H. E. Whitney

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

H. E. Whitney is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, H. E. Whitney has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 24 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in H. E. Whitney's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (31 papers), GNSS positioning and interference (22 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (12 papers). H. E. Whitney is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (31 papers), GNSS positioning and interference (22 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (12 papers). H. E. Whitney collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Norway. H. E. Whitney's co-authors include J. Aarons, Richard S. Allen, Santimay Basu, E. MacKenzie, J. P. Mullen, Sunanda Basu, J. A. Klobuchar, W. B. Hanson, J. P. McClure and A.L. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Proceedings of the IEEE.

In The Last Decade

H. E. Whitney

37 papers receiving 947 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.

Global morphology of ionospheric scintillations

1971 392 citations J. Aarons, H. E. Whitney et al. Proceedings of the IEEE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
H. E. Whitney United States	19	1.2k	810	428	306	206	44	1.3k
E. J. Fremouw United States	17	1.1k 0.9×	767 0.9×	485 1.1×	319 1.0×	168 0.8×	61	1.3k
Kenneth Davies United States	14	1.3k 1.1×	688 0.8×	930 2.2×	245 0.8×	218 1.1×	37	1.7k
E. MacKenzie United States	22	1.9k 1.6×	985 1.2×	772 1.8×	313 1.0×	461 2.2×	32	2.0k
K. Rawer Germany	20	1.3k 1.1×	646 0.8×	680 1.6×	222 0.7×	335 1.6×	125	1.4k
B. H. Briggs Australia	17	1.2k 1.0×	629 0.8×	296 0.7×	403 1.3×	209 1.0×	39	1.4k
A. W. Wernik Poland	17	768 0.6×	503 0.6×	310 0.7×	223 0.7×	192 0.9×	45	948
T. Nygrén Finland	20	976 0.8×	457 0.6×	468 1.1×	163 0.5×	249 1.2×	85	1.1k
Santimay Basu United States	26	2.1k 1.8×	1.2k 1.5×	746 1.7×	414 1.4×	450 2.2×	50	2.2k
S. Skone Canada	21	975 0.8×	737 0.9×	336 0.8×	372 1.2×	188 0.9×	95	1.2k
H.J. Strangeways United Kingdom	20	833 0.7×	569 0.7×	345 0.8×	226 0.7×	92 0.4×	81	974

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of H. E. Whitney

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Basu, Sarbani, E. MacKenzie, Emanoel Costa, et al.. (1987). 250 MHz/GHz Scintillation Parameters in the Equatorial, Polar, and Auroral Environments. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 5(2). 102–115. 63 indexed citations

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Basu, Sunanda, Santimay Basu, E. MacKenzie, & H. E. Whitney. (1985). Morphology of phase and intensity scintillations in the auroral oval and polar cap. Radio Science. 20(3). 347–356. 55 indexed citations

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Basu, Santimay & H. E. Whitney. (1983). The temporal structure of intensity scintillations near the magnetic equator. Radio Science. 18(2). 263–271. 29 indexed citations

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Aarons, J., J. A. Klobuchar, H. E. Whitney, et al.. (1983). Gigahertz scintillations associated with equatorial patches. Radio Science. 18(3). 421–434. 30 indexed citations

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Basu, Sunanda, Santimay Basu, R. C. Livingston, H. E. Whitney, & E. MacKenzie. (1981). Comparison of Ionospheric Scintillation Statistics from the North Atlantic and Alaskan Sectors of the Auroral Oval Using the Wideband Satellite. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 2 indexed citations

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Aarons, J., J. P. Mullen, H. E. Whitney, A.L. Johnson, & E. J. Weber. (1981). UHF scintillation activity over polar latitudes. Geophysical Research Letters. 8(3). 277–280. 45 indexed citations

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Johnson, A.L., J. Aarons, J. Büchau, et al.. (1981). Occurrence of F layer irregularities in the polar cap. 1 indexed citations

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Aarons, J., H. E. Whitney, E. MacKenzie, & Santimay Basu. (1981). Microwave equatorial scintillation intensity during solar maximum. Radio Science. 16(5). 939–945. 66 indexed citations

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Büchau, J., J. Aarons, J. P. Mullen, et al.. (1978). Amplitude scintillation studies in the polar region on 250 MHz. 1 indexed citations

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Whitney, H. E. & Santimay Basu. (1977). The effect of ionospheric scintillation on VHF/UHF satellite communications. Radio Science. 12(1). 123–133. 41 indexed citations

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Rino, C. L., R. C. Livingston, & H. E. Whitney. (1976). Some new results on the statistics of radio wave scintillation, 1. Empirical evidence for Gaussian statistics. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 81(13). 2051–2057. 16 indexed citations

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Whitney, H. E.. (1974). Notes on the Relationship of Scintillation Index to Probability Distributions and Their Uses for System Design. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 5 indexed citations

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Aarons, J., Richard S. Allen, & H. E. Whitney. (1972). Observations of scintillations of two satellite beacons near the boundary of the irregularity region. Planetary and Space Science. 20(7). 965–972. 5 indexed citations

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Aarons, J., H. E. Whitney, & Richard S. Allen. (1971). Global morphology of ionospheric scintillations. Proceedings of the IEEE. 59(2). 159–172. 392 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aarons, J., J. P. Mullen, & H. E. Whitney. (1969). The scintillation boundary. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 74(3). 884–889. 45 indexed citations

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Aarons, J. & H. E. Whitney. (1968). Ionospheric scintillations at 136 MHz from a synchronous satellite. Planetary and Space Science. 16(1). 21–28. 25 indexed citations

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Allen, Richard S., et al.. (1965). RADIO STAR SCINTILLATION DURING THE JULY 20, 1963, ECLIPSE. Canadian Journal of Physics. 43(6). 1050–1058. 1 indexed citations

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Allen, Richard S., J. Aarons, & H. E. Whitney. (1964). Measurements of Radio Star and Satellite Scintillations at a Subauroral Latitude. 8(3). 146–156. 2 indexed citations

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Klobuchar, J. A., H. E. Whitney, & Richard S. Allen. (1964). AN OBSERVATION OF A LARGE, SUDDEN IONOSPHERIC TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT DECREASE,. 250. 2 indexed citations

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Klobuchar, J. A., J. Aarons, H. E. Whitney, & G. Kantor. (1962). Irregular lunar reflection polarization changes noted in the presence of aurora. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 67(1). 111–113. 2 indexed citations

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