Manfred Ern

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Manfred Ern is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Manfred Ern has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 76 papers in Atmospheric Science and 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Manfred Ern's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (75 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (64 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (26 papers). Manfred Ern is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (75 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (64 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (26 papers). Manfred Ern collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Manfred Ern's co-authors include Peter Preusse, Martin Riese, M. Joan Alexander, Stephen D. Eckermann, C. D. Warner, James M. Russell, M. G. Mlynczak, J. C. Gille, Silvio Kalisch and Quang Thai Trinh and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Manfred Ern

86 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Recent developments in gravity‐wave effects in climate mo... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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. Recent developments in gravity‐wave effects in climate models and the global distribution of gravity‐wave momentum flux from observations and models
    2010 405 citations M. Joan Alexander, Peter Preusse et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Manfred Ern Germany 35 3.1k 3.1k 1.4k 842 220 90 3.8k
C. McLandress Canada 33 3.1k 1.0× 2.7k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 727 0.9× 126 0.6× 60 3.9k
Peter Preusse Germany 39 4.0k 1.3× 3.9k 1.3× 1.7k 1.2× 1.1k 1.3× 260 1.2× 124 4.9k
Anne K. Smith United States 42 4.6k 1.5× 4.1k 1.3× 2.0k 1.5× 441 0.5× 298 1.4× 152 5.5k
D. A. Ortland United States 29 1.6k 0.5× 2.0k 0.6× 586 0.4× 428 0.5× 133 0.6× 71 2.3k
V. Lynn Harvey United States 32 3.0k 1.0× 2.1k 0.7× 1.7k 1.2× 173 0.2× 185 0.8× 106 3.5k
Wei Yuan China 27 1.3k 0.4× 1.4k 0.4× 724 0.5× 385 0.5× 287 1.3× 116 2.1k
Xinzhao Chu United States 32 1.6k 0.5× 2.2k 0.7× 668 0.5× 294 0.3× 220 1.0× 90 2.6k
J. P. McCormack United States 32 2.3k 0.7× 1.4k 0.4× 1.4k 1.0× 296 0.4× 93 0.4× 76 2.6k
W. R. Skinner United States 30 2.2k 0.7× 2.6k 0.9× 683 0.5× 529 0.6× 183 0.8× 83 3.1k
F. Vial France 29 1.7k 0.5× 2.8k 0.9× 555 0.4× 803 1.0× 373 1.7× 60 3.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Manfred Ern

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manfred Ern

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Preusse, Peter, Qiuyu Chen, Lukas Krasauskas, et al.. (2024). Scale separation for gravity wave analysis from 3D temperature observations in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) region. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 17(12). 3829–3841. 1 indexed citations
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Preusse, Peter, Jörn Ungermann, Inna Polichtchouk, et al.. (2024). Global-scale gravity wave analysis methodology for the ESA Earth Explorer 11 candidate CAIRT. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 17(19). 5785–5819. 2 indexed citations
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Kaifler, Bernd, Peter Preusse, Jörn Ungermann, et al.. (2023). Observations of Gravity Wave Refraction and Its Causes and Consequences. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(3). 8 indexed citations
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Ern, Manfred, Mohamadou Diallo, Isabell Krisch, et al.. (2023). The quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) and global-scale tropical waves in Aeolus wind observations, radiosonde data, and reanalyses. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(16). 9549–9583. 12 indexed citations
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Preusse, Peter, Manfred Ern, Jörn Ungermann, et al.. (2023). A mountain ridge model for quantifying oblique mountain wave propagation and distribution. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(14). 7901–7934. 4 indexed citations
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Diallo, Mohamadou, Felix Ploeger, Michaela I. Hegglin, et al.. (2022). Stratospheric water vapour and ozone response to the quasi-biennial oscillation disruptions in 2016 and 2020. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(21). 14303–14321. 10 indexed citations
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Strube, Cornelia, Peter Preusse, Manfred Ern, & Martin Riese. (2021). Propagation Paths and Source Distributions of Resolved GravityWaves in ECMWF-IFS analysis fields around the Southern PolarNight Jet. 3 indexed citations
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Strube, Cornelia, Manfred Ern, Peter Preusse, & Martin Riese. (2020). Removing spurious inertial instability signals from gravity wave temperature perturbations using spectral filtering methods. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 13(9). 4927–4945. 19 indexed citations
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Stephan, Claudia, Cornelia Strube, Daniel Klocke, et al.. (2019). Gravity Waves in Global High‐Resolution Simulations With Explicit and Parameterized Convection. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 124(8). 4446–4459. 36 indexed citations
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Diallo, Mohamadou, Paul Konopka, M. L. Santee, et al.. (2019). Structural changes in the shallow and transition branch of the Brewer–Dobson circulation induced by El Niño. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(1). 425–446. 25 indexed citations
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Matthias, Vivien & Manfred Ern. (2018). On the origin of the mesospheric quasi-stationary planetary waves in the unusual Arctic winter 2015/2016. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(7). 4803–4815. 25 indexed citations
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Meyer, Catrin I., Manfred Ern, Lars Hoffmann, Quang Thai Trinh, & M. Joan Alexander. (2018). Intercomparison of AIRS and HIRDLS stratospheric gravity wave observations. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 11(1). 215–232. 22 indexed citations
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Kalisch, Silvio, Hye‐Yeong Chun, Manfred Ern, et al.. (2016). Comparison of simulated and observed convective gravity waves. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 121(22). 17 indexed citations
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Trinh, Quang Thai, Silvio Kalisch, Peter Preusse, et al.. (2016). Tuning of a convective gravity wave source scheme based on HIRDLS observations. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(11). 7335–7356. 32 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yajun, Martin Kaufmann, Manfred Ern, & Martin Riese. (2015). Solar cycle effect on the nighttime atomic oxygen in the mesopause region retrieved from SCIAMACHY O(1S) green line measurements. EGUGA. 14991.
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Trinh, Quang Thai, Silvio Kalisch, Peter Preusse, et al.. (2015). A comprehensive observational filter for satellite infrared limb sounding of gravity waves. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 8(3). 1491–1517. 36 indexed citations
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Trinh, Quang Thai, Silvio Kalisch, Peter Preusse, et al.. (2014). A comprehensive observational filter for satellite infrared limb sounding of gravity waves. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Young‐Ha, et al.. (2012). Consistency between Fourier transform and small-volume few-wave decomposition for spectral and spatial variability of gravity waves above a typhoon. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 5(7). 1637–1651. 46 indexed citations
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Ern, Manfred & Peter Preusse. (2009). Wave fluxes of equatorial Kelvin waves and QBO zonal wind forcing derived from SABER and ECMWF temperature space-time spectra. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 9(12). 3957–3986. 50 indexed citations
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Ern, Manfred, Peter Preusse, M. Krebsbach, M. G. Mlynczak, & J. M. Russell. (2008). Equatorial wave analysis from SABER and ECMWF temperatures. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 8(4). 845–869. 91 indexed citations

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