Frederick Sanders

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Frederick Sanders is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Frederick Sanders has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Atmospheric Science, 43 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 15 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Frederick Sanders's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (42 papers), Climate variability and models (38 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (23 papers). Frederick Sanders is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (42 papers), Climate variability and models (38 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (23 papers). Frederick Sanders collaborates with scholars based in United States, Tunisia and United Kingdom. Frederick Sanders's co-authors include John R. Gyakum, Lance F. Bosart, Steven L. Mullen, Jun Du, Richard J. Reed, Kshudiram Saha, J. Shukla, Charles A. Doswell, Kerry Emanuel and Brian J. Hoskins and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Reviews of Geophysics and Monthly Weather Review.

In The Last Decade

Frederick Sanders

64 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Synoptic-Dynamic Climatology of the “Bomb” 1980 2026 1995 2010 1980 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. Synoptic-Dynamic Climatology of the “Bomb”
    1980 650 citations Frederick Sanders et al. Monthly Weather Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frederick Sanders United States 23 2.2k 2.0k 436 106 74 66 2.5k
W. R. Moninger United States 15 1.2k 0.5× 977 0.5× 91 0.2× 271 2.6× 51 0.7× 36 1.5k
Laurence J. Wilson Canada 16 934 0.4× 847 0.4× 172 0.4× 193 1.8× 28 0.4× 26 1.2k
Richard E. Carbone United States 32 3.2k 1.5× 2.9k 1.4× 313 0.7× 299 2.8× 102 1.4× 63 3.4k
N. G. Andronova United States 14 1.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 149 0.3× 47 0.4× 160 2.2× 18 1.4k
Robert Colman Australia 28 2.9k 1.3× 3.1k 1.6× 461 1.1× 75 0.7× 61 0.8× 60 3.4k
Stefano Tibaldi United Kingdom 24 2.5k 1.1× 2.5k 1.2× 643 1.5× 142 1.3× 52 0.7× 55 2.8k
James S. Boyle United States 16 1.8k 0.8× 1.9k 0.9× 434 1.0× 42 0.4× 72 1.0× 21 2.1k
Stephen J. Colucci United States 21 1.4k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 272 0.6× 167 1.6× 25 0.3× 45 1.6k
Gerald L. Potter United States 20 1.8k 0.8× 1.8k 0.9× 218 0.5× 68 0.6× 35 0.5× 43 2.0k
Michael Fisher United Kingdom 17 2.2k 1.0× 2.2k 1.1× 436 1.0× 216 2.0× 111 1.5× 27 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Frederick Sanders

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frederick Sanders

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frederick Sanders

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frederick Sanders. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frederick Sanders 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 Frederick Sanders. Frederick Sanders is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sanders, Frederick. (2000). Frontal Focusing of a Flooding Rainstorm. Monthly Weather Review. 128(12). 4155–4159. 15 indexed citations
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Sanders, Frederick, Steven L. Mullen, & David P. Baumhefner. (2000). Ensemble Simulations of Explosive Cyclogenesis at Ranges of 2–5 Days. Monthly Weather Review. 128(8). 2920–2934. 13 indexed citations
3.
Du, Jun, Steven L. Mullen, & Frederick Sanders. (2000). Removal of Distortion Error from an Ensemble Forecast. Monthly Weather Review. 128(9). 3347–3351. 22 indexed citations
4.
Sanders, Frederick & David O. Blanchard. (1993). The Origin of a Severe Thunderstorm in Kansas on 10 May 1985. Monthly Weather Review. 121(1). 133–149. 15 indexed citations
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Sanders, Frederick. (1993). Upper-Level Geostrophic Diffluence and Deepening of Surface Lows. Weather and Forecasting. 8(3). 339–344. 10 indexed citations
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Sanders, Frederick, et al.. (1989). Skill in Prediction of Explosive Cyclogenesis over the Western North Atlantic Ocean, 1987/88: A Forecast Checklist and NMC Dynamical Models. Weather and Forecasting. 4(2). 157–172. 10 indexed citations
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Sanders, Frederick. (1988). Life History of Mobile Troughs in the Upper Westerlies. Monthly Weather Review. 116(12). 2629–2648. 51 indexed citations
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Sanders, Frederick. (1986). Explosive Cyclogenesis in the West-Central North Atlantic Ocean, 1981–84. Part I: Composite Structure and Mean Behavior. Monthly Weather Review. 114(10). 1781–1794. 154 indexed citations
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Sanders, Frederick & Lance F. Bosart. (1985). Mesoscale Structure in the Megalopolitan Snowstorm of 11–12 February 1983. Part I: Frontogenetical Forcing and Symmetric Instability. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 42(10). 1050–1061. 67 indexed citations
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Sanders, Frederick. (1984). The Meteorological "Bomb"; An Explosive Maritime Cyclone. 318–323. 2 indexed citations
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Bosart, Lance F. & Frederick Sanders. (1981). The Johnstown Flood of July 1977: A Long-Lived Convective System. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 38(8). 1616–1642. 112 indexed citations
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Sanders, Frederick, Toby N. Carlson, Richard A. Anthes, et al.. (1980). SESAME News. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 61(9). 1018–1034. 2 indexed citations
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Sanders, Frederick. (1979). Trends in Skill of Daily Forecasts of Temperature and Precipitation, 1966–78. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 60(7). 763–769. 11 indexed citations
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Sanders, Frederick. (1978). Comments on “Venezuelan Rain Systems and the General Circulation of the Summer Tropics 1: Rain Systems”. Monthly Weather Review. 106(7). 1028–1029. 2 indexed citations
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Sanders, Frederick & Kerry Emanuel. (1977). The Momentum Budget and Temporal Evolution of a Mesoscale Convective System. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 34(2). 322–330. 29 indexed citations
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Sanders, Frederick, et al.. (1976). Comparison of Layer Thickness as Observed by Nimbus E Microwave Spectrometer and by Radiosonde. Journal of applied meteorology. 15(9). 956–961. 6 indexed citations
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Sanders, Frederick & Alfred J. Garrett. (1975). Application of a Convective Plume Model to Prediction of Thunderstorms. Monthly Weather Review. 103(10). 874–877. 2 indexed citations
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Sanders, Frederick. (1972). Meteorological and Oceanographic Conditions During the 1970 Bermuda Yacht Race. Monthly Weather Review. 100(8). 597–606. 4 indexed citations
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Sanders, Frederick. (1970). Section of Atmospheric Sciences: DYNAMIC FORECASTING OF TROPICAL STORM TRACKS*, †. Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences. 32(4 Series II). 495–508. 1 indexed citations
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Sanders, Frederick & Robert W. Burpee. (1968). Experiments in Barotropic Hurricane Track Forecasting. Journal of applied meteorology. 7(3). 313–323. 27 indexed citations

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