Herschel L. Mitchell

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Herschel L. Mitchell is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Herschel L. Mitchell has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Atmospheric Science, 28 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 13 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Herschel L. Mitchell's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (29 papers), Climate variability and models (28 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (8 papers). Herschel L. Mitchell is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (29 papers), Climate variability and models (28 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (8 papers). Herschel L. Mitchell collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Herschel L. Mitchell's co-authors include P. L. Houtekamer, G. Pellerin, Mark Buehner, Harold Ritchie, Jacques Derome, Cécilien Charette, L. Lefaivre, Bin He, Martin Charron and Ľuboš Spaček and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Monthly Weather Review and Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.

In The Last Decade

Herschel L. Mitchell

37 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

Data Assimilation Using an Ensemble Kalman Filter Technique 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 2001 400 800 1.2k
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. Data Assimilation Using an Ensemble Kalman Filter Technique
    1998 1.4k citations P. L. Houtekamer, Herschel L. Mitchell Monthly Weather Review profile →
  2. A Sequential Ensemble Kalman Filter for Atmospheric Data Assimilation
    2001 1.2k citations P. L. Houtekamer, Herschel L. Mitchell Monthly Weather Review profile →

Peers

Herschel L. Mitchell
P. L. Houtekamer Canada
Stephen E. Cohn United States
Jeffrey S. Whitaker United States
Chris Snyder United States
Philippe Courtier United Kingdom
Laurent Bertino Norway
Craig H. Bishop United States
Istvan Szunyogh United States
Gerrit Burgers Netherlands
Thomas M. Hamill United States
P. L. Houtekamer Canada
Herschel L. Mitchell
Citations per year, relative to Herschel L. Mitchell Herschel L. Mitchell (= 1×) peers P. L. Houtekamer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Herschel L. Mitchell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Herschel L. Mitchell

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mitchell, Herschel L. & P. L. Houtekamer. (2009). Ensemble Kalman Filter Configurations and Their Performance with the Logistic Map. Monthly Weather Review. 137(12). 4325–4343. 31 indexed citations
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Charron, Martin, G. Pellerin, Ľuboš Spaček, et al.. (2009). Toward Random Sampling of Model Error in the Canadian Ensemble Prediction System. Monthly Weather Review. 138(5). 1877–1901. 118 indexed citations
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Houtekamer, P. L., Herschel L. Mitchell, & Xingxiu Deng. (2008). Model Error Representation in an Operational Ensemble Kalman Filter. Monthly Weather Review. 137(7). 2126–2143. 155 indexed citations
4.
Houtekamer, P. L. & Herschel L. Mitchell. (2005). Ensemble Kalman filtering. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 131(613). 3269–3289. 308 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Herschel L., P. L. Houtekamer, & G. Pellerin. (2002). Ensemble Size, Balance, and Model-Error Representation in an Ensemble Kalman Filter*. Monthly Weather Review. 130(11). 2791–2808. 239 indexed citations
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Houtekamer, P. L. & Herschel L. Mitchell. (1999). Reply. Monthly Weather Review. 127(6). 1378–1379. 10 indexed citations
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Houtekamer, P. L. & Herschel L. Mitchell. (1998). Data Assimilation Using an Ensemble Kalman Filter Technique. Monthly Weather Review. 126(3). 796–811. 1418 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mitchell, Herschel L. & Roger Daley. (1997). Discretization error and signal/error correlation in atmospheric data assimilation: (II). The effect of unresolved scales. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 49(1). 54–54. 11 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Herschel L. & Roger Daley. (1997). Discretization error and signal/error correlation in atmospheric data assimilation. (I). All scales resolved. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 49(1). 32–53. 3 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Herschel L., et al.. (1996). Impact of a Revised Analysis Algorithm on an Operational Data Assimilation System. Monthly Weather Review. 124(6). 1243–1255. 20 indexed citations
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Houtekamer, P. L., L. Lefaivre, Jacques Derome, Harold Ritchie, & Herschel L. Mitchell. (1996). A System Simulation Approach to Ensemble Prediction. Monthly Weather Review. 124(6). 1225–1242. 466 indexed citations
12.
Fillion, Luc, Herschel L. Mitchell, Harold Ritchie, & Andrew Staniforth. (1995). The impact of a digital filter finalization technique in a global data assimilation system. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 47(3). 304–304. 41 indexed citations
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Mailhot, Jocelyn, et al.. (1994). The Canadian Regional Data Assimilation System: Operational and Research Applications. Monthly Weather Review. 122(6). 1306–1325. 43 indexed citations
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Bartello, Peter & Herschel L. Mitchell. (1992). A continuous three-dimensional model of short-range forecast error covariances. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 44(3). 217–217. 42 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Herschel L., et al.. (1990). Revised Interpolation Statistics for the Canadian Data Assimilation Procedure: Their Derivation and Application. Monthly Weather Review. 118(8). 1591–1614. 35 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Herschel L., et al.. (1988). On the resonance of an external planetary wave and its interaction with the mean zonal flow. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 40A(3). 177–187. 1 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Herschel L., et al.. (1988). On the resonance of an external planetary wave and its interaction with the mean zonal flow. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 40(3). 177–177. 1 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Herschel L. & Jacques Derome. (1983). Blocking-Like Solutions of the Potential Vorticity Equation: Their Stability at Equilibrium and Growth at Resonance. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 40(10). 2522–2536. 24 indexed citations
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Staniforth, Andrew & Herschel L. Mitchell. (1978). A Variable-Resolution Finite-Element Technique for Regional Forecasting with the Primitive Equations. Monthly Weather Review. 106(4). 439–447. 64 indexed citations
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Staniforth, Andrew & Herschel L. Mitchell. (1977). A Semi-Implicit Finite-Element Barotropic Model. Monthly Weather Review. 105(2). 154–169. 32 indexed citations

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