Brian Mapes

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Brian Mapes is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Mapes has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Atmospheric Science, 88 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 22 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Brian Mapes's work include Climate variability and models (86 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (70 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (52 papers). Brian Mapes is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (86 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (70 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (52 papers). Brian Mapes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and India. Brian Mapes's co-authors include Robert A. Houze, Stefan N. Tulich, Thomas T. Warner, Mei Xu, Jialin Lin, Shuyi S. Chen, Richard Neale, Paquita Zuidema, Minghua Zhang and Myong‐In Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Brian Mapes

97 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

Tropical Intraseasonal Variability in 14 IPCC AR4 Climate... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 200 400 600
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.

  1. Tropical Intraseasonal Variability in 14 IPCC AR4 Climate Models. Part I: Convective Signals
    2006 633 citations Brian Mapes et al. Journal of Climate profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian Mapes United States 39 5.5k 5.5k 1.6k 153 110 98 6.1k
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh United States 46 5.9k 1.1× 6.5k 1.2× 3.0k 1.9× 160 1.0× 145 1.3× 98 7.1k
Zhiming Kuang United States 34 3.9k 0.7× 3.7k 0.7× 769 0.5× 118 0.8× 137 1.2× 89 4.4k
Bruce P. Briegleb United States 31 4.3k 0.8× 3.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 155 1.0× 128 1.2× 38 5.1k
Michio Yanai United States 27 5.1k 0.9× 5.0k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 102 0.7× 158 1.4× 37 5.5k
Paul J. Kushner Canada 39 5.2k 0.9× 4.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 148 1.0× 133 1.2× 118 6.0k
Grant Branstator United States 40 5.8k 1.0× 6.5k 1.2× 2.8k 1.8× 105 0.7× 144 1.3× 73 7.0k
James R. McCaa United States 8 2.9k 0.5× 2.9k 0.5× 531 0.3× 94 0.6× 137 1.2× 8 3.3k
P. Briegleb 9 2.9k 0.5× 2.8k 0.5× 598 0.4× 100 0.7× 123 1.1× 10 3.3k
M. J. Rodwell United Kingdom 26 4.5k 0.8× 4.6k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 65 0.4× 187 1.7× 63 5.1k
Courtney Schumacher United States 32 3.5k 0.6× 3.2k 0.6× 596 0.4× 132 0.9× 273 2.5× 78 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Mapes

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Mapes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Mapes

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian Mapes. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian Mapes based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Brian Mapes. Brian Mapes is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mapes, Brian. (2021). Toward Form-Function Relationships for Mesoscale Structure in Convection. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 99(4). 847–878. 1 indexed citations
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Nolan, David S., et al.. (2019). Nonlinear Zonal Propagation of Organized Convection in the Tropics. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 76(9). 2837–2867. 1 indexed citations
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Lackmann, Gary M., et al.. (2018). NEWS AND NOTES, TECHNOLOGY, CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK, PAPERS OF NOTE, AMS CHAPTERS IN ACTION, TOOLS. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 99(7). 1313–1336.
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Mapes, Brian, et al.. (2017). The late spring Caribbean rain‐belt: climatology and dynamics. International Journal of Climatology. 37(15). 4981–4993. 17 indexed citations
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Joseph, Susmitha, A. K. Sahai, S. Abhilash, et al.. (2015). Development and Evaluation of an Objective Criterion for the Real-Time Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon Onset in a Coupled Model Framework. Journal of Climate. 28(15). 6234–6248. 15 indexed citations
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Mapes, Brian, et al.. (2012). Interpretations of systematic errors in the NCEP Climate Forecast System at lead times of 2, 4, 8, ..., 256 days. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 4(3). 5 indexed citations
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Mapes, Brian, et al.. (2012). Asian Monsoon Forcing of Subtropical Easterlies in the Community Atmosphere Model: Summer Climate Implications for the Western Atlantic. Journal of Climate. 26(9). 2741–2755. 16 indexed citations
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Mapes, Brian & Richard Neale. (2011). Parameterizing Convective Organization to Escape the Entrainment Dilemma. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 3(2). n/a–n/a. 165 indexed citations
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Mapes, Brian & Richard Neale. (2010). Parameterizing convective organization. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 7 indexed citations
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Inoue, Toshiro, Masaki Satoh, Hiroaki Miura, & Brian Mapes. (2008). Characteristics of Cloud Size of Deep Convection Simulated by a Global Cloud Resolving Model over the Western Tropical Pacific. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 86A. 1–15. 59 indexed citations
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Mapes, Brian, Stefan N. Tulich, Tomoe Nasuno, & Masaki Satoh. (2008). Predictability Aspects of Global Aqua-planet Simulations with Explicit Convection. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 86A. 175–185. 40 indexed citations
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Zuidema, Paquita & Brian Mapes. (2008). Cloud Vertical Structure Observed from Space and Ship over the Bay of Bengal and the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 86A. 205–218. 19 indexed citations
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Tulich, Stefan N. & Brian Mapes. (2008). Multiscale Convective Wave Disturbances in the Tropics: Insights from a Two-Dimensional Cloud-Resolving Model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 65(1). 140–155. 80 indexed citations
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Mapes, Brian, et al.. (2004). Bimodality in Tropical Water Vapor. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 9 indexed citations
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Mapes, Brian, et al.. (2004). Radiation Budget of the Tropical Intraseasonal Oscillation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 61(16). 2050–2062. 77 indexed citations
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Lee, Myong‐In, In-Sik Kang, & Brian Mapes. (2003). Impacts of Cumulus Convection Parameterization on Aqua-planet AGCM Simulations of Tropical Intraseasonal Variability. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 81(5). 963–992. 81 indexed citations
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Mapes, Brian & Xiangqian Wu. (2001). NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE Convective Eddy Momentum Tendencies in Long Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 58(5). 517–526. 29 indexed citations
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Johnson, Richard H. & Brian Mapes. (2001). Mesoscale Processes and Severe Convective Weather. 50. 71–122. 41 indexed citations
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Yano, Jun‐Ichi, et al.. (2000). Asymptotic approaches to convective quasi‐equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 126(566). 1861–1887. 20 indexed citations
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Mapes, Brian. (1998). The Large-Scale Part of Tropical Mesoscale Convective System Circulations. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 76(1). 29–55. 53 indexed citations

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