K. A. Browning

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
171 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

K. A. Browning is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, K. A. Browning has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Atmospheric Science, 96 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 23 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in K. A. Browning's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (131 papers), Climate variability and models (58 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (52 papers). K. A. Browning is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (131 papers), Climate variability and models (58 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (52 papers). K. A. Browning collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, India and United States. K. A. Browning's co-authors include Raymond Wexler, T. W. Harrold, N M Roberts, F. F. Hill, G. A. Monk, F. H. Ludlam, G. Brant Foote, C.D. Watkins, C. G. Collier and David A. Chapman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences and Reports on Progress in Physics.

In The Last Decade

K. A. Browning

165 papers receiving 4.6k 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 Determination of Kinematic Properties of a Wind Field Using Doppler Radar

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. A. Browning United Kingdom	37	4.5k	3.6k	648	583	362	171	5.1k
Philippe Bougeault France	26	3.0k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	1.0k 1.6×	376 0.6×	166 0.5×	45	3.7k
Terry L. Clark United States	36	3.5k 0.8×	2.8k 0.8×	856 1.3×	612 1.0×	574 1.6×	88	4.5k
Jean‐Luc Redelsperger France	41	5.3k 1.2×	5.3k 1.5×	891 1.4×	1.0k 1.8×	209 0.6×	103	6.3k
Margaret A. LeMone United States	44	5.6k 1.2×	5.0k 1.4×	1.8k 2.8×	702 1.2×	270 0.7×	114	6.7k
David Atlas United States	40	4.9k 1.1×	2.5k 0.7×	1.8k 2.7×	565 1.0×	354 1.0×	153	5.6k
J. Michael Fritsch United States	41	7.5k 1.7×	6.9k 1.9×	879 1.4×	642 1.1×	188 0.5×	84	8.1k
Hiroshi Niino Japan	27	3.7k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	824 1.3×	830 1.4×	88 0.2×	109	4.5k
Peter Bechtold United Kingdom	38	5.5k 1.2×	5.3k 1.5×	572 0.9×	622 1.1×	289 0.8×	92	6.0k
Évelyne Richard France	28	2.7k 0.6×	2.6k 0.7×	512 0.8×	294 0.5×	196 0.5×	88	3.2k
Morris L. Weisman United States	41	8.1k 1.8×	7.2k 2.0×	1.3k 2.0×	407 0.7×	445 1.2×	61	8.6k

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Marsham, John H., Alan Blyth, Douglas J. Parker, et al.. (2007). Variable cirrus shading during CSIP IOP 5. II: Effects on the convective boundary layer. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 133(628). 1661–1675. 12 indexed citations

Marsham, John H., Cyril Morcrette, K. A. Browning, et al.. (2007). Variable cirrus shading during CSIP IOP 5. I: Effects on the initiation of convection. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 133(628). 1643–1660. 13 indexed citations

Gray, Suzanne L. & K. A. Browning. (2006). Reply to comments by David M. Schultz on ‘Cloud-resolving model simulations of multiply-banded frontal clouds’ (October A, 2005,131, 2617–2637). Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 132(619). 2097–2099. 1 indexed citations

Browning, K. A., et al.. (2000). The mystery of striated cloud heads in satellite imagery. Atmospheric Science Letters. 1(1). 1–13. 16 indexed citations

Browning, K. A. & R. J. Gurney. (1999). Global Energy and Water Cycles. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 304. 54 indexed citations

Chapman, David A. & K. A. Browning. (1997). Radar observations of wind-shear splitting within evolving atmospheric Kelvin-Helmholtz billows. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 123(541). 1433–1439. 3 indexed citations

Browning, K. A.. (1995). On the nature of the mesoscale circulations at a kata-cold front. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 47(5). 911–911. 9 indexed citations

Browning, K. A. & N M Roberts. (1995). Use of satellite imagery to diagnose events leading to frontal thunderstorms: Part II of a case study. Meteorological Applications. 2(1). 3–9. 5 indexed citations

Browning, K. A., et al.. (1994). Diagnostic study of a narrow cold-frontal rainband and severe winds associated with a stratospheric intrusion. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 120(516). 235–257. 3 indexed citations

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Browning, K. A.. (1994). Survey of perceived priority issues in the parametrizations of cloud‐related processes in GCMs. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 120(516). 483–487. 22 indexed citations

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Browning, K. A.. (1993). Evolution of a mesoscale upper tropospheric vorticity maximum and comma cloud from a cloud‐free two‐dimensional potential vorticity anomaly. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 119(513). 883–906. 16 indexed citations

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Browning, K. A.. (1983). The role of radar in weather forecasting. Physics in Technology. 14(3). 140–145. 1 indexed citations

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Browning, K. A., et al.. (1982). A Simple Model for the Synoptic Analysis of Cold Fronts. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 108(456). 435–452. 8 indexed citations

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Browning, K. A., et al.. (1978). Observations of strong wind shear using pulse compression radar. Nature. 271(5645). 529–531. 10 indexed citations

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Browning, K. A. & G. Brant Foote. (1976). Airflow and hail growth in supercell storms and some implications for hail suppression. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 102(433). 499–533. 142 indexed citations

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Browning, K. A., et al.. (1976). Structure of an Evolving Hailstorm Part V: Synthesis and implications for Hail Growth and Hail Suppression. Monthly Weather Review. 104(5). 603–610. 54 indexed citations

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Browning, K. A., et al.. (1972). Observations of lee waves by high‐power radar. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 98(415). 73–85. 19 indexed citations

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Browning, K. A.. (1971). Structure of the atmosphere in the vicinity of large‐amplitude Kelvin‐Helmholtz billows. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 97(413). 283–299. 105 indexed citations

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Browning, K. A. & C.D. Watkins. (1970). Observations of Clear Air Turbulence by High Power Radar. Nature. 227(5255). 260–263. 108 indexed citations

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Browning, K. A., et al.. (1968). Horizontal and vertical air motion and precipitation growth, within a shower. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 94(402). 498–509. 3 indexed citations

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