Brian Kaney

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Brian Kaney is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Kaney has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Atmospheric Science, 8 papers in Environmental Engineering and 4 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Brian Kaney's work include Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (13 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (12 papers) and Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (8 papers). Brian Kaney is often cited by papers focused on Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (13 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (12 papers) and Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (8 papers). Brian Kaney collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. Brian Kaney's co-authors include Kenneth W. Howard, Carrie Langston, Ami Arthur, David Kitzmiller, Jian Zhang, Stephen B. Cocks, Youcun Qi, Lin Tang, Steven M. Martinaitis and Heather M. Grams and has published in prestigious journals such as Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Journal of Hydrometeorology and Advances in Meteorology.

In The Last Decade

Brian Kaney

15 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Quantitative Precipitation Estimation: Initial Operating Capabilities

2015 482 citations Jian Zhang, Kenneth W. Howard et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Kaney United States	13	1.1k	707	354	148	35	16	1.3k
Carrie Langston United States	15	1.3k 1.1×	753 1.1×	436 1.2×	168 1.1×	42 1.2×	22	1.4k
David Kitzmiller United States	12	1.2k 1.0×	786 1.1×	375 1.1×	238 1.6×	33 0.9×	41	1.3k
Ami Arthur United States	10	1.1k 0.9×	890 1.3×	327 0.9×	304 2.1×	32 0.9×	13	1.3k
Kevin Kelleher United States	6	756 0.7×	548 0.8×	186 0.5×	57 0.4×	59 1.7×	10	833
Brian C. Ancell United States	15	551 0.5×	684 1.0×	176 0.5×	101 0.7×	33 0.9×	32	807
Stephen B. Cocks United States	11	794 0.7×	486 0.7×	244 0.7×	104 0.7×	75 2.1×	16	872
Steven M. Martinaitis United States	11	732 0.6×	575 0.8×	208 0.6×	184 1.2×	18 0.5×	18	881
B. Doty United States	8	485 0.4×	476 0.7×	291 0.8×	260 1.8×	62 1.8×	11	820
Qing Cao United States	23	1.5k 1.3×	803 1.1×	541 1.5×	103 0.7×	36 1.0×	49	1.6k
J. Geiger United States	5	467 0.4×	447 0.6×	308 0.9×	290 2.0×	57 1.6×	8	799

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Kaney

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Zhang, J. Andrew, Lin Tang, Stephen B. Cocks, et al.. (2020). A Dual-Polarization Radar Synthetic QPE for Operations. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 21(11). 2507–2521. 56 indexed citations

Martinaitis, Steven M., Jian Zhang, Kenneth W. Howard, et al.. (2020). A Physically Based Multisensor Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Approach for Gap-Filling Radar Coverage. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 21(7). 1485–1511. 16 indexed citations

Chang, Pao‐Liang, Jian Zhang, Lin Tang, et al.. (2020). An Operational Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor QPE System in Taiwan. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 102(3). E555–E577. 35 indexed citations

Cocks, Stephen B., Lin Tang, Pengfei Zhang, et al.. (2019). A Prototype Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Algorithm for Operational S-Band Polarimetric Radar Utilizing Specific Attenuation and Specific Differential Phase. Part II: Performance Verification and Case Study Analysis. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 20(5). 999–1014. 28 indexed citations

Zhang, Jian, Youcun Qi, Lin Tang, et al.. (2017). MRMS Dual-Polarization Radar Synthetic QPE. 1 indexed citations

Cocks, Stephen B., Jian Zhang, Steven M. Martinaitis, et al.. (2017). MRMS QPE Performance East of the Rockies during the 2014 Warm Season. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 18(3). 761–775. 18 indexed citations

Wang, Yadong, Jian Zhang, Pao‐Liang Chang, et al.. (2015). Operational C-Band Dual-Polarization Radar QPE for the Subtropical Complex Terrain of Taiwan. Advances in Meteorology. 2016. 1–15. 18 indexed citations

Martinaitis, Steven M., Stephen B. Cocks, Youcun Qi, et al.. (2015). Understanding Winter Precipitation Impacts on Automated Gauge Observations within a Real-Time System. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 16(6). 2345–2363. 34 indexed citations

Zhang, Jian, Kenneth W. Howard, Carrie Langston, et al.. (2015). Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Quantitative Precipitation Estimation: Initial Operating Capabilities. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 97(4). 621–638. 482 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cocks, Stephen B., Steven M. Martinaitis, Brian Kaney, Jian Zhang, & Kenneth W. Howard. (2015). MRMS QPE Performance during the 2013/14 Cool Season. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 17(3). 791–810. 20 indexed citations

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Qi, Youcun, Jian Zhang, Brian Kaney, Carrie Langston, & Kenneth W. Howard. (2014). Improving WSR-88D Radar QPE for Orographic Precipitation Using Profiler Observations. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 15(3). 1135–1151. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jian, Youcun Qi, Carrie Langston, Brian Kaney, & Kenneth W. Howard. (2014). A Real-Time Algorithm for Merging Radar QPEs with Rain Gauge Observations and Orographic Precipitation Climatology. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 15(5). 1794–1809. 47 indexed citations

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Elmore, Kimberly L., Zachary L. Flamig, Valliappa Lakshmanan, et al.. (2014). MPING: Crowd-Sourcing Weather Reports for Research. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 95(9). 1335–1342. 117 indexed citations

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Qi, Yujin, Kenneth W. Howard, Brian Kaney, et al.. (2013). Retrospective Analysis of High-Resolution Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor QPEs for the Unites States. AGUFM. 2013.

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Zhang, Jian, Kenneth W. Howard, Carrie Langston, et al.. (2011). National Mosaic and Multi-sensor QPE (NMQ) System – Description, Results and Future Plans. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 1847852169–1847852169. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jian, Kenneth W. Howard, Carrie Langston, et al.. (2011). National Mosaic and Multi-Sensor QPE (NMQ) System: Description, Results, and Future Plans. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 92(10). 1321–1338. 376 indexed citations

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