J. A. Businger

9.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
90 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

J. A. Businger is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, J. A. Businger has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Atmospheric Science, 25 papers in Environmental Engineering and 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in J. A. Businger's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (41 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (24 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (18 papers). J. A. Businger is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (41 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (24 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (18 papers). J. A. Businger collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. J. A. Businger's co-authors include J. C. Wyngaard, E. F. Bradley, Yutaka Izumi, Kristina B. Katsaros, Steven Oncley, J. C. Kaimal, Eric B. Kraus, Steven A. Stage, Darko Koračin and Steven Businger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

J. A. Businger

89 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Flux-Profile Relationships in the Atmospheric Surface Layer

1971 2.5k citations J. A. Businger, J. C. Wyngaard et al. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences profile →
Bulk Parameterization of Air-Sea Exchanges of Heat and Water Vapor Including the Molecular Constraints at the Interface

1979 862 citations J. A. Businger et al. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. A. Businger United States	30	4.5k	3.6k	2.0k	1.7k	1.2k	90	6.6k
Yutaka Izumi United States	11	3.5k 0.8×	2.9k 0.8×	2.9k 1.5×	755 0.4×	1.8k 1.5×	14	6.1k
H. A. Panofsky United States	30	3.0k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	2.8k 1.4×	657 0.4×	1.5k 1.3×	128	6.0k
E. F. Bradley Australia	30	5.9k 1.3×	5.5k 1.5×	2.3k 1.2×	4.5k 2.6×	1.3k 1.1×	64	9.8k
J. C. Kaimal United States	27	3.9k 0.9×	3.7k 1.0×	3.7k 1.9×	666 0.4×	2.3k 2.0×	58	7.4k
Ulf Högström Sweden	32	2.1k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	836 0.7×	75	3.6k
J. W. Deardorff United States	44	6.8k 1.5×	5.2k 1.4×	5.2k 2.6×	968 0.6×	4.5k 3.9×	99	11.8k
Chin‐Hoh Moeng United States	46	6.9k 1.6×	5.6k 1.5×	3.8k 1.9×	1.3k 0.7×	3.0k 2.6×	84	9.4k
Dean Vickers United States	35	3.0k 0.7×	3.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	529 0.5×	67	4.8k
Margaret A. LeMone United States	44	5.6k 1.2×	5.0k 1.4×	1.8k 0.9×	702 0.4×	560 0.5×	114	6.7k
Donald H. Lenschow United States	60	8.7k 1.9×	7.7k 2.1×	3.8k 1.9×	764 0.4×	1.8k 1.6×	207	11.3k

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Businger, Steven & J. A. Businger. (2001). Viscous Dissipation of Turbulence Kinetic Energy in Storms*. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 58(24). 3793–3796. 37 indexed citations

Businger, J. A., Walter F. Dabberdt, A. C. Delany, et al.. (1990). The NCAR Atmosphere-Surface Turbulent Exchange Research (ASTER) Facility. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 71(7). 1006–1011. 19 indexed citations

Wyngaard, J. C., et al.. (1986). Response Characteristics of the U.W. Sonic Anemometer. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 3(2). 315–323. 31 indexed citations

Guymer, T. H., J. A. Businger, K. B. Katsaros, et al.. (1983). Transfer processes at the air-sea interface. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 308(1503). 253–273. 27 indexed citations

Businger, J. A. & Henry Charnock. (1983). Boundary layer structure in relation to larger-scale flow: some remarks on the JASIN observations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 308(1503). 445–449. 12 indexed citations

Pollard, Raymond T, D. J. Ellett, John G. Harvey, et al.. (1983). Water Masses and Mesoscale Circulation of North Rockall Trough Waters during JASIN 1978: Discussion. 308(1503). 250–252. 1 indexed citations

Wilczak, J. M. & J. A. Businger. (1983). Thermally Indirect Motions in the Convective Atmospheric Boundary Layer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 40(2). 343–358. 28 indexed citations

Businger, J. A.. (1982). The Fluxes of Specific Enthalpy, Sensible Heat and Latent Heat near the Earth's Surface. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 39(8). 1889–1892. 26 indexed citations

Guymer, T. H., J. A. Businger, W. Linwood Jones, & Robert H. Stewart. (1981). Anomalous wind estimates from the Seasat scatterometer. Nature. 294(5843). 735–737. 29 indexed citations

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Stage, Steven A. & J. A. Businger. (1981). A Model for Entrainment into a Cloud-Topped Marine Boundary Layer. Pad II: Discussion of Model Behavior and Comparison with Other Models. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 38(10). 2230–2242. 44 indexed citations

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Andreas, Edgar L., et al.. (1979). The turbulent heat flux from arctic leads. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 17(1). 57–91. 111 indexed citations

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Businger, J. A., H. Lettau, Allen J. Riordan, & Michael Kühn. (1977). Air temperature and two-dimensional wind profiles in the lowest 32 meters as a function of bulk stability . Stability-related wind spiraling in the lowest 32 meters . Variations of temperature and air motion in the 0-to 32-meter layer at Plateau Station, Antarctica. 4 indexed citations

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Frisch, A. S. & J. A. Businger. (1973). A study of convective elements in the atmospheric surface layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 3(3). 301–328. 51 indexed citations

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Monji, Nobutaka & J. A. Businger. (1972). Stability Dependence of Temperature, Humidity and Vertical Wind Velocity Variances in the Atmospheric Surface Layer. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 50(2). 122–130. 10 indexed citations

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Businger, J. A., M. Miyake, Eiichi Inoue, Yasushi Mitsuta, & Tadashi Hanafusa. (1969). Sonic Anemometer Comparison and Measurements in the Atmospheric Surface Layer. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 47(1). 1–12. 7 indexed citations

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Businger, J. A., et al.. (1965). The Formation of Drainage Wind on a Snow-Dome. Journal of Glaciology. 5(42). 833–841. 8 indexed citations

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Businger, J. A., et al.. (1965). The Formation of Drainage Wind on a Snow-Dome. Journal of Glaciology. 5(42). 833–841. 1 indexed citations

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Fleagle, Robert G., et al.. (1964). An Introduction to Atmospheric Physics. Physics Today. 17(4). 67–67. 3 indexed citations

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Kaimal, J. C. & J. A. Businger. (1963). A Continuous Wave Sonic Anemometer-Thermometer. Journal of applied meteorology. 2(1). 156–164. 82 indexed citations

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Businger, J. A.. (1955). ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYER. Journal of Meteorology. 12(6). 553–561. 24 indexed citations

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