E. Paul McClain

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

E. Paul McClain is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, E. Paul McClain has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Atmospheric Science, 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 14 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in E. Paul McClain's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (14 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (13 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (10 papers). E. Paul McClain is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (14 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (13 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (10 papers). E. Paul McClain collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Russia. E. Paul McClain's co-authors include William G. Pichel, Charles C. Walton, Larry L. Stowe, Paul A. Davis, C. R. Nagaraja Rao, Z. Ahmad, J. R. Sutton, Robert M. Carey, Garik Gutman and Paul Pellegrino and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Monthly Weather Review.

In The Last Decade

E. Paul McClain

38 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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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.

Comparative performance of AVHRR‐based multichannel sea surface temperatures

1985 789 citations E. Paul McClain, William G. Pichel et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
E. Paul McClain United States	13	1.3k	1.2k	844	334	329	42	2.0k
Charles C. Walton United States	9	988 0.8×	914 0.8×	983 1.2×	207 0.6×	184 0.6×	13	1.6k
G. Dalu Italy	21	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	220 0.3×	118 0.4×	365 1.1×	74	1.7k
Stein Sandven Russia	25	794 0.6×	2.0k 1.7×	768 0.9×	218 0.7×	198 0.6×	87	2.5k
Pierre‐Yves Deschamps France	15	1.1k 0.9×	690 0.6×	937 1.1×	912 2.7×	615 1.9×	33	2.3k
Christopher C. Moeller United States	14	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	135 0.2×	296 0.9×	261 0.8×	36	1.7k
Liam E. Gumley United States	13	1.6k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	142 0.2×	288 0.9×	393 1.2×	32	2.3k
F. Petitcolin France	12	1.1k 0.8×	731 0.6×	134 0.2×	485 1.5×	582 1.8×	17	1.6k
Prasanjit Dash United States	16	616 0.5×	716 0.6×	380 0.5×	141 0.4×	514 1.6×	33	1.1k
T. J. Nightingale United Kingdom	15	843 0.6×	882 0.8×	764 0.9×	125 0.4×	162 0.5×	34	1.4k
Jacinta Holloway Australia	11	771 0.6×	807 0.7×	270 0.3×	136 0.4×	133 0.4×	18	1.2k

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Stowe, Larry L., Paul A. Davis, & E. Paul McClain. (1995). Evaluating the CLAVR (ouds from HR) phase I-cloud cover experimental product. Advances in Space Research. 16(10). 21–24. 10 indexed citations

Davis, Paul A., Larry L. Stowe, & E. Paul McClain. (1993). Development of a cloud-layer detection algorithm for the clouds from AVHRR (CLAVR) Phase II code. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1934. 36–36. 3 indexed citations

Rao, C. R. Nagaraja, Larry L. Stowe, & E. Paul McClain. (1989). Remote sensing of aerosols over the oceans using AVHRR data Theory, practice and applications. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 10(4-5). 743–749. 156 indexed citations

McClain, E. Paul, William G. Pichel, & Charles C. Walton. (1985). Comparative performance of AVHRR‐based multichannel sea surface temperatures. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 90(C6). 11587–11601. 789 indexed citations breakdown →

McClain, E. Paul, et al.. (1984). Improved Ocean Surface Temperatures From Space—Comparisons With Drifting Buoys. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 65(2). 138–142. 160 indexed citations

McClain, E. Paul. (1984). Recent advances in multispectral sensing of ocean surface temperature from space. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 3 indexed citations

McClain, E. Paul, William G. Pichel, Charles C. Walton, Z. Ahmad, & J. R. Sutton. (1983). Multi-channel improvements to satellite-derived global sea surface temperatures. Advances in Space Research. 2(6). 43–47. 143 indexed citations

McClain, E. Paul, et al.. (1979). Seasat Visible and Infrared Radiometer. Science. 204(4400). 1421–1424. 4 indexed citations

Matson, M., et al.. (1978). Satellite Detection of Urban Heat Islands. Monthly Weather Review. 106(12). 1725–1734. 86 indexed citations

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Pierson, W. J., R. K. Moore, E. Paul McClain, et al.. (1976). The measurement of the winds near the ocean surface with a radiometer-scatterometer on Skylab. 10 indexed citations

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McClain, E. Paul. (1972). Special displays of satellite infrared data for sea ice monitoring. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 1 indexed citations

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Fritz, Sigmund, et al.. (1971). Meteorological Satellite Program. Eos. 52(6). 2 indexed citations

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McClain, E. Paul. (1971). NOAA's oceanography studies under the Earth Resources Survey Program. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).

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Alishouse, John C., et al.. (1971). Potential of satellite microwave sensing for hydrology and oceanography measurements. 1 indexed citations

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Rao, P. Krishna, et al.. (1969). Remote Sensing of Sea Surface Temperature. Scholarly Commons (Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University). 3 indexed citations

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McClain, E. Paul. (1966). ON THE RELATION OF SATELLITE VIEWED CLOUD CONDITIONS TO VERTICALLY INTEGRATED MOISTURE FIELDS. Monthly Weather Review. 94(8). 509–514. 6 indexed citations

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McClain, E. Paul, et al.. (1965). EXPERIMENTAL USE OF SATELLITE PICTURES IN NUMERICAL PREDICTION. Monthly Weather Review. 93(7). 445–452. 6 indexed citations

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McClain, E. Paul. (1962). A Contribution to the Climatology of the Arctic Stratosphere. Journal of applied meteorology. 1(1). 107–117. 3 indexed citations

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McClain, E. Paul. (1960). THERMAL CONDITIONS IN THE ARCTIC STRATOSPHERE NEAR 8OW IN JANUARY. Journal of Meteorology. 17(4). 383–389. 2 indexed citations

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McClain, E. Paul. (1952). Synoptic Investigation of a Typical Chinook Situation in Montana *. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 33(3). 87–94. 7 indexed citations

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