C. E. Leith

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

C. E. Leith is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Computational Mechanics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, C. E. Leith has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Atmospheric Science, 9 papers in Computational Mechanics and 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in C. E. Leith's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (12 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (9 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (5 papers). C. E. Leith is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (12 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (9 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (5 papers). C. E. Leith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Japan. C. E. Leith's co-authors include David Leslie, Robert H. Kraichnan, S. Panchev, Burton J. Moyer, Alice Koniges, G.H. Canavan, Robert E. Richardson, Jackson R. Herring, Yoshifumi Kimura and Edward Teller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physics Today and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

C. E. Leith

31 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Theoretical Skill of Monte Carlo Forecasts 1974 2026 1991 2008 1974 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Theoretical Skill of Monte Carlo Forecasts
    1974 593 citations C. E. Leith Monthly Weather Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C. E. Leith United States 17 1.9k 1.7k 1.2k 636 612 32 3.6k
Norman A. Phillips United States 23 2.7k 1.4× 2.2k 1.2× 800 0.6× 1.7k 2.6× 396 0.6× 56 4.6k
A. M. Yaglom United States 26 789 0.4× 818 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 308 0.5× 998 1.6× 45 3.9k
Jackson R. Herring United States 29 733 0.4× 496 0.3× 1.6k 1.3× 454 0.7× 582 1.0× 89 2.5k
Brian F. Farrell United States 41 3.4k 1.7× 3.6k 2.1× 2.6k 2.1× 1.6k 2.5× 635 1.0× 107 6.6k
Андрей Николаевич Колмогоров Russia 5 779 0.4× 1.1k 0.6× 2.4k 1.9× 260 0.4× 1.0k 1.7× 15 4.3k
Joël Sommeria France 35 1.2k 0.6× 720 0.4× 1.9k 1.6× 1.1k 1.8× 283 0.5× 107 4.3k
Petros J. Ioannou United States 26 1.0k 0.5× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 617 1.0× 320 0.5× 57 2.6k
P. G. Drazin United Kingdom 29 1.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 2.3k 1.9× 824 1.3× 194 0.3× 73 6.5k
R. Sadourny France 22 1.6k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 726 0.6× 762 1.2× 211 0.3× 51 2.8k
Robert E. Ecke United States 37 530 0.3× 768 0.4× 2.4k 1.9× 258 0.4× 437 0.7× 126 4.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. E. Leith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. E. Leith

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhou, Ye, C. E. Leith, Jackson R. Herring, & Yoshifumi Kimura. (2011). Predictability error growth of turbulent flows. Mechanics Research Communications. 39(1). 15–17. 1 indexed citations
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Teller, Edward, et al.. (2002). LONG-RANGE WEATHER PREDICTION III: MINIATURIZED DISTRIBUTED SENSORS FOR GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 311–330.
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Leith, C. E.. (1996). Stochastic models of chaotic systems. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 98(2-4). 481–491. 112 indexed citations
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Leith, C. E.. (1995). Climate signal and weather noise. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 1 indexed citations
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Leith, C. E.. (1993). Numerical models of weather and climate. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 35(8). 919–927. 5 indexed citations
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Leith, C. E.. (1990). Stochastic backscatter in a subgrid-scale model: Plane shear mixing layer. Physics of Fluids A Fluid Dynamics. 2(3). 297–299. 182 indexed citations
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Koniges, Alice & C. E. Leith. (1989). Parallel processing of random number generation for Monte Carlo turbulence simulation. Journal of Computational Physics. 81(1). 230–235. 11 indexed citations
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Koniges, Alice & C. E. Leith. (1987). Statistical closure approximations and the fluctuation-dissipation theorem for drift-wave interaction. The Physics of Fluids. 30(10). 3065–3074. 8 indexed citations
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Leith, C. E.. (1986). Development of a two-equation turbulent mix model. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 87. 21284. 1 indexed citations
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Leith, C. E.. (1980). Nonlinear Normal Mode Initialization and Quasi-Geostrophic Theory. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 37(5). 958–968. 161 indexed citations
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Leith, C. E.. (1978). Objective Methods for Weather Prediction. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 10(1). 107–128. 96 indexed citations
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Leith, C. E.. (1975). Climate Response and Fluctuation Dissipation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 32(10). 2022–2026. 254 indexed citations
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Leith, C. E.. (1974). Theoretical Skill of Monte Carlo Forecasts. Monthly Weather Review. 102(6). 409–418. 593 indexed citations breakdown →
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Panchev, S. & C. E. Leith. (1972). Random Functions and Turbulence. American Journal of Physics. 40(6). 927–927. 175 indexed citations
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Leith, C. E.. (1969). Diffusion Approximation to Spectral Transfer in Homogeneous Turbulence. The Physics of Fluids. 12(12). II–285. 1 indexed citations
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Leith, C. E.. (1968). Diffusion Approximation for Turbulent Scalar Fields. The Physics of Fluids. 11(8). 1612–1617. 19 indexed citations
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Canavan, G.H. & C. E. Leith. (1968). Lagrangian Wiener-Hermite Expansion for Turbulence. The Physics of Fluids. 11(12). 2759–2760. 10 indexed citations
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Leith, C. E.. (1968). Diffusion Approximation for Two-Dimensional Turbulence. The Physics of Fluids. 11(3). 671–672. 406 indexed citations
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Leith, C. E., et al.. (1952). Nuclear Elastic Scattering of High Energy Protons. Physical Review. 86(1). 29–41. 33 indexed citations
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Richardson, Robert E., et al.. (1951). Elastic Scattering of 340-Mev Protons. Physical Review. 83(4). 859–860. 7 indexed citations

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