Hans Gilgen

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Hans Gilgen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans Gilgen has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 13 papers in Atmospheric Science and 5 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Hans Gilgen's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (9 papers), Climate variability and models (9 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (8 papers). Hans Gilgen is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (9 papers), Climate variability and models (9 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (8 papers). Hans Gilgen collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Hans Gilgen's co-authors include Martin Wild, Atsumu Ohmura, A. Ohmura, Andreas Roesch, Ellsworth G Dutton, Bruce Forgan, A. V. Tsvetkov, Ain Kallis, Viivi Russak and Charles Long and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Hans Gilgen

22 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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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.

From Dimming to Brightening: Decadal Changes in Solar Radiation at Earth's Surface

2005 1.0k citations Martin Wild, Hans Gilgen et al. Science profile →
Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN/WCRP): New Precision Radiometry for Climate Research

1998 748 citations Atsumu Ohmura, Hans Gilgen et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hans Gilgen Switzerland	17	2.6k	2.1k	737	179	154	22	3.1k
Bruce Forgan Australia	20	2.5k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	779 1.1×	237 1.3×	104 0.7×	36	3.2k
Charles Long United States	27	3.2k 1.2×	2.7k 1.3×	898 1.2×	333 1.9×	115 0.7×	79	3.9k
Josep Calbó Spain	29	1.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	921 1.2×	315 1.8×	50 0.3×	79	2.8k
Jörg Trentmann Germany	29	2.3k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	684 0.9×	211 1.2×	31 0.2×	78	2.9k
Rainer Hollmann Germany	24	1.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	477 0.6×	244 1.4×	55 0.4×	64	2.2k
Juan Pedro Montávez Spain	30	2.8k 1.1×	2.7k 1.3×	230 0.3×	710 4.0×	152 1.0×	104	4.0k
Antti Arola Finland	37	2.8k 1.1×	3.1k 1.5×	480 0.7×	301 1.7×	26 0.2×	147	3.8k
Alessandro Damiani Japan	22	706 0.3×	870 0.4×	234 0.3×	179 1.0×	83 0.5×	82	1.7k
C. Matsoukas Greece	21	1.0k 0.4×	823 0.4×	269 0.4×	117 0.7×	79 0.5×	59	1.5k
Petri Räisänen Finland	28	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	127 0.2×	240 1.3×	74 0.5×	87	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Hans Gilgen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hans Gilgen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hans Gilgen

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gilgen, Hans, Andreas Roesch, Martin Wild, & A. Ohmura. (2009). Decadal changes in shortwave irradiance at the surface in the period from 1960 to 2000 estimated from Global Energy Balance Archive Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114(D10). 51 indexed citations

Wild, Martin, Hans Gilgen, Andreas Roesch, et al.. (2005). From Dimming to Brightening: Decadal Changes in Solar Radiation at Earth's Surface. Science. 308(5723). 847–850. 1029 indexed citations breakdown →

Gilgen, Hans. (2005). Univariate Time Series in Geosciences: Theory and Examples. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 16 indexed citations

Wild, Martin, Atsumu Ohmura, Hans Gilgen, & Daniel Rosenfeld. (2004). On the consistency of trends in radiation and temperature records and implications for the global hydrological cycle. Geophysical Research Letters. 31(11). 122 indexed citations

Hinterberger, Hans, et al.. (2002). Spatial data reallocation based on multidimensional range queries. A contribution to data management for the earth sciences. 228–239. 5 indexed citations

Roesch, Andreas, Martin Wild, Hans Gilgen, & A. Ohmura. (2001). A new snow cover fraction parametrization for the ECHAM4 GCM. Climate Dynamics. 17(12). 933–946. 120 indexed citations

Wild, Martin, Atsumu Ohmura, Hans Gilgen, Jean‐Jacques Morcrette, & A. Slingo. (2001). Evaluation of Downward Longwave Radiation in General Circulation Models. Journal of Climate. 14(15). 3227–3239. 106 indexed citations

Roesch, Andreas, Martin Wild, Atsumu Ohmura, & Hans Gilgen. (1999). Assessment of GCM simulated snow albedo using direct observations. Climate Dynamics. 15(6). 405–418. 32 indexed citations

Gilgen, Hans & A. Ohmura. (1999). The Global Energy Balance Archive. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 80(5). 831–850. 119 indexed citations

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Wild, Martin, Atsumu Ohmura, Hans Gilgen, & Jean‐Jacques Morcrette. (1998). The distribution of solar energy at the Earth's surface as calculated in the ECMWF re‐analysis. Geophysical Research Letters. 25(23). 4373–4376. 24 indexed citations

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Ohmura, Atsumu, Hans Gilgen, Guido Müller, et al.. (1998). Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN/WCRP): New Precision Radiometry for Climate Research. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 79(10). 2115–2136. 748 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wild, Martin, A. Ohmura, Hans Gilgen, et al.. (1998). The disposition of radiative energy in the global climate system: GCM-calculated versus observational estimates. Climate Dynamics. 14(12). 853–869. 81 indexed citations

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Müller, Guido, et al.. (1998). World Climate Research Program WCRP (WMO/ICSU/IOC) - Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) - Update of the technical plan for BSRN data management - World Radiation Monitoring Center (WRMC) - Technical Report 2, Version 1.0. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 24 indexed citations

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Gilgen, Hans, Martin Wild, & A. Ohmura. (1998). Means and Trends of Shortwave Irradiance at the Surface Estimated from Global Energy Balance Archive Data. Journal of Climate. 11(8). 2042–2061. 267 indexed citations

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Wild, M., Atsumu Ohmura, Hans Gilgen, E. Roeckner, & M. A. Giorgetta. (1996). Improved representation of surface and atmospheric radiation budgets in the ECHAM4 General Circulation Model. Max Planck Digital Library. 12 indexed citations

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Whitlock, C. H., Thomas P. Charlock, W. F. Staylor, et al.. (1995). First Global WCRP Shortwave Surface Radiation Budget Dataset. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 76(6). 905–922. 129 indexed citations

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Ohmura, Atsumu, Hans Gilgen, E. Roeckner, & Martin Wild. (1995). Regional climate simulation with a high resolution GCM: surface radiative fluxes. Climate Dynamics. 11(8). 469–486. 4 indexed citations

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Wild, Martin, Atsumu Ohmura, Hans Gilgen, & E. Roeckner. (1995). Regional climate simulation with a high resolution GCM: surface radiative fluxes. Climate Dynamics. 11(8). 469–486. 54 indexed citations

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Hinterberger, Hans, et al.. (1994). Spatial Data Reallocation Based on Multidimensional Range Queries. 2 indexed citations

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Gilgen, Hans & David M. Steiger. (1992). The BSRN database. 307–326. 2 indexed citations

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