Mamoudou B. Ba

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Mamoudou B. Ba is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mamoudou B. Ba has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 7 papers in Atmospheric Science and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Mamoudou B. Ba's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (7 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (5 papers) and Climate variability and models (4 papers). Mamoudou B. Ba is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (7 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (5 papers) and Climate variability and models (4 papers). Mamoudou B. Ba collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. Mamoudou B. Ba's co-authors include Sharon E. Nicholson, Compton J. Tucker, Arnold Gruber, J. McCollum, Witold F. Krajewski, Ralph Ferraro, Xungang Yin, Robert Frouin, Robert G. Ellingson and Andrew R. Lare and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

Mamoudou B. Ba

16 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Desertification, Drought, and Surface Vegetation: An Exam... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 100 200 300 400
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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. Desertification, Drought, and Surface Vegetation: An Example from the West African Sahel
    1998 447 citations Sharon E. Nicholson, Compton J. Tucker 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
Mamoudou B. Ba United States 13 833 667 242 154 106 16 1.2k
Gaston R. Demarée Belgium 18 733 0.9× 382 0.6× 142 0.6× 89 0.6× 265 2.5× 42 1.0k
Bonaventure Some United States 6 746 0.9× 470 0.7× 87 0.4× 94 0.6× 164 1.5× 8 971
F. Timouk France 19 686 0.8× 506 0.8× 203 0.8× 391 2.5× 278 2.6× 24 1.2k
Prakki Satyamurty Brazil 22 1.5k 1.8× 1.0k 1.5× 327 1.4× 95 0.6× 346 3.3× 58 1.9k
Hélio Camargo Brazil 5 863 1.0× 458 0.7× 222 0.9× 115 0.7× 177 1.7× 6 1.1k
Luiz Carlos Baldicero Molion Brazil 13 731 0.9× 437 0.7× 151 0.6× 81 0.5× 171 1.6× 32 957
V. N. Razuvaev United States 10 1.6k 1.9× 1.3k 2.0× 186 0.8× 107 0.7× 348 3.3× 14 2.1k
Fei Ji China 11 1.3k 1.5× 766 1.1× 369 1.5× 227 1.5× 175 1.7× 29 1.7k
Sérgio H. Franchito Brazil 19 774 0.9× 616 0.9× 170 0.7× 72 0.5× 138 1.3× 56 1.1k
Gombo Davaa Japan 15 700 0.8× 565 0.8× 186 0.8× 229 1.5× 216 2.0× 23 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mamoudou B. Ba

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mamoudou B. Ba

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Ellingson, Robert G. & Mamoudou B. Ba. (2003). A Study of Diurnal Variation of OLR from the GOES Sounder. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 20(1). 90–98. 11 indexed citations
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Ba, Mamoudou B., et al.. (2003). Validation of a Technique for Estimating OLR with the GOES Sounder. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 20(1). 79–89. 19 indexed citations
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McCollum, J., Witold F. Krajewski, Ralph Ferraro, & Mamoudou B. Ba. (2002). Evaluation of Biases of Satellite Rainfall Estimation Algorithms over the Continental United States. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 41(11). 1065–1080. 107 indexed citations
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Ba, Mamoudou B., Sharon E. Nicholson, & Robert Frouin. (2001). Satellite-Derived Surface Radiation Budget over the African Continent. Part II: Climatologies of the Various Components. Journal of Climate. 14(1). 60–76. 28 indexed citations
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Ba, Mamoudou B., Robert Frouin, Sharon E. Nicholson, & Gérard Dedieu. (2001). Satellite-Derived Surface Radiation Budget over the African Continent. Part I: Estimation of Downward Solar Irradiance and Albedo. Journal of Climate. 14(1). 45–58. 17 indexed citations
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Ba, Mamoudou B. & Arnold Gruber. (2001). GOES Multispectral Rainfall Algorithm (GMSRA). Journal of Applied Meteorology. 40(8). 1500–1514. 159 indexed citations
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McCollum, J., Arnold Gruber, & Mamoudou B. Ba. (2000). Discrepancy between Gauges and Satellite Estimates of Rainfall in Equatorial Africa. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 39(5). 666–679. 142 indexed citations
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Nicholson, Sharon E., Xungang Yin, & Mamoudou B. Ba. (2000). On the feasibility of using a lake water balance model to infer rainfall: an example from Lake Victoria. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 45(1). 75–95. 45 indexed citations
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Yin, Xungang, Sharon E. Nicholson, & Mamoudou B. Ba. (2000). On the diurnal cycle of cloudiness over Lake Victoria and its influence on evaporation from the lake. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 45(3). 407–424. 32 indexed citations
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Ba, Mamoudou B. & Sharon E. Nicholson. (1998). Analysis of Convective Activity and Its Relationship to the Rainfall over the Rift Valley Lakes of East Africa during 1983–90 Using the Meteosat Infrared Channel. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 37(10). 1250–1264. 70 indexed citations
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Nicholson, Sharon E., Compton J. Tucker, & Mamoudou B. Ba. (1998). Desertification, Drought, and Surface Vegetation: An Example from the West African Sahel. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 79(5). 815–829. 447 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ba, Mamoudou B., Gérard Dedieu, Yann H. Kerr, Sharon E. Nicholson, & J. Lecocq. (1997). Reduction of bidirectional effects in NOAA-AVHRR data acquired during the HAPEX-Sahel experiment. Journal of Hydrology. 188-189. 725–748. 6 indexed citations
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Nicholson, Sharon E., et al.. (1997). The Mean Surface Water Balance over Africa and Its Interannual Variability. Journal of Climate. 10(12). 2981–3002. 34 indexed citations
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Nicholson, Sharon E., et al.. (1996). Rainfall in the Sahel during 1994. Journal of Climate. 9(7). 1673–1676. 41 indexed citations
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Ba, Mamoudou B., Robert Frouin, & Sharon E. Nicholson. (1995). Satellite-Derived Interannual Variability of West African Rainfall during 198388. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 34(2). 411–431. 27 indexed citations
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Ba, Mamoudou B., et al.. (1995). Error reduction in NOAA satellite monitoring of the land surface vegetation during FIFE. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 100(D12). 25537–25548. 11 indexed citations

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