J.‐F. Mahfouf

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

J.‐F. Mahfouf is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, J.‐F. Mahfouf has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Atmospheric Science, 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in J.‐F. Mahfouf's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (14 papers), Climate variability and models (7 papers) and Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (6 papers). J.‐F. Mahfouf is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (14 papers), Climate variability and models (7 papers) and Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (6 papers). J.‐F. Mahfouf collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Australia. J.‐F. Mahfouf's co-authors include Florence Rabier, A. J. Simmons, Heikki Järvinen, E. Klinker, J. Noilhan, Clara Draper, Jeffrey P. Walker, J.‐F. Royer, Hervé Douville and F. Bouyssel and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Monthly Weather Review and Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

In The Last Decade

J.‐F. Mahfouf

17 papers receiving 1.6k 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 ECMWF operational implementation of four‐dimensional variational assimilation. I: Experimental results with simplified physics

2000 675 citations Florence Rabier, Heikki Järvinen et al. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society profile →

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P. Lacarrère France

Menglei Han China

Xitian Cai China

Simon Munier France

Oscar Hartogensis Netherlands

W. Kohsiek Netherlands

Ruzbeh Akbar United States

Xu Zhou China

R. K. Vinukollu United States

P. Lacarrère France

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J.‐F. Mahfouf

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17 of 17 papers shown

Chambon, Philippe, et al.. (2022). Global Observing System Experiments within the Météo-France 4D-Var Data Assimilation System. Monthly Weather Review. 151(1). 127–143. 10 indexed citations

Illingworth, A. J., Alessandro Battaglia, J. Bradford, et al.. (2018). WIVERN: A New Satellite Concept to Provide Global In-Cloud Winds, Precipitation, and Cloud Properties. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 99(8). 1669–1687. 39 indexed citations

Mahfouf, J.‐F., et al.. (2015). Information content on temperature and water vapour from a hyper‐spectral microwave sensor. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 141(693). 3268–3284. 28 indexed citations

Hamdi, Rafiq, Daan Degrauwe, Lajos Kullmann, et al.. (2014). Evaluating the performance of SURFEXv5 as a new land surface scheme for the ALADINcy36 and ALARO-0 models. Geoscientific model development. 7(1). 23–39. 24 indexed citations

Parrens, Marie, et al.. (2014). Assimilation of surface soil moisture into a multilayer soil model: design and evaluation at local scale. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 18(2). 673–689. 36 indexed citations

Draper, Clara, J.‐F. Mahfouf, & Jeffrey P. Walker. (2011). Root zone soil moisture from the assimilation of screen-level variables and remotely sensed soil moisture. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 116(D2). 47 indexed citations

Thirel, Guillaume, Éric Martin, J.‐F. Mahfouf, et al.. (2010). A past discharges assimilation system for ensemble streamflow forecasts over France – Part 1: Description and validation of the assimilation system. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 14(8). 1623–1637. 51 indexed citations

Albergel, Clément, Jean‐Christophe Calvet, Patricia de Rosnay, et al.. (2010). Cross-evaluation of modelled and remotely sensed surface soil moisture with in situ data in southwestern France. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 14(11). 2177–2191. 81 indexed citations

Thirel, Guillaume, Éric Martin, J.‐F. Mahfouf, et al.. (2010). A past discharge assimilation system for ensemble streamflow forecasts over France – Part 2: Impact on the ensemble streamflow forecasts. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 14(8). 1639–1653. 34 indexed citations

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Draper, Clara, J.‐F. Mahfouf, & Jeffrey P. Walker. (2009). An EKF assimilation of AMSR‐E soil moisture into the ISBA land surface scheme. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114(D20). 129 indexed citations

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Mahfouf, J.‐F., et al.. (2009). A comparison of two off‐line soil analysis schemes for assimilation of screen level observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114(D8). 96 indexed citations

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Balsamo, Gianpaolo, F. Bouyssel, J. Noilhan, et al.. (2005). A simplified variational analysis scheme for soil moisture: Developments at Meteo-France and MSC. 4 indexed citations

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Chevallier, Frédéric, Péter Bauer, J.‐F. Mahfouf, & J.‐J. Morcrette. (2002). Variational retrieval of cloud profile from ATOVS observations. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 128(585). 2511–2525. 28 indexed citations

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Rabier, Florence, Heikki Järvinen, E. Klinker, J.‐F. Mahfouf, & A. J. Simmons. (2000). The ECMWF operational implementation of four‐dimensional variational assimilation. I: Experimental results with simplified physics. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 126(564). 1143–1170. 675 indexed citations breakdown →

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Douville, Hervé, J.‐F. Royer, & J.‐F. Mahfouf. (1995). A new snow parameterization for the Météo-France climate model. Climate Dynamics. 12(1). 37–52. 102 indexed citations

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Mahfouf, J.‐F. & J. Noilhan. (1991). Comparative Study of Various Formulations of Evaporations from Bare Soil Using In Situ Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 30(9). 1354–1365. 250 indexed citations

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Richard, Évelyne, Nadine Chaumerliac, J.‐F. Mahfouf, & E. C. Nickerson. (1987). Numerical Simulation of Orographic Enhancement of Rain with a Mesoscale Model. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology. 26(6). 661–669. 27 indexed citations

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