G. G. Rooney

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

G. G. Rooney is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, G. G. Rooney has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Atmospheric Science, 17 papers in Environmental Engineering and 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in G. G. Rooney's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (17 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (16 papers) and Climate variability and models (9 papers). G. G. Rooney is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (17 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (16 papers) and Climate variability and models (9 papers). G. G. Rooney collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. G. G. Rooney's co-authors include Martin Best, Lina M. Mercado, Richard Essery, Oliviér Boucher, Douglas B. Clark, Peter M. Cox, R. J. Harding, Milton Pryor, Eleanor Blyth and Stephen Sitch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Polymer.

In The Last Decade

G. G. Rooney

38 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES), model description – Part 1: Energy and water fluxes

2011 1.0k citations Martin Best, Milton Pryor et al. Geoscientific model development profile →
The Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES), model description – Part 2: Carbon fluxes and vegetation dynamics

2011 759 citations Douglas B. Clark, Lina M. Mercado et al. Geoscientific model development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
G. G. Rooney United Kingdom	18	1.5k	1.2k	592	376	236	40	2.4k
Fred C. Bosveld Netherlands	29	2.1k 1.4×	1.8k 1.5×	874 1.5×	228 0.6×	193 0.8×	82	2.7k
Ebba Dellwik Denmark	22	1.2k 0.8×	618 0.5×	494 0.8×	138 0.4×	248 1.1×	66	1.7k
J. I. MacPherson Canada	31	2.4k 1.6×	1.7k 1.5×	788 1.3×	162 0.4×	294 1.2×	80	3.1k
Yong Luo China	20	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	231 0.4×	255 0.7×	140 0.6×	78	1.9k
Andrey Sogachev Denmark	26	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	602 1.0×	78 0.2×	228 1.0×	68	2.0k
Otávio C. Acevedo Brazil	25	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	881 1.5×	91 0.2×	176 0.7×	122	2.1k
Junsei Kondo Japan	28	1.8k 1.2×	1.9k 1.6×	839 1.4×	315 0.8×	164 0.7×	118	3.3k
T.W. Horst United States	29	2.0k 1.3×	2.1k 1.8×	1.2k 2.0×	165 0.4×	118 0.5×	57	3.2k
Tamás Weidinger Hungary	24	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	447 0.8×	108 0.3×	147 0.6×	88	2.0k
Chiel C. van Heerwaarden Netherlands	27	2.8k 1.8×	2.3k 2.0×	833 1.4×	239 0.6×	108 0.5×	90	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by G. G. Rooney

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. G. Rooney

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rooney, G. G. & Ian D. Jones. (2024). Coupling the 1-D lake model FLake to the community land-surface model JULES. Boreal environment research. 15(5). 501–512.

Ross, Andrew, et al.. (2023). On the near-field interaction of vertically offset turbulent plumes. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 966. 3 indexed citations

Rooney, G. G., Alison Stirling, R. A. Stratton, & Michael Whitall. (2021). C‐POOL: A scheme for modelling convective cold pools in the Met Office Unified Model. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 148(743). 962–980. 10 indexed citations

Rooney, G. G., et al.. (2021). Distributed urban drag parametrization for sub‐kilometre scale numerical weather prediction. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 147(741). 3940–3956. 11 indexed citations

Dance, Sarah L., et al.. (2021). Comparing diagnosed observation uncertainties with independent estimates: A case study using aircraft‐based observations and a convection‐permitting data assimilation system. Atmospheric Science Letters. 22(5). 4 indexed citations

Rooney, G. G., et al.. (2020). Drag Distribution in Idealized Heterogeneous Urban Environments. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 178(2). 225–248. 37 indexed citations

Ballard, Susan, et al.. (2019). Towards operational use of aircraft‐derived observations: a case study at London Heathrow airport. Meteorological Applications. 26(4). 542–555. 3 indexed citations

Rooney, G. G., Nicole Van Lipzig, & Wim Thiery. (2018). Estimating the effect of rainfall on the surface temperature of a tropical lake. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 22(12). 6357–6369. 34 indexed citations

Rooney, G. G.. (2018). Similarity‐based approximations for the evolution of a gravity current. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 144(716). 2302–2310. 5 indexed citations

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Rooney, G. G.. (2015). Merging of a row of plumes or jets with an application to plume rise in a channel. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 771. 17 indexed citations

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Rooney, G. G. & B. J. Devenish. (2014). Plume rise and spread in a linearly stratified environment. Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics. 108(2). 168–190. 17 indexed citations

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Vikhamar-Schuler, Dagrun, John Edwards, G. G. Rooney, & J. Kristiansen. (2012). Evaluation of JULES multi-layer snow scheme for Norwegian snow conditions. EGUGA. 3725.

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Kristiansen, Jørn, et al.. (2012). Soil Field Model Interoperability: Challenges and Impact on Screen Temperature Forecast Skill during the Nordic Winter. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 13(4). 1215–1232. 3 indexed citations

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Best, Martin, Milton Pryor, Douglas B. Clark, et al.. (2011). The Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES), model description – Part 1: Energy and water fluxes. Geoscientific model development. 4(3). 677–699. 1002 indexed citations breakdown →

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Clark, Douglas B., Lina M. Mercado, Stephen Sitch, et al.. (2011). The Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES), model description – Part 2: Carbon fluxes and vegetation dynamics. Geoscientific model development. 4(3). 701–722. 759 indexed citations breakdown →

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Devenish, B. J., G. G. Rooney, Helen Webster, & David J. Thomson. (2010). The Entrainment Rate for Buoyant Plumes in a Crossflow. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 134(3). 411–439. 70 indexed citations

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Sheridan, P., et al.. (2007). Influence of lee waves on the near‐surface flow downwind of the Pennines. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 133(627). 1353–1369. 21 indexed citations

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Rooney, G. G.. (2005). Modelling of downwelling long‐wave radiation using cloud fraction obtained from laser cloud‐base measurements. Atmospheric Science Letters. 6(3). 160–163. 4 indexed citations

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Rooney, G. G., Ian Longley, & Janet F. Barlow. (2005). Variation Of Urban Momentum Roughness Length With Land Use In The Upwind Source Area, As Observed in Two U.K. Cities. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 115(1). 69–84. 6 indexed citations

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Bird, Robert & G. G. Rooney. (1961). Structure of Calcium Soap Fibres. Nature. 190(4773). 337–338. 8 indexed citations

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