J. Testud

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

J. Testud is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Testud has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Atmospheric Science, 25 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 17 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in J. Testud's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (47 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (36 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (19 papers). J. Testud is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (47 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (36 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (19 papers). J. Testud collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. J. Testud's co-authors include P. Amayenc, Erwan Le Bouar, Stéphane Oury, X. Dou, Robert A. Black, E. Obligis, M. Chong, F. Bertin, L. Kersley and Michel Chong and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Proceedings of the IEEE and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

J. Testud

60 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

The Concept of “Normalized” Distribution to Describe Raindrop Spectra: A Tool for Cloud Physics and Cloud Remote Sensing

2001 507 citations J. Testud, Stéphane Oury et al. Journal of Applied Meteorology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Testud France	26	2.1k	1.0k	690	483	272	66	2.5k
P. Amayenc France	20	1.3k 0.6×	603 0.6×	448 0.6×	671 1.4×	157 0.6×	41	1.9k
Steven E. Koch United States	35	3.3k 1.6×	2.7k 2.6×	503 0.7×	445 0.9×	478 1.8×	87	3.7k
Ying-Hwa Kuo United States	22	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	156 0.2×	615 1.3×	448 1.6×	46	2.2k
Peter T. May Australia	39	3.3k 1.6×	2.2k 2.1×	635 0.9×	619 1.3×	487 1.8×	125	3.7k
Earl E. Gossard United States	23	1.3k 0.6×	689 0.7×	290 0.4×	516 1.1×	319 1.2×	78	1.8k
Scott Ellis United States	19	1.3k 0.6×	842 0.8×	390 0.6×	389 0.8×	123 0.5×	50	1.6k
G. Beyerle Germany	26	1.3k 0.7×	804 0.8×	261 0.4×	1.5k 3.1×	864 3.2×	81	2.5k
B. Khattatov United States	22	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	100 0.1×	356 0.7×	153 0.6×	44	1.9k
Qingfang Jiang United States	26	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	340 0.5×	265 0.5×	424 1.6×	65	1.9k
Joachim P. Kuettner United States	17	1.1k 0.5×	763 0.7×	253 0.4×	323 0.7×	301 1.1×	28	1.4k

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Forget, Philippe, Marc Saillard, Charles‐Antoine Guérin, J. Testud, & Erwan Le Bouar. (2016). On the Use of X-Band Weather Radar for Wind Field Retrieval in Coastal Zone. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 33(5). 899–917. 5 indexed citations

Lazri, Mourad, et al.. (2013). Identification of raining clouds using a method based on optical and microphysical cloud properties from Meteosat second generation daytime and nighttime data. Applied Water Science. 3(1). 1–11. 26 indexed citations

Tabary, Pierre, Hervé Andrieu, Robert J. Thompson, et al.. (2011). Evaluation of two “integrated” polarimetric Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QPE) algorithms at C-band. Journal of Hydrology. 405(3-4). 248–260. 38 indexed citations

Testud, J., et al.. (2009). Ability of a dual polarized X-band radar to estimate rainfall. Advances in Water Resources. 32(7). 975–985. 20 indexed citations

Testud, J., et al.. (2002). Global mapping of the rainfall from a system of spaceborne rain radars. 2. 879–881. 1 indexed citations

Bouar, Erwan Le, J. Testud, & Sergey Y. Matrosov. (2002). Rainfall rate estimate from the rain profiling algorithm "ZPHI" applied to X-band polarimetric radar data. 238–242.

Amayenc, P., et al.. (2001). Study and Tests of Improved Rain Estimates from the TRMM Precipitation Radar. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 40(11). 1878–1899. 27 indexed citations

Testud, J., Stéphane Oury, & P. Amayenc. (2000). The concept of “normalized” distribution to describe raindrop spectra: A tool for hydrometeor remote sensing. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Part B Hydrology Oceans and Atmosphere. 25(10-12). 897–902. 12 indexed citations

Oury, Stéphane, X. Dou, & J. Testud. (2000). Estimate of Precipitation from the Dual-Beam Airborne Radars in TOGA COARE. Part II: Precipitation Efficiency in the 9 February 1993 MCS. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 39(12). 2371–2384. 4 indexed citations

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Dou, X., J. Testud, P. Amayenc, & Robert A. Black. (1999). The parameterization of rain for a weather radar. Comptes Rendus de l Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science. 328(9). 577–582. 11 indexed citations

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Watson, Robert J., A.R. Holt, Virginie Marécal, & J. Testud. (1999). A rainrate-attenuation-reflectivity relation for use in the spaceborne and airborne sensing of rain. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 37(3). 1447–1450. 2 indexed citations

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Scialom, G. & J. Testud. (1986). Retrieval of Horizontal Wind Field and Mesoscale Vertical vorticity in Stratiform Precipitation by Conical Scannings with Two Doppler Radars. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 3(4). 693–703. 10 indexed citations

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Chong, M., J. Testud, & Frank Roux. (1983). Three-Dimensional Wind Field Analysis from Dual-Doppler Radar Data. Part II: Minimizing the Error due to Temporal Variation. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology. 22(7). 1216–1226. 42 indexed citations

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Testud, J., et al.. (1980). A Doppler Radar Observation of a Cold Front: Three-Dimensional Air Circulation, Related Precipitation System, and Associated Wavelike Motions. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 37(1). 78–98. 20 indexed citations

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Amayenc, P., et al.. (1979). The RONSARD Radars: A Versatile C-Band Dual Doppler Facility. IEEE transactions on geoscience electronics. 17(4). 281–288. 18 indexed citations

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Bertin, F., et al.. (1976). Measurement of the integrated electron content applied to the observation of medium-scale gravity waves. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 38. 261–270. 12 indexed citations

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Bertin, F., et al.. (1976). The measurement of the total electron content applied to the observation of medium scale gravity wave. 38(3). 261–270. 1 indexed citations

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Bertin, F., et al.. (1976). De la mesure du contenu électronique intégré appliquée à l'observation des ondes de gravité de moyenne échelle. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 38(3). 261–270. 16 indexed citations

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Bertin, F., J. Testud, & L. Kersley. (1975). Medium scale gravity waves in the ionospheric F-region and their possible origin in weather disturbances. Planetary and Space Science. 23(3). 493–507. 77 indexed citations

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Testud, J. & G. Vasseur. (1969). GRAVITY WAVES IN THE THERMOSPHERE.. Annales Geophysicae. 9 indexed citations

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