Kenneth E. Mitchell

22.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
67 papers, 15.3k citations indexed

About

Kenneth E. Mitchell is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth E. Mitchell has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 15.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 49 papers in Atmospheric Science and 16 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kenneth E. Mitchell's work include Climate variability and models (45 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (37 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (22 papers). Kenneth E. Mitchell is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (45 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (37 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (22 papers). Kenneth E. Mitchell collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Kenneth E. Mitchell's co-authors include Michael Ek, Fei Chen, Victor Koren, Eric Rogers, Ying Lin, J. D. Tarpley, Qingyun Duan, Youlong Xia, George Gayno and Pablo Javier Grunmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth E. Mitchell

66 papers receiving 14.9k citations

Hit Papers

North American Regional Reanalysis 1996 2026 2006 2016 2006 2003 2011 2011 1996 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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. North American Regional Reanalysis
    2006 2.9k citations Kenneth E. Mitchell, Wesley Ebisuzaki et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →
  2. Implementation of Noah land surface model advances in the National Centers for Environmental Prediction operational mesoscale Eta model
    2003 2.5k citations Michael Ek, Kenneth E. Mitchell et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  3. The community Noah land surface model with multiparameterization options (Noah-MP): 1. Model description and evaluation with local-scale measurements
    2011 2.0k citations Guo‐Yue Niu, Zong‐Liang Yang et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  4. Continental‐scale water and energy flux analysis and validation for the North American Land Data Assimilation System project phase 2 (NLDAS‐2): 1. Intercomparison and application of model products
    2011 1.0k citations Youlong Xia, Kenneth E. Mitchell et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  5. Modeling of land surface evaporation by four schemes and comparison with FIFE observations
    1996 912 citations Fei Chen, Kenneth E. Mitchell et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  6. The community Noah land surface model with multiparameterization options (Noah-MP): 2. Evaluation over global river basins
    2011 581 citations Zong‐Liang Yang, Guo‐Yue Niu et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  7. Real‐time and retrospective forcing in the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) project
    2003 537 citations B. Cosgrove, Dag Lohmann et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  8. Continental‐scale water and energy flux analysis and validation for North American Land Data Assimilation System project phase 2 (NLDAS‐2): 2. Validation of model‐simulated streamflow
    2011 374 citations Youlong Xia, Kenneth E. Mitchell et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kenneth E. Mitchell United States 40 10.9k 9.9k 3.9k 3.7k 1.2k 67 15.3k
Michael Ek United States 45 13.0k 1.2× 11.8k 1.2× 3.7k 0.9× 4.0k 1.1× 2.2k 1.8× 93 17.7k
Gianpaolo Balsamo United Kingdom 48 7.7k 0.7× 7.3k 0.7× 2.4k 0.6× 3.3k 0.9× 966 0.8× 132 11.6k
Paul A. Dirmeyer United States 67 12.2k 1.1× 9.3k 0.9× 3.5k 0.9× 4.4k 1.2× 1.0k 0.8× 212 15.6k
Randal D. Koster United States 71 10.6k 1.0× 11.5k 1.2× 3.9k 1.0× 6.1k 1.6× 1.4k 1.1× 214 17.2k
Zong‐Liang Yang United States 63 15.0k 1.4× 12.2k 1.2× 6.2k 1.6× 4.2k 1.1× 2.4k 1.9× 227 21.6k
Xubin Zeng United States 57 10.9k 1.0× 8.8k 0.9× 2.9k 0.7× 3.6k 1.0× 1.6k 1.3× 272 15.8k
Diego G. Miralles Belgium 63 14.7k 1.3× 7.8k 0.8× 6.3k 1.6× 4.3k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 165 19.5k
Paul R. Houser United States 50 8.8k 0.8× 8.2k 0.8× 5.1k 1.3× 6.0k 1.6× 2.1k 1.7× 171 16.1k
Stefan Hagemann Germany 56 10.9k 1.0× 8.6k 0.9× 3.5k 0.9× 1.4k 0.4× 1.6k 1.3× 164 14.8k
P. C. D. Milly United States 47 10.9k 1.0× 4.3k 0.4× 7.3k 1.9× 2.7k 0.7× 1.9k 1.5× 101 16.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mitchell, Kenneth E., Sean Helfrich, Bruce H. Ramsay, et al.. (2016). 50 Years of NOAA N. Hemisphere Snow Cover Analysis: Impact on NOAA NWP Forecasts and Vice Versa. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 1 indexed citations
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Xia, Youlong, B. Cosgrove, Kenneth E. Mitchell, et al.. (2016). Basin‐scale assessment of the land surface water budget in the National Centers for Environmental Prediction operational and research NLDAS‐2 systems. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 121(6). 2750–2779. 42 indexed citations
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Ek, M. B., Yu Xia, Wei Han, et al.. (2014). A Successful Example of Transitioning Research to NCEP Operations: The North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Helin, Youlong Xia, Kenneth E. Mitchell, & Michael Ek. (2012). Improvement of the Noah land surface model for warm season processes: evaluation of water and energy flux simulation. Hydrological Processes. 27(2). 297–303. 66 indexed citations
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Meng, Jesse, Rongqian Yang, Helin Wei, et al.. (2012). The Land Surface Analysis in the NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 13(5). 1621–1630. 42 indexed citations
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Yang, Rongqian, Kenneth E. Mitchell, Jesse Meng, & Michael Ek. (2011). Summer-Season Forecast Experiments with the NCEP Climate Forecast System Using Different Land Models and Different Initial Land States. Journal of Climate. 24(9). 2319–2334. 13 indexed citations
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Niu, Guo‐Yue, Zong‐Liang Yang, Kenneth E. Mitchell, et al.. (2011). The community Noah land surface model with multiparameterization options (Noah-MP): 1. Model description and evaluation with local-scale measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 116(D12). 2027 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jiang, Le, Felix Kogan, Wei Guo, et al.. (2010). Real‐time weekly global green vegetation fraction derived from advanced very high resolution radiometer‐based NOAA operational global vegetation index (GVI) system. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115(D11). 67 indexed citations
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Koster, Randal D., Zhichang Guo, Rongqian Yang, et al.. (2009). On the Nature of Soil Moisture in Land Surface Models. Journal of Climate. 22(16). 4322–4335. 425 indexed citations
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Tian, Yuhong, Cheng‐Zhi Zou, Kenneth E. Mitchell, et al.. (2008). Improvements of numerical weather predictions using a new AVHRR green vegetation fraction dataset. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7085. 70850N–70850N. 2 indexed citations
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Jiang, Le, et al.. (2008). Adjusting for Long-Term Anomalous Trends in NOAA's Global Vegetation Index Data Sets. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 46(2). 409–422. 21 indexed citations
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Gutzler, David S., R. Wayne Higgins, H. M. H. Juang, et al.. (2005). The North American Monsoon Model Assessment Project: Integrating Numerical Modeling into a Field-based Process Study. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 86(10). 1423–1430. 46 indexed citations
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Lohmann, Dag, Kenneth E. Mitchell, Paul R. Houser, et al.. (2004). Streamflow and water balance intercomparisons of four land surface models in the North American Land Data Assimilation System project. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 109(D7). 147 indexed citations
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Ek, Michael, Kenneth E. Mitchell, Lin Ying, et al.. (2003). Implementation of Noah land-surface model advances in the NCEP operational mesoscale Eta model. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 12845. 97 indexed citations
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Marshall, Curtis H., Kenneth Crawford, Kenneth E. Mitchell, & David J. Stensrud. (2003). The Impact of the Land Surface Physics in the Operational NCEP Eta Model on Simulating the Diurnal Cycle: Evaluation and Testing Using Oklahoma Mesonet Data. Weather and Forecasting. 18(5). 748–768. 31 indexed citations
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Ek, Michael, Kenneth E. Mitchell, Ying Lin, et al.. (2003). Implementation of Noah land surface model advances in the National Centers for Environmental Prediction operational mesoscale Eta model. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 108(D22). 2529 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mitchell, Kenneth E.. (2000). Recent GCIP-sponsored advancements in coupled land-surface modeling and data assimilation in the NCEP Eta mesoscale model. 26 indexed citations
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Chen, Fei & Kenneth E. Mitchell. (1999). Using the GEWEX/ISLSCP Forcing Data to Simulate Global Soil Moisture Fields and Hydrological Cycle for 1987-1988. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 77(1B). 167–182. 55 indexed citations
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Chen, Fei, Zavisă Janjić, & Kenneth E. Mitchell. (1997). Impact of Atmospheric Surface-layer Parameterizations in the new Land-surface Scheme of the NCEP Mesoscale Eta Model. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 85(3). 391–421. 470 indexed citations
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Betts, Alan K., Fei Chen, Kenneth E. Mitchell, & Zavisă Janjić. (1997). Assessment of the Land Surface and Boundary Layer Models in Two Operational Versions of the NCEP Eta Model Using FIFE Data. Monthly Weather Review. 125(11). 2896–2916. 190 indexed citations

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