D. G. King‐Hele

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
239 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

D. G. King‐Hele is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D. G. King‐Hele has authored 239 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 102 papers in Oceanography and 85 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in D. G. King‐Hele's work include Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (102 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (74 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (48 papers). D. G. King‐Hele is often cited by papers focused on Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (102 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (74 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (48 papers). D. G. King‐Hele collaborates with scholars based in India, United Kingdom and United States. D. G. King‐Hele's co-authors include Doreen M.C. Walker, Gerald Cook, P Müller, Giovanni Righini, R. H. Gooding, Alan Winterbottom, Erasmus Darwin, R. R. Allan, David Leslie and Harry H. Hiller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Reviews of Geophysics.

In The Last Decade

D. G. King‐Hele

211 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Shelley and science 1992 ·Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science ·D. G. King‐Hele	1
2	Erasmus Darwin, man of ideas and inventor of words 1988 ·Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science ·D. G. King‐Hele	2
3	Lumped harmonics of 15th and 30th order in the geopotential, from the resonant orbit of the satellite 1971–54A 1981 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·D. G. King‐Hele	2
4	The gravity field of the Earth 1980 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·D. G. King‐Hele	26
5	Skylab 1 rocket (1973-27 B): Orbit determination and analysis 1980 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·D. G. King‐Hele	13
6	The bakerian lecture, 1974 A view of earth and air 1975 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·D. G. King‐Hele	8
7	Observations of the micrometeoroid flux from Prospero 1975 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·D. K. Bedford, H. S. W. Massey, Robert Dalziel, D. G. King‐Hele	3
8	Topside ionosphere electron density measurements on Ariel 4 1975 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·C. V. Goodall, (unknown), Y. Tulunay, (unknown), H. S. W. Massey, Robert Dalziel, D. G. King‐Hele	5
9	The orbits of Ariel 4 and Prospero 1975 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·R. H. Gooding, H. S. W. Massey, Robert Dalziel, D. G. King‐Hele	1
10	E.l.f./v.l.f. emissions observed on Ariel 4 1975 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·K. Bullough, M. Denby, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Kaiser, A.R.L. Tatnall, H. S. W. Massey, Robert Dalziel, D. G. King‐Hele	24
11	The Ariel 4 satellite 1975 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·Robert Dalziel, H. S. W. Massey, D. G. King‐Hele	2
12	Analysis of the orbit of Cosmos 316 (1969—108 A) 1972 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·D. G. King‐Hele	4
13	The contraction of satellite orbits under the influence of air drag - VI. Near-circular orbits with day-to-night variation in air density 1968 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·Gerald Cook, D. G. King‐Hele	13
14	The contraction of satellite orbits under the influence of air drag IV. With scale height dependent on altitude 1963 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·Gerald Cook, D. G. King‐Hele	16
15	The contraction of satellite orbits under the influence of air drag, III. High-eccentricity orbits (0·2≤ e <1) 1962 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·D. G. King‐Hele	9
16	Scale height in the upper atmosphere, derived from changes in satellite orbits 1962 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·D. G. King‐Hele, (unknown)	8
17	The contraction of satellite orbits under the influence of air drag. II. With oblate atmosphere 1961 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·Gerald Cook, D. G. King‐Hele, Doreen M.C. Walker	23
18	Analysis of the orbits of the Russian satellites 1959 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·D. G. King‐Hele	4
19	Perturbations of the orbit of a satellite near to the earth 1958 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·D. G. King‐Hele	1
20	The effect of the earth’s oblateness on the orbit of a near satellite 1958 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·D. G. King‐Hele	49

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