John S. Woollen

39.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

John S. Woollen is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, John S. Woollen has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Atmospheric Science, 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 2 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in John S. Woollen's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (10 papers), Climate variability and models (8 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (6 papers). John S. Woollen is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (10 papers), Climate variability and models (8 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (6 papers). John S. Woollen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. John S. Woollen's co-authors include Roy L. Jenne, Robert Kistler, Eugenia Kalnay, Muthuvel Chelliah, Masao Kanamitsu, William D. Collins, Glenn H. White, Suranjana Saha, Michael Fiorino and Wesley Ebisuzaki and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters and Monthly Weather Review.

In The Last Decade

John S. Woollen

13 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

The NCEP–NCAR 50–Year Reanalysis: Monthly Means CD–ROM an... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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.

  1. The NCEP–NCAR 50–Year Reanalysis: Monthly Means CD–ROM and Documentation
    2001 3.6k citations Robert Kistler, William D. Collins et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John S. Woollen United States 11 3.5k 3.3k 1.1k 199 157 14 4.1k
Paul Berrisford United Kingdom 23 3.5k 1.0× 3.4k 1.0× 1.0k 0.9× 190 1.0× 172 1.1× 41 4.1k
John R. Gyakum Canada 33 3.1k 0.9× 3.3k 1.0× 701 0.6× 128 0.6× 159 1.0× 121 3.8k
Muthuvel Chelliah United States 18 4.7k 1.3× 4.3k 1.3× 1.7k 1.6× 204 1.0× 226 1.4× 29 5.4k
M. J. Rodwell United Kingdom 26 4.6k 1.3× 4.5k 1.4× 1.4k 1.2× 187 0.9× 154 1.0× 63 5.1k
Robert Kistler United States 7 3.3k 0.9× 3.1k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 166 0.8× 155 1.0× 13 3.9k
Shi‐Keng Yang United States 8 4.8k 1.4× 4.4k 1.3× 1.8k 1.6× 212 1.1× 225 1.4× 14 5.5k
Xingren Wu United States 17 2.5k 0.7× 2.9k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 244 1.2× 253 1.6× 41 3.6k
Stephen J. Lord United States 24 2.9k 0.8× 3.1k 1.0× 879 0.8× 252 1.3× 124 0.8× 57 3.5k
Chiaki Kobayashi Japan 16 4.8k 1.4× 4.5k 1.4× 1.6k 1.4× 209 1.1× 292 1.9× 47 5.4k
Yu-Tai Hou United States 10 2.3k 0.6× 2.3k 0.7× 901 0.8× 263 1.3× 217 1.4× 12 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John S. Woollen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John S. Woollen

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Bromwich, David H., Aaron B. Wilson, Michael Barlage, et al.. (2017). The Arctic System Reanalysis, Version 2. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 99(4). 805–828. 98 indexed citations
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Compo, Gilbert P., James A. Carton, Arun Kumar, et al.. (2016). Report from the NOAA Climate Reanalysis Task Force Technical Workshop.. NOAA Institutional Repository. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Zaizhong, Lars Peter Riishøjgaard, Michiko Masutani, John S. Woollen, & G. D. Emmitt. (2014). Impact of Different Satellite Wind Lidar Telescope Configurations on NCEP GFS Forecast Skill in Observing System Simulation Experiments. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 32(3). 478–495. 19 indexed citations
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Privé, Nikki C., Yuanfu Xie, John S. Woollen, et al.. (2013). Evaluation of the Earth Systems Research Laboratory’s global Observing System Simulation Experiment system. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 65(1). 19011–19011. 12 indexed citations
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Masutani, Michiko, Louis Garand, W. A. Lahoz, et al.. (2013). Observing System Simulation Experiments; justifying new Arctic observation capabilities.. IOC of UNESCO (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission). 2 indexed citations
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Masutani, Michiko, Lars Peter Riishøjgaard, John S. Woollen, & Sean Casey. (2012). Observing system simulation experiments at Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8529. 85290B–85290B.
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Riishøjgaard, Lars Peter, Zaizhong Ma, Michiko Masutani, et al.. (2012). Observation system simulation experiments for a global wind observing sounder. Geophysical Research Letters. 39(17). 20 indexed citations
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Masutani, Michiko, John S. Woollen, Stephen J. Lord, et al.. (2010). Observing system simulation experiments at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115(D7). 70 indexed citations
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Errico, Ronald M., Runhua Yang, Michiko Masutani, & John S. Woollen. (2007). The estimation of analysis error characteristics using an observation systems simulation experiment. Meteorologische Zeitschrift. 16(6). 695–708. 22 indexed citations
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Masutani, Michiko, John S. Woollen, Stephen J. Lord, et al.. (2006). Observing system simulation experiments at NCEP. 15 indexed citations
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Marshall, John, James A. Jung, John Derber, et al.. (2006). Improving Global Analysis and Forecasting with AIRS. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 87(7). 891–895. 185 indexed citations
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Kistler, Robert, William D. Collins, Suranjana Saha, et al.. (2001). The NCEP–NCAR 50–Year Reanalysis: Monthly Means CD–ROM and Documentation. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 82(2). 247–267. 3616 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jenne, Roy L., Ernest C. Kung, David A. Salstein, et al.. (1993). The NMC/NCAR CDAS/ Reanalysis Project. 16 indexed citations
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Baker, W. E., S. C. Bloom, John S. Woollen, et al.. (1987). Experiments with a Three-Dimensional Statistical Objective Analysis Scheme Using FGGE Data. Monthly Weather Review. 115(1). 272–296. 34 indexed citations

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