Eric C. Bruning

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

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Eric C. Bruning is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric C. Bruning has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 46 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 17 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Eric C. Bruning's work include Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena (49 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (42 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (11 papers). Eric C. Bruning is often cited by papers focused on Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena (49 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (42 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (11 papers). Eric C. Bruning collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Eric C. Bruning's co-authors include Donald R. MacGorman, Edward R. Mansell, Conrad L. Ziegler, P. R. Krehbiel, W. David Rust, W. Rison, Stephanie A. Weiss, Terry J. Schuur, Scott D. Rudlosky and Steven J. Goodman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Geophysical Research Letters and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Eric C. Bruning

55 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Simulated Electrification of a Small Thunderstorm with Two-Moment Bulk Microphysics

2009 441 citations Conrad L. Ziegler, Eric C. Bruning et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric C. Bruning United States	23	2.0k	1.8k	1.1k	218	195	60	2.5k
Michael I. Biggerstaff United States	26	1.7k 0.8×	800 0.4×	1.8k 1.6×	91 0.4×	280 1.4×	66	2.5k
Eugene W. McCaul United States	24	1.8k 0.9×	961 0.5×	1.6k 1.4×	86 0.4×	200 1.0×	59	2.3k
Edward R. Mansell United States	30	2.9k 1.5×	1.3k 0.7×	2.7k 2.4×	118 0.5×	417 2.1×	65	3.4k
J. Harlin United States	13	1.4k 0.7×	2.1k 1.2×	453 0.4×	252 1.2×	68 0.3×	24	2.2k
Serge Soula France	23	872 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	347 0.3×	172 0.8×	52 0.3×	86	1.4k
T. Hamlin United States	17	1.5k 0.7×	2.2k 1.2×	431 0.4×	285 1.3×	70 0.4×	34	2.3k
S. Heckman United States	19	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	410 0.4×	175 0.8×	36 0.2×	41	1.8k
Kevin T. Driscoll United States	11	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	710 0.6×	106 0.5×	48 0.2×	18	1.7k
Michael Stewart United States	8	967 0.5×	969 0.5×	568 0.5×	95 0.4×	44 0.2×	17	1.4k
Monte G. Bateman United States	15	821 0.4×	930 0.5×	450 0.4×	56 0.3×	66 0.3×	37	1.2k

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Jones, William K., Julia Kukulies, Fabian Senf, et al.. (2024). tobac v1.5: introducing fast 3D tracking, splits and mergers, and other enhancements for identifying and analysing meteorological phenomena. Geoscientific model development. 17(13). 5309–5330. 12 indexed citations

Steiger, Scott M., Eric C. Bruning, Geoffrey T. Stano, et al.. (2024). Winter Lightning to the Lee of Lake Ontario: The Lake-Effect Electrification (LEE) Field Campaign. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 105(11). E2026–E2046.

Pickering, Kenneth, M. C. Barth, M. M. Bela, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of Lightning Flash Rate Parameterizations in a Cloud‐Resolved WRF‐Chem Simulation of the 29–30 May 2012 Oklahoma Severe Supercell System Observed During DC3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(11). 2 indexed citations

Pickering, Kenneth, Yunyao Li, M. C. Barth, et al.. (2024). Lightning NO_x in the 29–30 May 2012 Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) Severe Storm and Its Downwind Chemical Consequences. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(11). 2 indexed citations

Bruning, Eric C., et al.. (2024). Lightning and Radar Measures of Mixed-Phase Updraft Variability in Tracked Storms during the TRACER Field Campaign in Houston, Texas. Monthly Weather Review. 152(12). 2753–2769. 1 indexed citations

Jones, William K., Julia Kukulies, Fabian Senf, et al.. (2023). tobac v1.5: Introducing Fast 3D Tracking, Splits and Mergers, and Other Enhancements for Identifying and Analysing Meteorological Phenomena. 4 indexed citations

Mach, Douglas M., Eric C. Bruning, Ningyu Liu, et al.. (2022). Upward propagation of gigantic jets revealed by 3D radio and optical mapping. Science Advances. 8(31). eabl8731–eabl8731. 9 indexed citations

Schultz, Christopher J., Eric C. Bruning, Stephanie N. Stevenson, et al.. (2021). The Evolution of Lightning Flash Density, Flash Size, and Flash Energy During Hurricane Dorian's (2019) Intensification and Weakening. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(8). 6 indexed citations

Bruning, Eric C., et al.. (2021). Assessment of Turbulence Intensity in Different Spots of Lightning Flash Propagation. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(21). 10 indexed citations

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Brune, W. H., Eric C. Bruning, Sean Waugh, et al.. (2021). Extreme oxidant amounts produced by lightning in storm clouds. Science. 372(6543). 711–715. 37 indexed citations

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Liu, Chuntao, et al.. (2021). Observations from the one year electric field Study-North Slope of Alaska (OYES-NSA) field campaign, and their implications for observing the distribution of global electrified cloud activity. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 214. 105528–105528. 4 indexed citations

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Peterson, Michael, Timothy J. Lang, Eric C. Bruning, et al.. (2020). New World Meteorological Organization Certified Megaflash Lightning Extremes for Flash Distance (709 km) and Duration (16.73 s) Recorded From Space. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(16). 30 indexed citations

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Schultz, Christopher J., et al.. (2018). Characteristics of Lightning Within Electrified Snowfall Events Using Lightning Mapping Arrays. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(4). 2347–2367. 22 indexed citations

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Rudlosky, Scott D., Steven J. Goodman, Katrina S. Virts, & Eric C. Bruning. (2018). Initial Geostationary Lightning Mapper Observations. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(2). 1097–1104. 146 indexed citations

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Bruning, Eric C., et al.. (2018). Variations of Thunderstorm Charge Structures in West Texas on 4 June 2012. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(17). 9502–9523. 16 indexed citations

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MacGorman, Donald R., et al.. (2014). Flash Location, Size, and Rates Relative to the Evolving Kinematics and Microphysics of the 29 May 2012 DC3 Supercell Storm. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Pickering, Kenneth, M. C. Barth, A. J. Weinheimer, et al.. (2014). A WRF-Chem Flash Rate Parameterization Scheme and LNOx Analysis of the 29-30 May 2012 Convective Event in Oklahoma During DC3. elib (German Aerospace Center). 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Bruning, Eric C., Ronald J. Thomas, P. R. Krehbiel, et al.. (2013). Fractal-Based Lightning Channel Length Estimation from Convex-Hull Flash Areas for DC3 Lightning Mapping Array Data. 1 indexed citations

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Schultz, C. J., et al.. (2011). Total lightning within electrified snowfall using LMA, NLDN and WTLN measurements. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 3 indexed citations

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Albrecht, Rachel I., et al.. (2010). Total lightning flash characteristics observed from TRMM Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) and their relationship with regional convection and precipitation type. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010.

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