David R. Legates

14.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
77 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

David R. Legates is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David R. Legates has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 40 papers in Atmospheric Science and 11 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in David R. Legates's work include Climate variability and models (37 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (21 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (13 papers). David R. Legates is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (37 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (21 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (13 papers). David R. Legates collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Canada. David R. Legates's co-authors include Gregory J. McCabe, Cort J. Willmott, C. J. Willmott, Robert E. Davis, James O’Donnell, Johannes J. Feddema, Steven G. Ackleson, Clinton M. Rowe, Katherine Klink and Pavel Groisman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, PLoS ONE and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

David R. Legates

76 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Evaluating the use of “goodness‐of‐fit” Measures in hydrologic and hydroclimatic model validation

1999 3.7k citations David R. Legates, Gregory J. McCabe profile →
Statistics for the evaluation and comparison of models

1985 1.6k citations Robert E. Davis, David R. Legates et al. profile →
Mean seasonal and spatial variability in gauge‐corrected, global precipitation

1990 1.3k citations David R. Legates et al. International Journal of Climatology profile →
Land cover changes and their biogeophysical effects on climate

2013 552 citations Rezaul Mahmood, David R. Legates et al. International Journal of Climatology profile →
Mean seasonal and spatial variability in global surface air temperature

1990 533 citations David R. Legates et al. Theoretical and Applied Climatology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David R. Legates United States	34	6.2k	4.0k	3.2k	2.8k	1.5k	77	11.1k
Gregory J. McCabe United States	44	7.4k 1.2×	4.4k 1.1×	5.4k 1.7×	2.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	132	12.0k
Yongjiu Dai China	48	6.1k 1.0×	4.3k 1.1×	1.9k 0.6×	2.7k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	177	9.9k
Niko E. C. Verhoest Belgium	57	5.3k 0.9×	4.2k 1.0×	3.8k 1.2×	4.8k 1.7×	1.4k 0.9×	213	11.1k
Changming Liu China	59	8.1k 1.3×	3.2k 0.8×	6.8k 2.1×	2.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	320	13.6k
Zhongbo Yu China	57	5.3k 0.9×	2.7k 0.7×	4.6k 1.4×	2.5k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	406	10.8k
Qi Feng China	51	4.2k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	2.9k 0.9×	2.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	406	9.7k
Cort J. Willmott United States	26	6.7k 1.1×	4.7k 1.2×	2.5k 0.8×	3.2k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	45	14.3k
Matthew F. McCabe Saudi Arabia	58	7.4k 1.2×	3.9k 1.0×	3.0k 0.9×	4.8k 1.7×	3.3k 2.2×	225	13.0k
Hylke E. Beck United States	44	9.4k 1.5×	5.2k 1.3×	5.7k 1.7×	3.4k 1.2×	1.9k 1.3×	106	15.4k
Patrick Willems Belgium	57	8.6k 1.4×	3.6k 0.9×	5.9k 1.8×	3.1k 1.1×	862 0.6×	474	12.3k

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Nakhli, Seyyed Ali Akbar, Jing Jin, Clinton S. Willson, et al.. (2021). Predicting the impact of biochar on the saturated hydraulic conductivity of natural and engineered media. Journal of Environmental Management. 295. 113143–113143. 22 indexed citations

Cheval, Sorin, Mihai Adamescu, Teodoro Georgiadis, et al.. (2020). Observed and Potential Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Environment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(11). 4140–4140. 207 indexed citations

Hudson, Janice E., Delphis F. Levia, Sean A. Hudson, Harsh P. Bais, & David R. Legates. (2017). Phenoseasonal subcanopy light dynamics and the effects of light on the physiological ecology of a common understory shrub, Lindera benzoin. PLoS ONE. 12(10). e0185894–e0185894. 6 indexed citations

Soon, Willie, et al.. (2015). Keeping it simple: the value of an irreducibly simple climate model. Science Bulletin. 60(15). 1378–1390. 4 indexed citations

Legates, David R.. (2014). Climate Models and Their Simulation of Precipitation. Energy & Environment. 25(6-7). 1163–1175. 14 indexed citations

Legates, David R., Willie Soon, & William M. Briggs. (2013). Learning and Teaching Climate Science: The Perils of Consensus Knowledge Using Agnotology. Science & Education. 22(8). 2007–2017. 7 indexed citations

Garstang, Michael, Robert E. Davis, Bruce P. Hayden, et al.. (2011). On the coupling between vegetation and the atmosphere. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 105(1-2). 243–261. 40 indexed citations

Rudrappa, Thimmaraju, Yong Seok Choi, Delphis F. Levia, et al.. (2009). Phragmites australisroot secreted phytotoxin undergoes photo-degradation to execute severe phytotoxicity. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 4(6). 506–513. 34 indexed citations

Quiring, Steven M. & David R. Legates. (2008). Application of CERES-Maize for within-season prediction of rainfed corn yields in Delaware, USA. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 148(6-7). 964–975. 37 indexed citations

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Yang, Daqing, D. L. Kane, Zhongping Zhang, David R. Legates, & B. Goodison. (2005). Bias corrections of long‐term (1973–2004) daily precipitation data over the northern regions. Geophysical Research Letters. 32(19). 241 indexed citations

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Soon, Willie, David R. Legates, & Sallie L. Baliunas. (2004). Estimation and representation of long‐term (>40 year) trends of Northern‐Hemisphere‐gridded surface temperature: A note of caution. Geophysical Research Letters. 31(3). 29 indexed citations

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Mahmood, Rezaul, et al.. (2004). The role of soil water availability in potential rainfed rice productivity in Bangladesh: applications of the CERES-Rice model. Applied Geography. 24(2). 139–159. 32 indexed citations

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DeLiberty, Tracy L. & David R. Legates. (2003). Interannual and seasonal variability of modelled soil moisture in Oklahoma. International Journal of Climatology. 23(9). 1057–1086. 35 indexed citations

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Jakubauskas, Mark, D. L. Peterson, Jude Kastens, & David R. Legates. (2002). Time Series Remote Sensing of Landscape-Vegetation Interactions in the Southern Great Plains. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 68(10). 1021–1030. 40 indexed citations

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Jakubauskas, Mark, David R. Legates, & Jude Kastens. (2002). Crop identification using harmonic analysis of time-series AVHRR NDVI data. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 37(1-3). 127–139. 238 indexed citations

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Jakubauskas, Mark, David R. Legates, & Jude Kastens. (2001). Harmonic analysis of time-series AVHRR NDVI data. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 67(4). 461–470. 262 indexed citations

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McCabe, Gregory J. & David R. Legates. (1995). Relationships between 700 hPa height anomalies and 1 April snowpack accumulations in the western USA. International Journal of Climatology. 15(5). 517–530. 42 indexed citations

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Groisman, Pavel & David R. Legates. (1994). The Accuracy of United States Precipitation Data. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 75(2). 215–227. 335 indexed citations

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Legates, David R.. (1991). The effect of domain shape on principal components analyses. International Journal of Climatology. 11(2). 135–146. 24 indexed citations

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Legates, David R.. (1987). a Climatology of Global Precipitation.. PhDT. 88 indexed citations

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