Louis J. Battan

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Louis J. Battan is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Louis J. Battan has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Atmospheric Science, 28 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 11 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Louis J. Battan's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (24 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (17 papers) and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (15 papers). Louis J. Battan is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (24 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (17 papers) and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (15 papers). Louis J. Battan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Tunisia. Louis J. Battan's co-authors include Craig F. Bohren, Benjamin M. Herman, David Atlas, Roscoe R. Braham, C. Harrison Dwight, James J. Riley, Samuel R. Browning, Milton Kerker, E. Matijević and David S. Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Louis J. Battan

69 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Radar observation of the atmosphere 1973 2026 1990 2008 1973 200 400 600
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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. Radar observation of the atmosphere
    1973 708 citations Louis J. Battan Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Louis J. Battan United States 15 1.2k 683 412 203 152 80 1.5k
T. A. Seliga United States 21 1.3k 1.1× 503 0.7× 732 1.8× 208 1.0× 120 0.8× 56 1.6k
R. S. Sekhon United States 5 1.3k 1.1× 661 1.0× 409 1.0× 192 0.9× 79 0.5× 9 1.4k
A. R. Jameson United States 24 1.5k 1.3× 877 1.3× 558 1.4× 170 0.8× 115 0.8× 86 1.7k
Gintaras Dūda United States 8 980 0.8× 822 1.2× 310 0.8× 91 0.4× 180 1.2× 30 1.6k
Carlton W. Ulbrich United States 21 2.9k 2.5× 1.3k 1.9× 1.2k 2.8× 298 1.5× 90 0.6× 47 3.1k
G.A. Poe United States 13 1.5k 1.3× 608 0.9× 615 1.5× 257 1.3× 130 0.9× 26 1.9k
J. E. Gaynor United States 17 843 0.7× 683 1.0× 493 1.2× 114 0.6× 33 0.2× 36 1.2k
Hiroshi Uyeda Japan 23 1.4k 1.2× 1.0k 1.5× 192 0.5× 96 0.5× 52 0.3× 125 1.6k
Jun Awaka Japan 19 2.4k 2.1× 1.2k 1.8× 822 2.0× 213 1.0× 93 0.6× 60 2.5k
C. M. R. Platt Australia 29 2.4k 2.0× 2.6k 3.8× 205 0.5× 212 1.0× 57 0.4× 66 2.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Louis J. Battan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Battan, Louis J., et al.. (1990). Radar in Meteorology: Battan Memorial and 40th Anniversary Radar Meteorology Conference. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 47 indexed citations
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Bohren, Craig F. & Louis J. Battan. (1980). Radar Backscattering by Inhomogeneous Precipitation Particles. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 37(8). 1821–1827. 63 indexed citations
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Battan, Louis J.. (1977). Weather Modification in the Soviet Union—1976. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 58(1). 4–19. 5 indexed citations
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Battan, Louis J.. (1976). Vertical Air Motions and theZ-RRelation. Journal of applied meteorology. 15(10). 1120–1121. 12 indexed citations
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Martner, Brooks E. & Louis J. Battan. (1976). Calculations of Doppler Radar Velocity Spectrum Parameters for a Mixture of Rain and Hail. Journal of applied meteorology. 15(5). 491–498. 3 indexed citations
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Battan, Louis J.. (1975). A National Air Grant Program. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 56(1). 38–40. 1 indexed citations
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Battan, Louis J.. (1975). Doppler Radar Observations of a Hailstorm. Journal of applied meteorology. 14(1). 98–108. 11 indexed citations
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Battan, Louis J.. (1973). Hurricanes. Science. 179(4077). 1022–1022. 2 indexed citations
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Battan, Louis J.. (1971). Radar Attenuation by Wet Ice Spheres. Journal of applied meteorology. 10(2). 247–252. 20 indexed citations
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Battan, Louis J., et al.. (1969). Polarization and Vertical Velocities of Dot Angel Echoes. Journal of applied meteorology. 8(6). 948–951. 4 indexed citations
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Battan, Louis J.. (1969). weather modification in the U.S.S.R.—19691,2. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 50(12). 924–946. 6 indexed citations
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Battan, Louis J.. (1965). a view of cloud physics and weather modification in the Soviet Union. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 46(6). 309–316. 6 indexed citations
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Battan, Louis J.. (1964). La naturaleza de las tormentas.
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Battan, Louis J. & Benjamin M. Herman. (1962). The radar cross sections of ‘spongy’ ice spheres. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 67(13). 5139–5146. 10 indexed citations
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Herman, Benjamin M. & Louis J. Battan. (1961). Calculations of Mie back‐scattering of microwaves from ice spheres. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 87(372). 223–230. 19 indexed citations
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Herman, Benjamin M. & Louis J. Battan. (1961). Calculations of Mie back‐scattering of microwaves from ice spheres. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 87(374). 606–607. 11 indexed citations
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Battan, Louis J. & Benjamin M. Herman. (1961). Backscattering of 3.21-centimeter radiation by water bubbles. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 66(10). 3255–3259. 3 indexed citations
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Herman, Benjamin M., Samuel R. Browning, & Louis J. Battan. (1961). Tables of the Radar Cross Sections of Water Spheres. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 3 indexed citations
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Battan, Louis J.. (1959). Duration of Tornadoes. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 40(7). 340–342. 5 indexed citations
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Battan, Louis J.. (1953). OBSERVATIONS ON THE FORMATION AND SPREAD OF PRECIPITATION IN CONVECTIVE CLOUDS. Journal of Meteorology. 10(5). 311–324. 26 indexed citations

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