David Atlas

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
153 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

David Atlas is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David Atlas has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Atmospheric Science, 46 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 40 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in David Atlas's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (83 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (72 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (36 papers). David Atlas is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (83 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (72 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (36 papers). David Atlas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and United Kingdom. David Atlas's co-authors include Carlton W. Ulbrich, R. C. Srivastava, R. S. Sekhon, Daniel Rosenfeld, David B. Wolff, Christopher R. Williams, Raymond Wexler, David Short, J. H. Richter and R. Meneghini and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

David Atlas

146 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

Doppler radar characteristics of precipitation at vertica... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1973 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. Doppler radar characteristics of precipitation at vertical incidence
    1973 703 citations David Atlas et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Atlas United States 40 4.9k 2.5k 1.8k 589 565 153 5.6k
K. A. Browning United Kingdom 37 4.5k 0.9× 3.6k 1.4× 648 0.4× 234 0.4× 583 1.0× 171 5.1k
Margaret A. LeMone United States 44 5.6k 1.1× 5.0k 2.0× 1.8k 1.0× 184 0.3× 702 1.2× 114 6.7k
E. P. Shettle United States 38 4.9k 1.0× 4.7k 1.9× 506 0.3× 547 0.9× 571 1.0× 100 6.6k
Alexander V. Ryzhkov United States 44 5.7k 1.2× 3.0k 1.2× 1.9k 1.1× 438 0.7× 296 0.5× 93 6.2k
James D. Spinhirne United States 41 5.2k 1.1× 5.2k 2.1× 848 0.5× 386 0.7× 213 0.4× 152 6.6k
Yale Mintz United States 18 2.3k 0.5× 3.1k 1.2× 815 0.5× 138 0.2× 426 0.8× 36 4.5k
Philippe Bougeault France 26 3.0k 0.6× 2.6k 1.0× 1.0k 0.6× 107 0.2× 376 0.7× 45 3.7k
Kenneth V. Beard United States 32 2.8k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 932 0.5× 455 0.8× 84 0.1× 69 4.1k
Jean‐Luc Redelsperger France 41 5.3k 1.1× 5.3k 2.1× 891 0.5× 168 0.3× 1.0k 1.8× 103 6.3k
Terry L. Clark United States 36 3.5k 0.7× 2.8k 1.1× 856 0.5× 134 0.2× 612 1.1× 88 4.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Atlas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Atlas

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ulbrich, Carlton W. & David Atlas. (2008). Radar Measurement of Rainfall with and without Polarimetry. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 47(7). 1929–1939. 15 indexed citations
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Atlas, David, Zhien Wang, & David P. Duda. (2006). Contrails to Cirrus—Morphology, Microphysics, and Radiative Properties. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 45(1). 5–19. 35 indexed citations
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Bosart, Lance F., David Atlas, T. N. Krishnamurti, et al.. (2003). 45 BEACON. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 84(8). 1089–1117. 1 indexed citations
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Atlas, David, Carlton W. Ulbrich, Frank D. Marks, Eyal Amitai, & Christopher R. Williams. (1999). Systematic variation of drop size and radar‐rainfall relations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 104(D6). 6155–6169. 198 indexed citations
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Iguchi, Toshio, David Atlas, Ken‐ichi Okamoto, & Akimasa Sumi. (1995). Footprints of Storms on the Sea in the JERS-1 SAR Image. IEICE Transactions on Communications. 78(12). 1580–1584. 3 indexed citations
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Atlas, David. (1990). Radar in Meteorology. 146 indexed citations
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Battan, Louis J., et al.. (1990). Radar in Meteorology: Battan Memorial and 40th Anniversary Radar Meteorology Conference. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 47 indexed citations
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Atlas, David & R. K. Moore. (1987). The Measurement of Precipitation with Synthetic Aperture Radar. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 4(3). 368–376. 38 indexed citations
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Atlas, David & Thomas Matejka. (1985). Airborne Doppler radar velocity measurements of precipitation seen in ocean surface reflection. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 90(D3). 5820–5828. 8 indexed citations
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Otterman, J., et al.. (1984). A case for Gohrem - Geosynchronous orbit high resolution earth monitoring. 2 indexed citations
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Atlas, David, et al.. (1983). The Influence of Coastal Shape on Winter Mesoscale Air-Sea Interaction. Monthly Weather Review. 111(2). 245–252. 26 indexed citations
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Atlas, David & T. T. Bannister. (1980). Dependence of mean spectral extinction coefficient of phytoplankton on depth, water color, and species. Limnology and Oceanography. 25(1). 157–159. 77 indexed citations
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Atlas, David & R. C. Srivastava. (1971). A Method for Radar Turbulence Detection. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. AES-7(1). 179–187. 4 indexed citations
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Gossard, Earl E., J Richter, & David Atlas. (1969). The structure of internal gravity waves in the atmosphere from high resolution radar measurements. 9–9. 1 indexed citations
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Atlas, David & Kenneth R. Hardy. (1967). Radar analysis of the clear atmosphere - Angels.. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 7 indexed citations
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Atlas, David, et al.. (1963). Sobre el origen de las bandas espiraladas de los huracanes. Geofísica Internacional. 3(4). 123–132. 20 indexed citations
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Atlas, David. (1963). Atmospheric Sciences: Visions Versus Mirages With Regard to Radar Meteorology1. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 44(12). 772–777. 3 indexed citations
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Atlas, David, et al.. (1963). On the back-scatter cross-sections of ice spheres. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik. 14(5). 563–573. 2 indexed citations
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Atlas, David. (1959). Radar studies of meteorological “angel” echoes. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 15(3-4). 262–287. 10 indexed citations
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Atlas, David. (1959). METEROROLOGICAL “ANGEL” ECHOES. Journal of Meteorology. 16(1). 6–11. 11 indexed citations

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