L.W. Vail

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

L.W. Vail is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, L.W. Vail has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Water Science and Technology, 7 papers in Environmental Engineering and 6 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in L.W. Vail's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (6 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (6 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (3 papers). L.W. Vail is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (6 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (6 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (3 papers). L.W. Vail collaborates with scholars based in United States and Russia. L.W. Vail's co-authors include Mark S. Wigmosta, Dennis P. Lettenmaier, Daniel Epstein, Raghavan Srinivasan, David Wang, Norman J. Rosenberg, Jeffrey G. Arnold, L. Ruby Leung, S. J. Ghan and E.A. Jenne and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Water Resources Research and Climatic Change.

In The Last Decade

L.W. Vail

16 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

A distributed hydrology‐vegetation model for complex terrain

1994 1.1k citations Mark S. Wigmosta, L.W. Vail et al. Water Resources Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
L.W. Vail United States	7	994	796	464	281	186	18	1.4k
Mike Bonell United Kingdom	21	955 1.0×	842 1.1×	309 0.7×	294 1.0×	269 1.4×	38	1.5k
Wossenu Abtew United States	21	566 0.6×	850 1.1×	250 0.5×	230 0.8×	210 1.1×	39	1.3k
David I. Stannard United States	18	479 0.5×	1.1k 1.4×	369 0.8×	328 1.2×	190 1.0×	31	1.3k
Younes Alila Canada	27	1.2k 1.2×	975 1.2×	643 1.4×	276 1.0×	446 2.4×	54	1.9k
Mark S. Zion United States	17	905 0.9×	638 0.8×	320 0.7×	266 0.9×	145 0.8×	30	1.3k
H. Vernon Knapp United States	11	808 0.8×	544 0.7×	160 0.3×	341 1.2×	215 1.2×	55	1.1k
J. Gurtz Switzerland	19	1.4k 1.4×	1.3k 1.6×	980 2.1×	277 1.0×	100 0.5×	25	1.9k
CARLOS TUCCI Brazil	17	1.1k 1.1×	907 1.1×	203 0.4×	329 1.2×	247 1.3×	65	1.5k
Christian Leibundgut Germany	15	745 0.7×	463 0.6×	236 0.5×	428 1.5×	181 1.0×	22	1.1k
Michael L. Anderson United States	15	726 0.7×	530 0.7×	224 0.5×	229 0.8×	214 1.2×	31	1.1k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Coleman, André M. & L.W. Vail. (2007). An Adaptive Multi-Scale Watershed Characterization Approach Utilizing Geoinformatics and Self-Organizing Maps. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations

Lettenmaier, Dennis P., et al.. (2005). Sensitivity of Pacific Northwest Water Resources to Global Warming. 11 indexed citations

Scott, Michael J., L.W. Vail, Claudio O. Stöckle, & Armen R. Kemanian. (2004). Climate Change and Adaptation in Irrigated Agriculture-A Case Study of the Yakima River. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

Scott, Michael J., et al.. (2004). WATER EXCHANGES: TOOLS TO BEAT EL NIÑO CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE¹. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 40(1). 15–31. 8 indexed citations

Leung, L. Ruby, et al.. (2002). NUMERICAL SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS BY NESTING HYDROLOGY MODEL DHSVM WITH REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL RegCM2/CHINA. 气象学报：英文版. 509–518. 5 indexed citations

Skaggs, Richard L., Larry W. Mays, & L.W. Vail. (2001). APPLICATION OF ENHANCED ANNEALING TO GROUND WATER REMEDIATION DESIGN¹. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 37(4). 867–875. 2 indexed citations

Skaggs, Richard L., Larry W. Mays, & L.W. Vail. (2001). SIMULATED ANNEALING WITH MEMORY AND DIRECTIONAL SEARCH FOR GROUND WATER REMEDIATION DESIGN¹. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 37(4). 853–866. 4 indexed citations

Rosenberg, Norman J., Daniel Epstein, David Wang, et al.. (1999). Possible Impacts of Global Warming on the Hydrology of the Ogallala Aquifer Region. Climatic Change. 42(4). 677–692. 147 indexed citations

Geist, David R., L.W. Vail, & Daniel Epstein. (1996). Analysis of potential impacts to resident fish from Columbia River System Operation alternatives. Environmental Management. 20(2). 275–288. 4 indexed citations

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Leung, L. Ruby, Mark S. Wigmosta, S. J. Ghan, Daniel Epstein, & L.W. Vail. (1996). Application of a subgrid orographic precipitation/surface hydrology scheme to a mountain watershed. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 101(D8). 12803–12817. 58 indexed citations

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Wigmosta, Mark S., L.W. Vail, & Dennis P. Lettenmaier. (1996). Reply [to “Comment on ‘A Distributed Hydrology‐Vegetation Model for Complex Terrain’ by Mark S. Wigmosta, Lance W. Vail, and Dennis P. Lettenmaier”]. Water Resources Research. 32(1). 213–214. 1 indexed citations

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Wigmosta, Mark S., L.W. Vail, & Dennis P. Lettenmaier. (1994). A distributed hydrology‐vegetation model for complex terrain. Water Resources Research. 30(6). 1665–1679. 1075 indexed citations breakdown →

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Eary, L. E., E.A. Jenne, & L.W. Vail. (1994). Simulating acidification and recovery processes in experimental catchments with the ILWAS model. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 74(1-2). 29–63. 1 indexed citations

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Vail, L.W., E.A. Jenne, & L. E. Eary. (1992). H20TREAT: An Aid for Evaluating Water Treatment Requirements for Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 2 indexed citations

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Eary, L. E., E.A. Jenne, L.W. Vail, & D.C. Girvin. (1991). Recovery of the highly acidified Clearwater Lake watershed, Ontario, Canada, simulated with the ILWAS model. Applied Geochemistry. 6(6). 613–634. 2 indexed citations

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Eary, L. E., E.A. Jenne, L.W. Vail, & D.C. Girvin. (1989). Numerical models for predicting watershed acidification. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 18(1-2). 29–53. 23 indexed citations

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Shafer, John M. & L.W. Vail. (1987). Screening Method for Contaminant Plume Control. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. 113(3). 336–352. 7 indexed citations

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Vail, L.W., et al.. (1983). A simple areal flow model: a screening tool for managing aquifer thermal energy storage systems. 530–535.

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