James R. McCaa

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

James R. McCaa is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, James R. McCaa has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Atmospheric Science, 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 0 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in James R. McCaa's work include Climate variability and models (7 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (5 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (4 papers). James R. McCaa is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (7 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (5 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (4 papers). James R. McCaa collaborates with scholars based in United States. James R. McCaa's co-authors include Cecilia M. Bitz, William D. Collins, Minghua Zhang, Shian‐Jiann Lin, P. Briegleb, A. Boville, Joel Rasch, Tim‐Rasmus Kiehl, L. Williamson and Christopher S. Bretherton and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Climate, Monthly Weather Review and UCAR/NCAR.

In The Last Decade

James R. McCaa

8 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Description of the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model (CAM 3.0)

2004 1.8k citations William D. Collins, Joel Rasch et al. UCAR/NCAR profile →
The Formulation and Atmospheric Simulation of the Community Atmosphere Model Version 3 (CAM3)

2006 800 citations William D. Collins, Philip J. Rasch et al. Journal of Climate profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James R. McCaa United States	8	2.9k	2.9k	531	137	94	8	3.3k
P. Briegleb	9	2.9k 1.0×	2.8k 1.0×	598 1.1×	123 0.9×	100 1.1×	10	3.3k
A. Boville United States	6	2.4k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	429 0.8×	118 0.9×	84 0.9×	6	2.8k
L. Williamson Australia	8	2.7k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	469 0.9×	126 0.9×	102 1.1×	17	3.1k
Sungsu Park South Korea	19	2.6k 0.9×	2.5k 0.9×	562 1.1×	121 0.9×	69 0.7×	38	2.8k
Robert Colman Australia	28	2.9k 1.0×	3.1k 1.1×	461 0.9×	75 0.5×	61 0.6×	60	3.4k
Josef M. Oberhuber Germany	23	1.9k 0.6×	1.9k 0.7×	1.3k 2.5×	94 0.7×	60 0.6×	47	2.7k
Stefano Tibaldi United Kingdom	24	2.5k 0.8×	2.5k 0.8×	643 1.2×	142 1.0×	52 0.6×	55	2.8k
Paul Berrisford United Kingdom	23	3.4k 1.1×	3.5k 1.2×	1.0k 2.0×	190 1.4×	134 1.4×	41	4.1k
Courtney Schumacher United States	32	3.5k 1.2×	3.2k 1.1×	596 1.1×	273 2.0×	132 1.4×	78	3.9k
Shaocheng Xie United States	40	4.5k 1.5×	4.6k 1.6×	316 0.6×	203 1.5×	52 0.6×	150	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by James R. McCaa

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Fields of papers citing papers by James R. McCaa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James R. McCaa

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

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Boville, Byron A., Philip J. Rasch, James J. Hack, & James R. McCaa. (2006). Representation of Clouds and Precipitation Processes in the Community Atmosphere Model Version 3 (CAM3). Journal of Climate. 19(11). 2184–2198. 111 indexed citations

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Collins, William D., Philip J. Rasch, Byron A. Boville, et al.. (2006). The Formulation and Atmospheric Simulation of the Community Atmosphere Model Version 3 (CAM3). Journal of Climate. 19(11). 2144–2161. 800 indexed citations breakdown →

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Collins, William D., Philip J. Rasch, Byron A. Boville, et al.. (2005). The Formulation and Atmospheric Simulation of the Community Atmosphere Model: CAM3. 117 indexed citations

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Bretherton, Christopher S., et al.. (2004). A New Parameterization for Shallow Cumulus Convection and Its Application to Marine Subtropical Cloud-Topped Boundary Layers. Part I: Description and 1D Results. Monthly Weather Review. 132(4). 864–882. 378 indexed citations

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Collins, William D., Joel Rasch, A. Boville, et al.. (2004). Description of the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model (CAM 3.0). UCAR/NCAR. 1842 indexed citations breakdown →

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McCaa, James R. & Christopher S. Bretherton. (2004). A New Parameterization for Shallow Cumulus Convection and Its Application to Marine Subtropical Cloud-Topped Boundary Layers. Part II: Regional Simulations of Marine Boundary Layer Clouds. Monthly Weather Review. 132(4). 883–896. 46 indexed citations

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Collins, William D., Philip J. Rasch, Byron A. Boville, et al.. (2004). The Formulation and Atmospheric Simulation. 11 indexed citations

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Ghan, S. J., L. Ruby Leung, & James R. McCaa. (1999). A Comparison of Three Different Modeling Strategies for Evaluating Cloud and Radiation Parameterizations. Monthly Weather Review. 127(9). 1967–1984. 27 indexed citations

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