B. D. Beckley

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

B. D. Beckley is a scholar working on Oceanography, Aerospace Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, B. D. Beckley has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Oceanography, 17 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in B. D. Beckley's work include Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (32 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (27 papers) and GNSS positioning and interference (16 papers). B. D. Beckley is often cited by papers focused on Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (32 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (27 papers) and GNSS positioning and interference (16 papers). B. D. Beckley collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. B. D. Beckley's co-authors include R. S. Nerem, Gary T. Mitchum, Dallas Masters, B. D. Hamlington, John Fasullo, Richard D. Ray, J. G. Marsh, Robert E. Cheney, F. G. Lemoine and C. J. Koblinsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

B. D. Beckley

46 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Climate-change–driven accelerated sea-level rise detected in the altimeter era

2018 699 citations B. D. Beckley, Gary T. Mitchum et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
B. D. Beckley United States	21	1.6k	762	598	421	313	47	2.3k
William Llovel France	26	2.0k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	740 1.2×	288 0.7×	243 0.8×	52	2.6k
Anny Cazenave France	30	1.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	905 1.5×	430 1.0×	300 1.0×	63	3.2k
Nicolas Picot France	28	3.1k 1.9×	1.1k 1.4×	1.2k 2.1×	474 1.1×	307 1.0×	90	3.6k
Jérôme Benveniste Italy	30	1.9k 1.2×	900 1.2×	1.0k 1.7×	370 0.9×	382 1.2×	132	2.9k
Michäel Ablain France	29	2.8k 1.7×	1.2k 1.6×	1000 1.7×	581 1.4×	243 0.8×	65	3.3k
Paolo Cipollini United Kingdom	31	3.0k 1.9×	1.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.9×	307 0.7×	382 1.2×	118	3.6k
Benoît Meyssignac France	33	2.4k 1.5×	1.7k 2.2×	1.3k 2.2×	354 0.8×	833 2.7×	97	3.8k
C. Le Provost France	28	2.3k 1.5×	1.0k 1.4×	974 1.6×	221 0.5×	333 1.1×	59	2.7k
Guy Wöppelmann France	30	2.4k 1.5×	687 0.9×	858 1.4×	1.0k 2.4×	852 2.7×	81	3.2k
Riccardo Riva Netherlands	35	2.6k 1.6×	994 1.3×	1.6k 2.6×	615 1.5×	365 1.2×	102	4.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Beckley, B. D., et al.. (2024). Independent testing of PIT tags for fisheries research: a framework for standardization and performance evaluation. Animal Biotelemetry. 12(1).

Birkett, Charon, et al.. (2018). G-REALM: A Lake/Reservoir Monitoring tool for Water Resources and Regional Security assessment. 2018. 6 indexed citations

Birkett, C. M., M. Ricko, B. D. Beckley, Xiaoli Yang, & Robert Tetrault. (2017). G-REALM: A lake/reservoir monitoring tool for drought monitoring and water resources management.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 9 indexed citations

Zelensky, N. P., et al.. (2015). Towards the 1-cm SARAL orbit. Advances in Space Research. 58(12). 2651–2676. 8 indexed citations

Ray, Richard D., B. D. Beckley, F. G. Lemoine, et al.. (2014). Maintaining the Accuracy of a Sea Surface Height Climate Data Record from Multi-mission Altimeter Data. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations

Lemoine, F. G., et al.. (2013). The effect of seasonal and long-period geopotential variations on the GPS orbits. GPS Solutions. 18(4). 497–507. 2 indexed citations

Ray, Richard D. & B. D. Beckley. (2013). Simultaneous Ocean Wave Measurements by the Jason and Topex Satellites, With Buoy and Model Comparisons. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 7 indexed citations

Beckley, B. D., N. P. Zelensky, S. A. Holmes, et al.. (2010). Assessment of the Jason-2 Extension to the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 Sea-Surface Height Time Series for Global Mean Sea Level Monitoring. Marine Geodesy. 33(sup1). 447–471. 73 indexed citations

Ray, Richard D., B. D. Beckley, & F. G. Lemoine. (2010). Vertical crustal motion derived from satellite altimetry and tide gauges, and comparisons with DORIS measurements. Advances in Space Research. 45(12). 1510–1522. 48 indexed citations

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Lemoine, F. G., N. P. Zelensky, D. S. Chinn, et al.. (2010). Towards development of a consistent orbit series for TOPEX, Jason-1, and Jason-2. Advances in Space Research. 46(12). 1513–1540. 80 indexed citations

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Llovel, William, M. Becker, Anny Cazenave, et al.. (2010). Terrestrial waters and sea level variations on interannual time scale. Global and Planetary Change. 75(1-2). 76–82. 75 indexed citations

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Lemoine, F. G., N. P. Zelensky, D. S. Chinn, B. D. Beckley, & John Lillibridge. (2006). Towards the GEOSAT Follow-On Precise Orbit Determination Goals of High Accuracy and Near-Real-Time Processing. AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit. 6 indexed citations

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Tran, N., Doug Vandemark, Bertrand Chapron, et al.. (2006). New models for satellite altimeter sea state bias correction developed using global wave model data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 111(C9). 23 indexed citations

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Foreman, M. G. G., Robert G. Bell, J. Y. Cherniawsky, & B. D. Beckley. (2004). Tides and sea‐level variability in the south‐west Pacific from TOPEX/Poseidon. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 38(4). 649–669. 5 indexed citations

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MacMillan, D. S., B. D. Beckley, & Peng Fang. (2004). Monitoring the TOPEX and Jason-1 Microwave Radiometers with GPS and VLBI Wet Zenith Path Delays. Marine Geodesy. 27(3-4). 703–716. 11 indexed citations

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Andersen, Ole, Per Knudsen, & B. D. Beckley. (2002). Monitoring sea level and sea surface temperature trends from ERS satellites. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 27(32-34). 1413–1417. 13 indexed citations

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Simpson, James J., et al.. (2001). The NVAP global water vapor data set: independent cross-comparison and multiyear variability. Remote Sensing of Environment. 76(1). 112–129. 32 indexed citations

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Marsh, J. G., C. J. Koblinsky, H. Jay Zwally, Anita C. Brenner, & B. D. Beckley. (1992). A global mean sea surface based upon GEOS 3 and Seasat altimeter data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 97(B4). 4915–4921. 9 indexed citations

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Ray, Richard D., C. J. Koblinsky, & B. D. Beckley. (1991). On the effectiveness of Geosat altimeter corrections. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 12(9). 1979–1984. 15 indexed citations

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Brenner, Anita C., C. J. Koblinsky, & B. D. Beckley. (1990). A preliminary estimate of geoid‐induced variations in repeat orbit satellite altimeter observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 95(C3). 3033–3040. 35 indexed citations

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