John Derber

13.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

John Derber is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, John Derber has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Atmospheric Science, 41 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 14 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in John Derber's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (45 papers), Climate variability and models (32 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (22 papers). John Derber is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (45 papers), Climate variability and models (32 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (22 papers). John Derber collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. John Derber's co-authors include David Parrish, Wan-Shu Wu, John M. Lewis, François Bouttier, Anthony Rosati, Stephen J. Lord, R. Treadon, Daryl Kleist, Lídia Cucurull and Robert James Purser 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

John Derber

59 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

The National Meteorological Center's Spectral Statistical-Interpolation Analysis System

1992 1.7k citations David Parrish, John Derber Monthly Weather Review profile →
Introduction of the GSI into the NCEP Global Data Assimilation System

2009 473 citations Daryl Kleist, David Parrish et al. Weather and Forecasting profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Derber United States	30	5.7k	5.1k	1.3k	948	313	60	6.5k
Andrew C. Lorenc United Kingdom	32	5.4k 0.9×	4.8k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	274 0.9×	63	6.2k
A. Hollingsworth United Kingdom	30	4.6k 0.8×	4.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	751 0.8×	166 0.5×	66	5.2k
Dick Dee United Kingdom	40	6.0k 1.1×	6.0k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	903 1.0×	301 1.0×	80	7.6k
Jean‐Luc Redelsperger France	41	5.3k 0.9×	5.3k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	891 0.9×	209 0.7×	103	6.3k
Takemasa Miyoshi Japan	40	4.6k 0.8×	4.3k 0.8×	713 0.5×	687 0.7×	261 0.8×	185	5.5k
Philippe Courtier United Kingdom	28	5.2k 0.9×	4.5k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	105 0.3×	55	6.1k
Florence Rabier France	31	4.0k 0.7×	3.5k 0.7×	655 0.5×	647 0.7×	241 0.8×	79	4.4k
J. Michael Fritsch United States	41	7.5k 1.3×	6.9k 1.3×	642 0.5×	879 0.9×	188 0.6×	84	8.1k
Craig H. Bishop United States	40	5.4k 1.0×	4.9k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	986 1.0×	142 0.5×	128	6.1k
Jeffrey S. Whitaker United States	39	7.2k 1.3×	6.9k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	100 0.3×	87	8.3k

Countries citing papers authored by John Derber

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Derber

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Derber

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20 of 20 papers shown

Derber, John, et al.. (2015). An atmosphere-ocean partially coupled data assimilation and prediction system developed within the NCEP GFS/CFS. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2855. 1 indexed citations

Shao, Hui, John Derber, Huang Xiangyu, et al.. (2015). Bridging Research to Operations Transitions: Status and Plans of Community GSI. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 97(8). 1427–1440. 77 indexed citations

Derber, John. (2012). Overview of GSI.

Kleist, Daryl, David Parrish, John Derber, et al.. (2009). Introduction of the GSI into the NCEP Global Data Assimilation System. Weather and Forecasting. 24(6). 1691–1705. 473 indexed citations breakdown →

Marshall, John, James A. Jung, L. Riishojgaard, et al.. (2009). Satellite Data Assimilation. 1 indexed citations

Cucurull, Lídia & John Derber. (2008). Operational Implementation of COSMIC Observations into NCEP’s Global Data Assimilation System. Weather and Forecasting. 23(4). 702–711. 87 indexed citations

Kleist, Daryl, David Parrish, John Derber, et al.. (2008). Improving Incremental Balance in the GSI 3DVAR Analysis System. Monthly Weather Review. 137(3). 1046–1060. 92 indexed citations

Joiner, Joanna, E. Brin, R. Treadon, et al.. (2007). Effects of data selection and error specification on the assimilation of AIRS data. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 133(622). 181–196. 8 indexed citations

Okamoto, Kozo & John Derber. (2006). Assimilation of SSM/I Radiances in the NCEP Global Data Assimilation System. Monthly Weather Review. 134(9). 2612–2631. 22 indexed citations

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Cucurull, Lídia, et al.. (2005). Use of COSMIC Radio Occultation Observations in the NOAA/NCEP Data Assimilation System. AGUSM. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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McLaughlin, Dennis, A. O’Neill, John Derber, & Masafumi Kamachi. (2005). Opportunities for enhanced collaboration within the data assimilation community. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 131(613). 3683–3693. 18 indexed citations

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Kleespies, Thomas J., Paul van Delst, Larry M. McMillin, & John Derber. (2004). Atmospheric transmittance of an absorbing gas 6 OPTRAN status report and introduction to the NESDIS/NCEP community radiative transfer model. Applied Optics. 43(15). 3103–3103. 41 indexed citations

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Derber, John & Wan-Shu Wu. (1998). The Use of TOVS Cloud-Cleared Radiances in the NCEP SSI Analysis System. Monthly Weather Review. 126(8). 2287–2299. 416 indexed citations

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Anderson, David L. T., Andrew F. Bennett, Antonio J. Busalacchi, et al.. (1997). Data Assimilation in the Ocean and in the Atmosphere : What Should be Next? (gtSpecial IssueltData Assimilation in Meteology and Oceanography: Theory and Practice). Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 75(1B). 489–496. 9 indexed citations

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Parrish, David, et al.. (1997). The NCEP Global Analysis System : Recent Improvements and Future Plans (gtSpecial IssueltData Assimilation in Meteology and Oceanography: Theory and Practice). Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 75(1B). 359–365. 37 indexed citations

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Pu, Zhaoxia, Eugenia Kalnay, John Derber, & Joseph G. Sela. (1997). Using forecast sensitivity patterns to improve future forecast skill. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 123(540). 1035–1053. 12 indexed citations

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Caplan, Peter, John Derber, William H. Gemmill, et al.. (1997). Changes to the 1995 NCEP Operational Medium-Range Forecast Model Analysis–Forecast System. Weather and Forecasting. 12(3). 581–594. 110 indexed citations

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Lewis, John M. & John Derber. (1985). The use of adjoint equations to solve a variational adjustment problem with advective constraints. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 37(4). 309–309. 281 indexed citations

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Derber, John. (1985). The Variational Four-Dimensional Assimilation of Analyses Using Filtered Models as Constraints. 11 indexed citations

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Derber, John, et al.. (1983). An Evaluation of Soundings, Analyses and Model Forecasts Derived from TIROS-N and NOAA-6 Satellite Data. Monthly Weather Review. 111(3). 562–571. 4 indexed citations

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