. Holtslag, Adrian Lock	2020	48
5	On the numerical stability of surface–atmosphere coupling in weather and climate models Geoscientific model development ·Anton Beljaars, Emanuel Dutra, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Florian Lemarié	2017	21
6	A biogenic CO ₂ flux adjustment scheme for the mitigation of large-scale biases inglobal atmospheric CO ₂ analyses and forecasts Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Anna Agustí‐Panareda, S. Massart, Frédéric Chevallier, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Souhail Boussetta, Emanuel Dutra, Anton Beljaars	2016	23
7	ERA-Interim/Land: a global land surface reanalysis data set Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Gianpaolo Balsamo, Clément Albergel, Anton Beljaars, Souhail Boussetta, E. Brun, Hannah Cloke, Dick Dee, Emanuel Dutra, Joaquı́n Muñoz-Sabater, Florian Pappenberger, Patricia de Rosnay, Tim Stockdale, Frédéric Vitart Hit paper breakdown →	2015	436
8	Soil temperature at ECMWF: An assessment using ground‐based observations Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Clément Albergel, Emanuel Dutra, Joaquı́n Muñoz-Sabater, Thomas Haiden, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Anton Beljaars, Lars Isaksen, Patricia de Rosnay, Irina Sandu, Nils Wedi	2015	35
9	Evaluating the potential of large-scale simulations to predict carbon fluxes of terrestrial ecosystems over a European Eddy Covariance network Biogeosciences ·Manuela Balzarolo, Souhail Boussetta, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Anton Beljaars, Fabienne Maignan, Jean‐Christophe Calvet, S. Lafont, Alina Barbu, Benjamin Poulter, Frédéric Chevallier, Camille Szczypta, Dario Papale	2014	26
10	Forecasting global atmospheric CO ₂ Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Anna Agustí‐Panareda, S. Massart, Frédéric Chevallier, Souhail Boussetta, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Anton Beljaars, Philippe Ciais, Nicholas M. Deutscher, Richard Engelen, L. Jones, Rigel Kivi, Jean-Daniel Paris, Vincent‐Henri Peuch, V. Sherlock, Alex Vermeulen, P. O. Wennberg, Debra Wunch	2014	62
11	ERA-Interim/Land: a global land water resources dataset Gianpaolo Balsamo, Clément Albergel, Anton Beljaars, Souhail Boussetta, Hannah Cloke, Dick Dee, Emanuel Dutra, Joaquı́n Muñoz-Sabater, Florian Pappenberger, Patricia de Rosnay, Tim Stockdale, Frédéric Vitart	2013	50
12	Natural land carbon dioxide exchanges in the ECMWF integrated forecasting system: Implementation and offline validation Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Souhail Boussetta, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Anton Beljaars, Steplan Wilhelm, Jean‐Christophe Calvet, C.M.J. Jacobs, Bart van den Hurk, Pedro Viterbo, S. Lafont, Emanuel Dutra, Lionel Jarlan, Manuela Balzarolo, Dario Papale, Guido R. van der Werf	2013	102
13	Land surface model over forest and lake surfaces in a boreal site - Evaluation of the tiling method EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·William Wai Leung Lam, Annika Nordbo, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Anton Beljaars, Ivan Mammarella	2012	2
14	Operational meteorology in West Africa: observational networks, weather analysis and forecasting Atmospheric Science Letters ·Andreas H. Fink, Anna Agustí‐Panareda, Douglas J. Parker, Jean‐Philippe Lafore, Jean‐Blaise Ngamini, Ernest Afiesimama, Anton Beljaars, Olivier Bock, M. Christoph, Dimas Febriyanto, Hot Ria Situmorang, Nadia Fourrié, Fatima Karbou, Jan Polcher‬, Lailamardiah Deraman, M. Nuret, Jai Akash S N, Florence Rabier, Adrian M. Tompkins, Lucas Dittmann	2011	21
15	The large‐scale water cycle of the West African monsoon Atmospheric Science Letters ·Olivier Bock, Françoise Guichard, Rémi Meynadier, Sébastien Gervois, Anna Agustí‐Panareda, Anton Beljaars, Aaron Boone, M. Nuret, Jean‐Luc Redelsperger, Pascal Roucou	2010	20
16	Evaluation of archived and off-line diagnosed vertical diffusion coefficients from ERA-40 with ²²² Rn simulations Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·G A Ergasheva, P. van Velthoven, Anton Beljaars	2004	11
17	Cabauw Data for the Validation of Land Surface Parameterization Schemes Journal of Climate ·Anton Beljaars, Fred C. Bosveld	1997	137
18	The land surface‐atmosphere interaction: A review based on observational and global modeling perspectives Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Alan K. Betts, John H. Ball, Anton Beljaars, M. J. Miller, Pedro Viterbo Hit paper breakdown →	1996	575
19	The Determination of the Surface Stress in an Atmospheric Model Monthly Weather Review ·Peter A. E. M. Janssen, Anton Beljaars, A. J. Simmons, Pedro Viterbo	1992	8
20	Modelling of turbulence over low hills and varying surface roughness Boundary-Layer Meteorology ·Anton Beljaars, John L. Walmsley, Peter A. Taylor	1987	13

About Anton Beljaars

Anton Beljaars is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes and Oceanography, having authored 105 papers that have together received 9.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (69 papers), Climate variability and models (65 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (29 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (17 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (13 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (12 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (10 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (7.5k citations), Global and Planetary Change (7.4k citations), Environmental Engineering (2.4k citations), Oceanography (1.1k citations) and Water Science and Technology (846 citations). Anton Beljaars has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Frequent co-authors include Pedro Viterbo, A.A.M. Holtslag, Alan K. Betts, Gianpaolo Balsamo, M. J. Miller, Peter Bechtold, John H. Ball, Xubin Zeng, Fred C. Bosveld and Bart van den Hurk. Their work appears in journals such as Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Monthly Weather Review.

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