David Ovens

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 786 citations indexed

About

David Ovens is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, David Ovens has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 786 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 8 papers in Atmospheric Science and 1 paper in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in David Ovens's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (7 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (5 papers) and Climate variability and models (5 papers). David Ovens is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (7 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (5 papers) and Climate variability and models (5 papers). David Ovens collaborates with scholars based in United States. David Ovens's co-authors include Clifford F. Mass, Brian A. Colle, Richard J. Reed, Mark D. Albright and John R. Christy and has published in prestigious journals such as Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography and Weather and Forecasting.

In The Last Decade

David Ovens

9 papers receiving 759 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.

Does Increasing Horizontal Resolution Produce More Skillful Forecasts?

2002 606 citations Clifford F. Mass, David Ovens et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Ovens United States	7	690	669	120	66	31	10	786
John P. George India	14	584 0.8×	556 0.8×	112 0.9×	94 1.4×	23 0.7×	50	698
Trevor I. Alcott United States	11	432 0.6×	396 0.6×	68 0.6×	29 0.4×	8 0.3×	20	513
Roger Randriamampianina Norway	12	354 0.5×	287 0.4×	56 0.5×	86 1.3×	10 0.3×	25	456
Nick Earl Australia	8	222 0.3×	299 0.4×	63 0.5×	23 0.3×	34 1.1×	13	374
Scott B. Capps United States	12	240 0.3×	290 0.4×	60 0.5×	61 0.9×	14 0.5×	18	444
Jeffrey D. Duda United States	8	439 0.6×	431 0.6×	81 0.7×	17 0.3×	8 0.3×	9	505
Adel M. Awad Saudi Arabia	16	390 0.6×	410 0.6×	40 0.3×	65 1.0×	26 0.8×	35	529
S. Indira Rani India	11	437 0.6×	427 0.6×	75 0.6×	130 2.0×	25 0.8×	40	555
Laiyin Zhu United States	13	270 0.4×	277 0.4×	31 0.3×	63 1.0×	9 0.3×	24	414
Alessandro Hering Switzerland	14	643 0.9×	516 0.8×	90 0.8×	11 0.2×	42 1.4×	33	730

Countries citing papers authored by David Ovens

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Ovens

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Ovens

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Ovens. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Ovens based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Ovens. David Ovens is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Mass, Clifford F. & David Ovens. (2024). The Meteorology of the August 2023 Maui Wildfire. Weather and Forecasting. 39(8). 1097–1115. 5 indexed citations

2.

Mass, Clifford F., et al.. (2023). The Pacific Northwest Heat Wave of 25–30 June 2021: Synoptic/Mesoscale Conditions and Climate Perspective. Weather and Forecasting. 39(2). 275–291. 1 indexed citations

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Mass, Clifford F., et al.. (2022). The Relationship between Northeast Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures, Synoptic Evolution, and Surface Air Temperatures over the Pacific Northwest. Weather and Forecasting. 37(10). 1741–1759.

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Mass, Clifford F., et al.. (2021). The September 2020 Wildfires over the Pacific Northwest. Weather and Forecasting. 36(5). 1843–1865. 19 indexed citations

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Mass, Clifford F., et al.. (2021). The Influence of Wildfire Smoke on Cloud Microphysics during the September 2020 Pacific Northwest Wildfires. Weather and Forecasting. 7 indexed citations

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Mass, Clifford F. & David Ovens. (2020). The Synoptic and Mesoscale Evolution Accompanying the 2018 Camp Fire of Northern California. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 102(1). E168–E192. 19 indexed citations

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Mass, Clifford F. & David Ovens. (2018). The Northern California Wildfires of 8–9 October 2017: The Role of a Major Downslope Wind Event. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 100(2). 235–256. 71 indexed citations

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Mass, Clifford F., et al.. (2002). Does Increasing Horizontal Resolution Produce More Skillful Forecasts?. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 83(3). 407–430. 606 indexed citations breakdown →

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Colle, Brian A., Clifford F. Mass, & David Ovens. (2001). Evaluation of the Timing and Strength of MM5 and Eta Surface Trough Passages over the Eastern Pacific*. Weather and Forecasting. 16(5). 553–572. 28 indexed citations

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Albright, Mark D., Richard J. Reed, & David Ovens. (1995). Origin and structure of a numerically simulated polar low over Hudson Bay. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 47(5). 834–834. 30 indexed citations

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