C. W. Thornthwaite

14.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

C. W. Thornthwaite is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, C. W. Thornthwaite has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 2 papers in Environmental Engineering and 2 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in C. W. Thornthwaite's work include Climate variability and models (3 papers), Online and Blended Learning (2 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (2 papers). C. W. Thornthwaite is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (3 papers), Online and Blended Learning (2 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (2 papers). C. W. Thornthwaite collaborates with scholars based in United States. C. W. Thornthwaite's co-authors include John R. Mather, F. Kenneth Hare, R. T. Field, W. R. van Wijk, T.V. Crawford, Paul E. Waggoner, C. H. Hendershott, Bohdan Slavík, Konrad J. K. Buettner and W. G. Wellington and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

In The Last Decade

C. W. Thornthwaite

17 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

THE WATER BALANCE

1955 1.3k citations C. W. Thornthwaite profile →
Instructions and tables for computing potential evapotranspiration and the water balance

1955 1.2k citations C. W. Thornthwaite, John R. Mather profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. W. Thornthwaite United States	10	1.2k	820	476	474	468	21	2.7k
C. A. Federer United States	29	2.2k 1.9×	976 1.2×	461 1.0×	875 1.8×	549 1.2×	51	3.9k
C. Wayne Martin United States	24	1.1k 0.9×	711 0.9×	640 1.3×	883 1.9×	305 0.7×	46	3.3k
Roger B. Clapp United States	17	1.8k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	1.4k 3.0×	466 1.0×	189 0.4×	80	4.3k
D. F. Grigal United States	33	947 0.8×	183 0.2×	340 0.7×	734 1.5×	502 1.1×	87	3.8k
H. E. Dregne United States	18	655 0.6×	174 0.2×	265 0.6×	449 0.9×	251 0.5×	37	1.9k
William A. Dugas United States	26	2.2k 1.9×	1.4k 1.7×	639 1.3×	1.3k 2.7×	672 1.4×	54	3.7k
M. G. Hodnett Brazil	25	1.9k 1.6×	1.2k 1.5×	994 2.1×	869 1.8×	220 0.5×	46	3.4k
B. Graeme Lockaby United States	33	1.0k 0.9×	906 1.1×	544 1.1×	915 1.9×	370 0.8×	125	3.3k
M. Hornung United Kingdom	29	376 0.3×	401 0.5×	228 0.5×	599 1.3×	192 0.4×	72	1.9k
Kaneyuki Nakane Japan	24	974 0.8×	277 0.3×	235 0.5×	838 1.8×	306 0.7×	65	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by C. W. Thornthwaite

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. W. Thornthwaite

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. W. Thornthwaite

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Thornthwaite, C. W.. (2009). Lessons Learned from Incorporating Web 2.0 Technologies into Three Levels of University Coursework. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. 2009(1). 3513–3520. 2 indexed citations

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Thornthwaite, C. W., et al.. (2007). Native Woody Plants Of The United States.

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Thornthwaite, C. W.. (2001). Technology Empowers a Diverse Population of Students: Results From a Technology Professional Development School. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. 2001(1). 377–380. 1 indexed citations

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Waggoner, Paul E., W. R. van Wijk, T.V. Crawford, et al.. (1965). Agricultural Meteorology. 12 indexed citations

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Thornthwaite, C. W.. (1961). THE TASK AHEAD¹. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 51(4). 345–356. 22 indexed citations

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Thornthwaite, C. W.. (1961). AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS: A CRITICAL EVALUATION. The Professional Geographer. 13(5). 10–13. 8 indexed citations

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Thornthwaite, C. W., et al.. (1961). MEASUREMENT OF VERTICAL WINDS IN TYPICAL TERRAIN. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC).

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Thornthwaite, C. W., et al.. (1960). Movement of Radiostrontium in Soils. Science. 131(3406). 1015–1019. 8 indexed citations

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Thornthwaite, C. W., et al.. (1959). Three Water-Balance Maps of Eastern North America. Soil Science. 87(4). 242–242. 16 indexed citations

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Thornthwaite, C. W.. (1957). Instructions and tables for computing potential evapotranspiration and the water balance. Publ. Climatol. Lab. Climatol. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 10(3). 185–311.

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Thornthwaite, C. W. & F. Kenneth Hare. (1955). Climatic classification in forestry. 9. 51–59. 52 indexed citations

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Thornthwaite, C. W. & John R. Mather. (1955). The Water Budget and its Use in Irrigation. 61 indexed citations

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Thornthwaite, C. W.. (1955). THE WATER BALANCE. 8(1). 104–104. 1256 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thornthwaite, C. W. & John R. Mather. (1955). Instructions and tables for computing potential evapotranspiration and the water balance. 1165 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thornthwaite, C. W., W. G. Wellington, L. P. Herrington, et al.. (1954). Recent Studies in Bioclimatology. 1 indexed citations

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Thornthwaite, C. W.. (1953). Operations Research in Agriculture. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1(2). 33–38. 14 indexed citations

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Thornthwaite, C. W. & John R. Mather. (1951). The role of evapotranspiration in climate. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 3(1). 16–39. 21 indexed citations

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Thornthwaite, C. W.. (1951). Agricultural Climatology at Seabrook Farms. Weatherwise. 4(2). 27–30. 3 indexed citations

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Thornthwaite, C. W.. (1951). The Water Balance in Tropical Climates. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 32(5). 166–173. 19 indexed citations

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Thornthwaite, C. W.. (1951). Report of the Committee on Climatology, 1950–1951. Transactions American Geophysical Union. 32(5). 765–768.

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