John A. Knaff

10.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
131 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

John A. Knaff is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Knaff has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Atmospheric Science, 88 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 68 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in John A. Knaff's work include Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (115 papers), Climate variability and models (82 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (67 papers). John A. Knaff is often cited by papers focused on Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (115 papers), Climate variability and models (82 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (67 papers). John A. Knaff collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and India. John A. Knaff's co-authors include Mark DeMaria, Charles R. Sampson, John Kaplan, Christopher W. Landsea, Julie L. Demuth, Kate D. Musgrave, Debra A. Molenar, Raymond M. Zehr, Shuyi S. Chen and Frank D. Marks and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

John A. Knaff

128 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Further Improvements to the Statistical Hurricane Intensity Prediction Scheme (SHIPS)

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Author						Papers	Cites
John A. Knaff	7.5k	5.7k	4.4k	433	248	131	7.9k
Kevin I. Hodges	11.7k 1.6×	11.4k 2.0×	3.3k 0.8×	350 0.8×	313 1.3×	230	13.1k
Kenneth R. Knapp	5.3k 0.7×	4.8k 0.8×	2.0k 0.5×	278 0.6×	327 1.3×	57	6.2k
Chris D. Thorncroft	6.8k 0.9×	6.8k 1.2×	2.2k 0.5×	258 0.6×	319 1.3×	93	7.6k
Christopher S. Velden	5.8k 0.8×	4.5k 0.8×	2.5k 0.6×	258 0.6×	251 1.0×	121	6.2k
James L. Franklin	3.9k 0.5×	2.5k 0.4×	2.0k 0.5×	338 0.8×	235 0.9×	62	4.2k
Lance F. Bosart	7.3k 1.0×	6.8k 1.2×	1.8k 0.4×	181 0.4×	344 1.4×	223	8.2k
Frank D. Marks	8.0k 1.1×	4.5k 0.8×	3.8k 0.9×	613 1.4×	498 2.0×	152	8.3k
Thorsten Mauritsen	7.1k 0.9×	6.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.3×	132 0.3×	358 1.4×	103	8.2k
Ben P. Kirtman	9.5k 1.3×	11.2k 2.0×	6.4k 1.5×	134 0.3×	292 1.2×	227	12.1k
H. E. Willoughby	4.2k 0.6×	2.7k 0.5×	2.2k 0.5×	368 0.8×	189 0.8×	49	4.5k

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Knaff, John A., et al.. (2025). Guidance for Estimating Mean Winds in Tropical Cyclones Using SAR-Derived Winds. Weather and Forecasting. 40(12). 2699–2716.

Velden, Christopher S., John A. Knaff, Derrick Herndon, et al.. (2025). Recent innovations in satellite-based applications and their impacts on tropical cyclone analyses and forecasts. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 2. 100011–100011. 1 indexed citations

Mouche, Alexis, et al.. (2024). On the Tropical Cyclone Integrated Kinetic Energy Balance. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(16). 1 indexed citations

Chavas, Daniel R., John A. Knaff, & Phil Klotzbach. (2024). A Simple Model for Predicting Tropical Cyclone Minimum Central Pressure from Intensity and Size. Weather and Forecasting. 40(2). 333–346. 2 indexed citations

Knaff, John A., et al.. (2023). The Quagmire of Arrested Development in Tropical Cyclones. Weather and Forecasting. 38(9). 1661–1671.

Hauser, Danièle, Saleh Abdalla, Fabrice Ardhuin, et al.. (2023). Satellite Remote Sensing of Surface Winds, Waves, and Currents: Where are we Now?. Surveys in Geophysics. 44(5). 1357–1446. 30 indexed citations

Knaff, John A., et al.. (2023). A Rapid Intensification Deterministic Ensemble (RIDE) for the Joint Typhoon Warning Center’s Area of Responsibility. Weather and Forecasting. 38(7). 1229–1238. 4 indexed citations

Sampson, Charles R., et al.. (2023). Deterministic Rapid Intensity Forecast Guidance for the Joint Typhoon Warning Center’s Area of Responsibility. Weather and Forecasting. 38(12). 2631–2640. 2 indexed citations

Knaff, John A., et al.. (2022). Tropical Cyclone Precipitation, Infrared, Microwave, and Environmental Dataset (TC PRIMED). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 104(11). E1980–E1998. 8 indexed citations

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Knaff, John A., et al.. (2019). Operational perspectives on tropical cyclone intensity change Part 2: forecasts by operational agencies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(4). 226–239. 14 indexed citations

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Chavas, Daniel R., Kevin A. Reed, & John A. Knaff. (2017). Physical understanding of the tropical cyclone wind-pressure relationship. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1360–1360. 103 indexed citations

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Knaff, John A.. (2014). Improving Tropical Cyclone Guidance Tools by Accounting for Variations in Size. 5 indexed citations

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Županski, Milija, et al.. (2014). Development of a hybrid variational-ensemble data assimilation technique for observed lightning tested in a mesoscale model. Nonlinear processes in geophysics. 21(5). 1027–1041. 12 indexed citations

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Balaguru, Karthik, Sourav Taraphdar, L. Ruby Leung, Gregory R. Foltz, & John A. Knaff. (2014). Cyclone‐cyclone interactions through the ocean pathway. Geophysical Research Letters. 41(19). 6855–6862. 45 indexed citations

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Ali, M. M., et al.. (2013). A soft‐computing cyclone intensity prediction scheme for the Western North Pacific Ocean. Atmospheric Science Letters. 14(3). 187–192. 21 indexed citations

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Sampson, Charles R., et al.. (2011). A Deterministic Rapid Intensification Aid. Weather and Forecasting. 26(4). 579–585. 18 indexed citations

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Knaff, John A.. (2008). Rapid tropical cyclone transitions to major hurricane intensity: structural evolution of infrared imagery. 2 indexed citations

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Knaff, John A.. (2006). Reanalysis of West Pacific tropical cyclone intensity 1966-1987. 8 indexed citations

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Knaff, John A.. (2000). Relationships Between The Multi-Layered Wind Field And The Intensity Of Hurricane Floyd. 2 indexed citations

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Gray, William M., J. D. Sheaffer, & John A. Knaff. (1992). Influence of the Stratospheric QBO on ENSO Variability. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 70(5). 975–995. 94 indexed citations

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