B. P. Williams

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

B. P. Williams is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, B. P. Williams has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 54 papers in Atmospheric Science and 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in B. P. Williams's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (65 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (46 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (30 papers). B. P. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (65 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (46 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (30 papers). B. P. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Norway. B. P. Williams's co-authors include C. Y. She, David C. Fritts, Tao Yuan, David A. Krueger, Tao Li, P. Acott, Pierre‐Dominique Pautet, J. D. Vance, Takuya Kawahara and Katrina Bossert and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters and Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

In The Last Decade

B. P. Williams

77 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

NRLMSIS 2.0: A Whole‐Atmosphere Empirical Model of Temperature and Neutral Species Densities

2020 221 citations J. T. Emmert, D. P. Drob et al. Earth and Space Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
B. P. Williams United States	28	1.6k	1.3k	416	399	296	79	2.2k
Tao Yuan United States	27	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	465 1.1×	367 0.9×	306 1.0×	65	2.2k
Xinzhao Chu United States	32	2.2k 1.3×	1.6k 1.3×	668 1.6×	294 0.7×	220 0.7×	90	2.6k
W. E. Ward Canada	31	2.0k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	593 1.4×	410 1.0×	218 0.7×	106	2.5k
J. H. Hecht United States	32	2.7k 1.6×	1.7k 1.4×	332 0.8×	575 1.4×	472 1.6×	132	3.1k
Wei Yuan China	27	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	724 1.7×	385 1.0×	287 1.0×	116	2.1k
B. R. Clemesha Brazil	33	3.2k 2.0×	2.4k 1.8×	825 2.0×	440 1.1×	356 1.2×	179	3.8k
Robin Wordsworth United States	30	2.6k 1.6×	1.2k 0.9×	301 0.7×	124 0.3×	201 0.7×	86	3.2k
G. Thuillier France	23	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	463 1.1×	392 1.0×	76 0.3×	62	2.1k
Pierre‐Dominique Pautet United States	27	1.5k 0.9×	979 0.8×	363 0.9×	394 1.0×	314 1.1×	85	1.9k
Steven Franke United States	27	1.9k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	215 0.5×	540 1.4×	792 2.7×	86	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. P. Williams

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Fritts, David C., Gerd Baumgarten, Pierre‐Dominique Pautet, et al.. (2023). Kelvin–Helmholtz Instability “Tube” and “Knot” Dynamics. Part I: Expanding Observational Evidence of Occurrence and Environmental Influences. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 80(10). 2419–2437. 5 indexed citations

Fritts, David C., Amber Miller, B. P. Williams, et al.. (2022). Multi‐Scale Kelvin‐Helmholtz Instability Dynamics Observed by PMC Turbo on 12 July 2018: 1. Secondary Instabilities and Billow Interactions. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(18). 8 indexed citations

Dörnbrack, Andreas, Stephen D. Eckermann, B. P. Williams, & Julie Haggerty. (2021). Stratospheric Gravity Waves Excited by a Propagating Rossby Wave Train—A DEEPWAVE Case Study. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 79(2). 567–591. 11 indexed citations

Jones, Glenn, B. P. Williams, David C. Fritts, et al.. (2020). The PMC Turbo Balloon Mission to Measure Gravity Waves and Turbulence in Polar Mesospheric Clouds: Camera, Telemetry, and Software Performance. Earth and Space Science. 7(8). e2020EA001238–e2020EA001238. 9 indexed citations

Fritts, David C., Natalie Kaifler, Bernd Kaifler, et al.. (2020). Mesospheric Bore Evolution and Instability Dynamics Observed in PMC Turbo Imaging and Rayleigh Lidar Profiling Over Northeastern Canada on 13 July 2018. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 125(14). e2019JD032037–e2019JD032037. 18 indexed citations

Emmert, J. T., D. P. Drob, J. M. Picone, et al.. (2020). NRLMSIS 2.0: A Whole‐Atmosphere Empirical Model of Temperature and Neutral Species Densities. Earth and Space Science. 8(3). 221 indexed citations breakdown →

Hanany, Shaul, David C. Fritts, Bernd Kaifler, et al.. (2020). Gravity Wave Breaking and Vortex Ring Formation Observed by PMC Turbo. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 125(23). 8 indexed citations

Fritts, David C., Amber Miller, B. P. Williams, et al.. (2019). PMC Turbo: Studying Gravity Wave and Instability Dynamics in the Summer Mesosphere Using Polar Mesospheric Cloud Imaging and Profiling From a Stratospheric Balloon. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 124(12). 6423–6443. 31 indexed citations

Fritts, David C., Simon Vosper, B. P. Williams, et al.. (2018). Large‐Amplitude Mountain Waves in the Mesosphere Accompanying Weak Cross‐Mountain Flow During DEEPWAVE Research Flight RF22. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(18). 9992–9992. 27 indexed citations

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Bossert, Katrina, David C. Fritts, C. J. Heale, et al.. (2018). Momentum Flux Spectra of a Mountain Wave Event Over New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(18). 9980–9991. 10 indexed citations

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Bossert, Katrina, Christopher G. Kruse, C. J. Heale, et al.. (2017). Secondary gravity wave generation over New Zealand during the DEEPWAVE campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 122(15). 7834–7850. 47 indexed citations

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Bramberger, Martina, Andreas Dörnbrack, Katrina Bossert, et al.. (2017). Does Strong Tropospheric Forcing Cause Large‐Amplitude Mesospheric Gravity Waves? A DEEPWAVE Case Study. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 122(21). 137 indexed citations

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Williams, B. P., D. C. Fritts, A. Miller, et al.. (2017). The PMC-Turbo Balloon Mission to Study Gravity Waves and Turbulence through High-Resolution Imaging of Polar Mesospheric Clouds. AGUFM. 2017.

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Bossert, Katrina, David C. Fritts, Tao Yuan, et al.. (2016). Small-Scale Gravity Wave Generation, Propagation, and Instability Dynamics in the Presence of Tides and Inertia Gravity Waves. AGUFM. 1 indexed citations

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Plane, J. M. C., R. W. Saunders, Jonas Hedin, et al.. (2013). A combined rocket-borne and ground-based study of the sodium layer and charged dust in the upper mesosphere. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 118. 151–160. 26 indexed citations

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Baumgarten, Gerd, Jens Fiedler, U.‐P. Hoppe, et al.. (2012). Combined wind measurements by two different lidar instruments in the Arctic middle atmosphere. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 5(10). 2433–2445. 28 indexed citations

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Huang, Wentao, Xinzhao Chu, Bo Tan, et al.. (2009). Field demonstration of simultaneous wind and temperature measurements from 5to50 km with a Na double-edge magneto-optic filter in a multi-frequency Doppler lidar. Optics Letters. 34(10). 1552–1552. 20 indexed citations

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Huang, Wentao, et al.. (2009). Na double-edge magneto-optic filter for Na lidar profiling of wind and temperature in the lower atmosphere. Optics Letters. 34(2). 199–199. 29 indexed citations

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Williams, B. P., D. C. Fritts, C. Y. She, et al.. (2004). Gravity wave propagation, tidal interaction, and instabilities in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere during the winter 2003 MaCWAVE rocket campaign. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 2 indexed citations

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She, C. Y., et al.. (2001). Tides in the Mesopause Region over Fort Collins, CO (41N, 105W) Based on Lidar Temperature Observations Covering Full Diurnal Cycles. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 9 indexed citations

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