Harry van Loon

9.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
90 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Harry van Loon is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Harry van Loon has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 52 papers in Atmospheric Science and 40 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Harry van Loon's work include Climate variability and models (70 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (31 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (28 papers). Harry van Loon is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (70 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (31 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (28 papers). Harry van Loon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. Harry van Loon's co-authors include James W. Hurrell, Jeffery C. Rogers, K. Labitzke, Gerald A. Meehl, Roy L. Jenne, Julie M. Arblaster, Roland A. Madden, Jill Williams, Dennis J. Shea and Katja Matthes and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Harry van Loon

87 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

DECADAL VARIATIONS IN CLIMATE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION

1997 1.4k citations James W. Hurrell, Harry van Loon profile →
The Seesaw in Winter Temperatures between Greenland and Northern Europe. Part I: General Description

1978 718 citations Harry van Loon, Jeffery C. Rogers Monthly Weather Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Harry van Loon United States	35	5.5k	5.4k	2.1k	597	372	90	6.8k
Roy L. Jenne United States	15	4.4k 0.8×	3.9k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	254 0.4×	214 0.6×	24	5.2k
Warren B. White United States	41	5.1k 0.9×	3.9k 0.7×	4.4k 2.1×	528 0.9×	464 1.2×	137	6.8k
Reginald E. Newell United States	45	5.3k 1.0×	5.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	600 1.0×	127 0.3×	149	6.7k
Paul Julian United States	17	7.3k 1.3×	6.7k 1.2×	3.8k 1.8×	342 0.6×	238 0.6×	74	8.3k
Eugene M. Rasmusson United States	20	5.7k 1.0×	4.7k 0.9×	2.8k 1.3×	114 0.2×	285 0.8×	33	6.4k
Jeff Knight United Kingdom	38	6.3k 1.1×	5.8k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	287 0.5×	256 0.7×	82	7.1k
W. Lawrence Gates United States	26	3.5k 0.6×	3.5k 0.6×	899 0.4×	127 0.2×	165 0.4×	66	4.3k
George N. Kiladis United States	59	12.1k 2.2×	11.3k 2.1×	4.8k 2.3×	460 0.8×	202 0.5×	148	13.0k
G. L. Potter United States	10	5.1k 0.9×	4.6k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	107 0.2×	186 0.5×	20	5.7k
Bruce P. Briegleb United States	31	3.9k 0.7×	4.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	155 0.3×	165 0.4×	38	5.1k

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Meehl, Gerald A., Harry van Loon, & Julie M. Arblaster. (2017). The role of the Southern Hemisphere semiannual oscillation in the development of a precursor to central and eastern Pacific Southern Oscillation warm events. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(13). 6959–6965. 10 indexed citations

Loon, Harry van, et al.. (2012). Trends in sunspots and North Atlantic sea level pressure. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 117(D7). 16 indexed citations

Loon, Harry van, Gerald A. Meehl, & Julie M. Arblaster. (2004). A decadal solar effect in the tropics in July–August. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 66(18). 1767–1778. 86 indexed citations

Loon, Harry van & Dennis J. Shea. (2000). The global 11‐year solar signal in July–August. Geophysical Research Letters. 27(18). 2965–2968. 41 indexed citations

Labitzke, K. & Harry van Loon. (1999). The Stratosphere: Phenomena, History, and Relevance. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 76 indexed citations

Labitzke, K. & Harry van Loon. (1996). The Signal of the 11-Year Sunspot Cycle in the Regions around Japan. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 74(4). 481–491. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Tsing-Chang, Ming‐Cheng Yen, & Harry van Loon. (1996). An Observational Study of the Tropical-Subtropical Semiannual Oscillation. Journal of Climate. 9(9). 1993–2002. 8 indexed citations

Shea, Dennis J., Harry van Loon, & James W. Hurrell. (1995). The tropical‐subtropical semi‐annual oscillation in the upper troposphere. International Journal of Climatology. 15(9). 975–983. 3 indexed citations

Loon, Harry van, John W. Kidson, & A. Brett Mullan. (1993). Decadal Variation of the Annual Cycle in the Australian Dataset. Journal of Climate. 6(6). 1227–1231. 83 indexed citations

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Mo, Kingtse C. & Harry van Loon. (1985). Climatic Trends in the Southern Hemisphere. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology. 24(8). 777–789. 2 indexed citations

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Loon, Harry van. (1984). The Southern Oscillation. Part III: Associations with the Trades and with the Trough in the Westerlies of the South Pacific Ocean. Monthly Weather Review. 112(5). 947–954. 51 indexed citations

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Loon, Harry van & Jeffery C. Rogers. (1981). Remarks on the Circulation over the Southern Hemisphere in FGGE and on Its Relation to the Phases of the Southern Oscillation. Monthly Weather Review. 109(11). 2255–2259. 17 indexed citations

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Meehl, Gerald A. & Harry van Loon. (1979). The Seesaw in Winter Temperatures between Greenland and Northern Europe. Part III: Teleconnections with Lower Latitudes. Monthly Weather Review. 107(9). 1095–1106. 52 indexed citations

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Loon, Harry van & Jill Williams. (1976). The Connection between Trends of Mean Temperature and Circulation at the Surface: Part II. Summer. Monthly Weather Review. 104(8). 1003–1011. 19 indexed citations

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Loon, Harry van & Roy L. Jenne. (1975). Estimates of Seasonal Mean Temperature, Using Persistence between Seasons. Monthly Weather Review. 103(12). 1121–1128. 13 indexed citations

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Loon, Harry van & K. Labitzke. (1974). Comments on the half-yearly wave in the stratosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 79(3). 470–471. 2 indexed citations

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Loon, Harry van, et al.. (1974). A Selected Climatology of the Southern Hemisphere: Computer Methods and Data Availability. UCAR/NCAR. 24 indexed citations

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Loon, Harry van, Roy L. Jenne, & K. Labitzke. (1973). Zonal harmonic standing waves. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 78(21). 4463–4471. 108 indexed citations

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Loon, Harry van & Roy L. Jenne. (1970). On the half-yearly oscillations in the tropics. Tellus. 22(4). 391–398. 18 indexed citations

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Rubin, Morton J. & Harry van Loon. (1954). ASPECTS OF THE CIRCULATION OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. Journal of Meteorology. 11(1). 68–76. 3 indexed citations

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