John E. Janowiak

47.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
50 papers, 14.5k citations indexed

About

John E. Janowiak is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, John E. Janowiak has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 14.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Atmospheric Science, 35 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 5 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in John E. Janowiak's work include Climate variability and models (35 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (34 papers) and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (27 papers). John E. Janowiak is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (35 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (34 papers) and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (27 papers). John E. Janowiak collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. John E. Janowiak's co-authors include Phillip A. Arkin, Pingping Xie, Robert J. Joyce, George J. Huffman, Arnold Gruber, Ralph Ferraro, A. T. C. Chang, B. Rudolf, Udo Schneider and Scott Curtis and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

John E. Janowiak

50 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Version-2 Global Precipitation Climatology Project (G... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2003 2004 1997 2002 2008 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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.

  1. The Version-2 Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Precipitation Analysis (1979–Present)
    2003 4.5k citations R. F. Adler, George J. Huffman et al. Journal of Hydrometeorology profile →
  2. CMORPH: A Method that Produces Global Precipitation Estimates from Passive Microwave and Infrared Data at High Spatial and Temporal Resolution
    2004 2.6k citations Robert J. Joyce, John E. Janowiak et al. Journal of Hydrometeorology profile →
  3. The Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Combined Precipitation Dataset
    1997 1.4k citations George J. Huffman, Robert F. Adler et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →
  4. Global Land Precipitation: A 50-yr Monthly Analysis Based on Gauge Observations
    2002 1.0k citations Pingping Xie, John E. Janowiak et al. Journal of Hydrometeorology profile →
  5. Assessing objective techniques for gauge‐based analyses of global daily precipitation
    2008 999 citations Pingping Xie, John E. Janowiak et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  6. Comparison of Near-Real-Time Precipitation Estimates from Satellite Observations and Numerical Models
    2007 876 citations John E. Janowiak et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John E. Janowiak United States 30 12.2k 12.0k 2.7k 1.4k 1.4k 50 14.5k
Eric Nelkin United States 19 10.6k 0.9× 10.6k 0.9× 2.7k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 40 12.9k
David T. Bolvin United States 23 12.8k 1.0× 12.7k 1.1× 3.1k 1.2× 1.6k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 53 15.4k
Phillip A. Arkin United States 43 17.3k 1.4× 17.4k 1.4× 4.8k 1.8× 1.6k 1.2× 1.7k 1.2× 89 20.6k
Pingping Xie United States 29 15.9k 1.3× 16.1k 1.3× 4.2k 1.6× 1.8k 1.2× 1.5k 1.1× 57 19.1k
Masao Kanamitsu United States 44 12.5k 1.0× 13.6k 1.1× 4.1k 1.5× 944 0.7× 825 0.6× 113 15.6k
Wesley Ebisuzaki United States 15 10.7k 0.9× 11.6k 1.0× 3.8k 1.4× 814 0.6× 823 0.6× 24 13.9k
J. Shukla United States 61 12.7k 1.0× 14.8k 1.2× 4.7k 1.7× 921 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 151 17.0k
Ralph Ferraro United States 39 10.5k 0.9× 8.8k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 637 0.5× 1.8k 1.3× 133 12.0k
J. H. Lawrimore United States 34 7.7k 0.6× 9.3k 0.8× 3.9k 1.4× 722 0.5× 852 0.6× 66 11.2k
R. Wayne Higgins United States 49 6.7k 0.6× 7.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 904 0.7× 74 8.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Busalacchi, Antonio J., Eric Hackert, Gaël Alory, et al.. (2011). Spatio-Temporal Variability and Error Structure of SSS in the Tropics. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Janowiak, John E., et al.. (2009). CMORPH Improvements: A Kalman Filter Approach to Blend Various Satellite Rainfall Estimate Inputs and Rain Gauge Data Integration. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 9810. 5 indexed citations
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Xie, Pingping, John E. Janowiak, Phillip A. Arkin, et al.. (2003). GPCP Pentad Precipitation Analyses: An Experimental Dataset Based on Gauge Observations and Satellite Estimates. Journal of Climate. 16(13). 2197–2214. 299 indexed citations
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Adler, R. F., George J. Huffman, A. T. C. Chang, et al.. (2003). The Version-2 Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Precipitation Analysis (1979–Present). Journal of Hydrometeorology. 4(6). 1147–1167. 4512 indexed citations breakdown →
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Janowiak, John E., et al.. (2003). Verification Of Rainfall Estimates Over Africa Using RFE, NASA MPA-RT, And CMORPH. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 15 indexed citations
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Waliser, Duane E., et al.. (2001). Estimating the Satellite Equatorial Crossing Time Biases in the Daily, Global Outgoing Longwave Radiation Dataset. Journal of Climate. 14(12). 2583–2605. 34 indexed citations
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Assel, Raymond A., et al.. (2000). Laurentian Great Lakes Ice and Weather Conditions for the 1998 El Niño Winter*. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 81(4). 703–717. 28 indexed citations
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Janowiak, John E. & Pingping Xie. (1999). CAMS–OPI: A Global Satellite–Rain Gauge Merged Product for Real-Time Precipitation Monitoring Applications. Journal of Climate. 12(11). 3335–3342. 162 indexed citations
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Huffman, George J., Robert F. Adler, Phillip A. Arkin, et al.. (1997). The Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Combined Precipitation Dataset. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 78(1). 5–20. 1430 indexed citations breakdown →
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Morrissey, Mark L. & John E. Janowiak. (1996). Sampling-Induced Conditional Biases in Satellite Climate-Scale Rainfall Estimates. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 35(4). 541–548. 26 indexed citations
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Assel, Raymond A., et al.. (1996). Winter 1994 Weather and Ice Conditions for the Laurentian Great Lakes. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 77(1). 71–88. 22 indexed citations
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Bell, Gerald D. & John E. Janowiak. (1995). Atmospheric Circulation Associated with the Midwest Floods of 1993. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 76(5). 681–695. 128 indexed citations
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Barrett, E. C., James C. Dodge, H. Michael Goodman, et al.. (1994). The first WetNet precipitation intercomparison project (PIP‐1). Remote Sensing Reviews. 11(1-4). 49–60. 50 indexed citations
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Arkin, Phillip A. & John E. Janowiak. (1991). Analyses of the global distribution of precipitation. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans. 16(1-2). 5–16. 17 indexed citations
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Janowiak, John E. & Phillip A. Arkin. (1991). Rainfall variations in the tropics during 1986–1989, as estimated from observations of cloud‐top temperature. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 96(S01). 3359–3373. 150 indexed citations
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Janowiak, John E.. (1990). in North America, Persistent Warmth in Europe and Asia, and the Return of ENSO-like Conditions in the Western Pacific. Journal of Climate. 3(6). 685–709. 5 indexed citations
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Ogallo, Laban, John E. Janowiak, & M. S. Halpert. (1988). Teleconnection between Seasonal Rainfall over East Africa and Global Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 66(6). 807–822. 105 indexed citations
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Janowiak, John E.. (1988). An Investigation of Interannual Rainfall Variability in Africa. Journal of Climate. 1(3). 240–255. 229 indexed citations
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Arkin, Phillip A. & John E. Janowiak. (1987). The Global Climate for December 1985–February 1986: Conflicting ENSO Signals Observed in the Equatorial Pacific. Monthly Weather Review. 115(1). 297–316. 9 indexed citations
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Janowiak, John E.. (1985). Atlas of outgoing longwave radiation derived from NOAA satellite data. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 30 indexed citations

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