Daniel J. Cecil

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Daniel J. Cecil is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel J. Cecil has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Atmospheric Science, 47 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 22 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Daniel J. Cecil's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (58 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (34 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (30 papers). Daniel J. Cecil is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (58 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (34 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (30 papers). Daniel J. Cecil collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Daniel J. Cecil's co-authors include Stephen W. Nesbitt, Edward J. Zipser, Chuntao Liu, Richard J. Blakeslee, Dennis E. Buechler, David P. Yorty, E. J. Zipser, Steven J. Goodman, Dennis J. Boccippio and Steven C. Sherwood and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Daniel J. Cecil

74 papers receiving 4.8k citations

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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.

WHERE ARE THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ON EARTH?

2006 781 citations E. J. Zipser, Daniel J. Cecil et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →
Gridded lightning climatology from TRMM-LIS and OTD: Dataset description

2012 451 citations Daniel J. Cecil, Dennis E. Buechler et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel J. Cecil United States	33	4.1k	3.8k	1.4k	579	259	80	4.9k
Stephen W. Nesbitt United States	33	5.1k 1.2×	4.4k 1.2×	722 0.5×	425 0.7×	461 1.8×	112	5.6k
Walter A. Petersen United States	46	6.1k 1.5×	4.8k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	359 0.6×	1.3k 5.1×	154	7.3k
Conrad L. Ziegler United States	39	3.6k 0.9×	3.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	141 0.2×	625 2.4×	88	4.6k
Mark Iredell United States	11	2.4k 0.6×	2.2k 0.6×	412 0.3×	976 1.7×	254 1.0×	18	3.3k
Lawrence D. Carey United States	38	2.8k 0.7×	3.0k 0.8×	2.0k 1.5×	69 0.1×	605 2.3×	115	4.1k
David M. Romps United States	30	2.6k 0.6×	2.7k 0.7×	282 0.2×	179 0.3×	304 1.2×	77	3.2k
David J. Raymond United States	38	4.6k 1.1×	4.4k 1.2×	257 0.2×	1.2k 2.1×	200 0.8×	115	5.0k
Eric J. Fetzer United States	38	3.9k 1.0×	3.9k 1.0×	330 0.2×	568 1.0×	163 0.6×	152	4.6k
John Molinari United States	45	5.4k 1.3×	4.7k 1.3×	322 0.2×	2.4k 4.2×	147 0.6×	80	5.7k
Andrea Molod United States	31	2.8k 0.7×	2.8k 0.7×	239 0.2×	524 0.9×	228 0.9×	100	3.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cecil, Daniel J., et al.. (2024). Hydrometeor Identification Using GMI Passive Microwave Brightness Temperatures. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 63(7). 749–764.

Carey, Lawrence D., et al.. (2021). Examining Conditions Supporting the Development of Anomalous Charge Structures in Supercell Thunderstorms in the Southeastern United States. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 126(16). 13 indexed citations

Maskey, Manil, et al.. (2020). Deepti: Deep-Learning-Based Tropical Cyclone Intensity Estimation System. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 13. 4271–4281. 52 indexed citations

Gatlin, Patrick, et al.. (2019). The Evolution and Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones from a GPM, ISS LIS and GLM Perspective. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019.

Case, Jonathan L., Patrick Gatlin, Jordan R. Bell, et al.. (2018). Forecasting and Monitoring Intense Thunderstorms in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region: Spring 2018 Forecasting Experiment. 3 indexed citations

Schultz, Elise V., Christopher J. Schultz, Lawrence D. Carey, Daniel J. Cecil, & Monte G. Bateman. (2016). Automated storm tracking and the lightning jump algorithm using GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) proxy data. PubMed. 4(7). 92–107. 18 indexed citations

Cecil, Daniel J.. (2015). Extremely Low Passive Microwave Brightness Temperatures Due To Thunderstorms. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 2 indexed citations

Cecil, Daniel J., Edward J. Zipser, Gerald M. Heymsfield, et al.. (2014). Weather Avoidance Guidelines for NASA Global Hawk High-Altitude Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). 1 indexed citations

Cecil, Daniel J., J. Brent Roberts, W. Linwood Jones, et al.. (2014). Hurricane Imaging Radiometer. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations

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Cecil, Daniel J.. (2010). Tropical cyclone tornadoes: Synoptic scale influences and forecasting applications. 1 indexed citations

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Cecil, Daniel J., et al.. (2009). Comparison of TRMM Rain-Rate Retrievals in Tropical Cyclones. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 87A. 369–380. 9 indexed citations

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Schultz, Lori A. & Daniel J. Cecil. (2009). Tropical Cyclone Tornadoes, 1950–2007. Monthly Weather Review. 137(10). 3471–3484. 56 indexed citations

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Liu, Chuntao, Edward J. Zipser, Daniel J. Cecil, Stephen W. Nesbitt, & Steven C. Sherwood. (2008). A Cloud and Precipitation Feature Database from Nine Years of TRMM Observations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 47(10). 2712–2728. 319 indexed citations

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McCaul, Eugene W., Steven J. Goodman, Katherine Lacasse, & Daniel J. Cecil. (2008). Forecasting Lightning Threat Using Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations. Weather and Forecasting. 24(3). 709–729. 181 indexed citations

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Zipser, E. J., Daniel J. Cecil, Chuntao Liu, Stephen W. Nesbitt, & David P. Yorty. (2006). WHERE ARE THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ON EARTH?. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 87(8). 1057–1072. 781 indexed citations breakdown →

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McCaul, Eugene W., Katherine Lacasse, Steven J. Goodman, & Daniel J. Cecil. (2006). Use of High-Resolution WRF Simulations to Forecast Lightning Threat. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 3 indexed citations

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Boccippio, Dennis J., Walter A. Petersen, & Daniel J. Cecil. (2005). The Tropical Convective Spectrum. Journal of Climate. 18(14). 12 indexed citations

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Koshak, William J., Richard J. Blakeslee, S. J. Goodman, et al.. (2004). North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (LMA): VHF Source Retrieval Algorithm and Error Analyses. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 21(4). 543–558. 119 indexed citations

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Aizen, Vladimir, E. Aizen, K. J. Kreutz, et al.. (2002). Climatic and environmental records from Altai glaciers, Siberia, recovered from ice-cores and snow samples. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002.

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Cecil, Daniel J.. (2000). Reflectivity, ice scattering, and lightning characteristics of hurricane eyewalls and rainbands. PhDT. 5917. 58 indexed citations

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