Melissa Free

2.2k total citations
30 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Melissa Free is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Free has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 25 papers in Atmospheric Science and 2 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Melissa Free's work include Climate variability and models (24 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (12 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (11 papers). Melissa Free is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (24 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (12 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (11 papers). Melissa Free collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. Melissa Free's co-authors include Dian J. Seidel, Alan Robock, John R. Lanzante, James K. Angell, Bomin Sun, Thomas C. Peterson, Imke Durre, Stephen A. Klein, Peter Thorne and James S. Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Free

29 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melissa Free United States 20 1.1k 1.1k 132 90 33 30 1.3k
Celeste M. Johanson United States 10 1.1k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 221 1.7× 35 0.4× 32 1.0× 11 1.3k
Rémi Thiéblemont France 16 731 0.6× 544 0.5× 139 1.1× 168 1.9× 92 2.8× 44 956
Juan Carlos Antuña Cuba 13 802 0.7× 794 0.7× 38 0.3× 65 0.7× 23 0.7× 64 910
Carole Peubey United Kingdom 9 1.1k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 356 2.7× 46 0.5× 24 0.7× 12 1.4k
Edilbert Kirk Germany 12 508 0.4× 519 0.5× 213 1.6× 60 0.7× 15 0.5× 20 728
J. Korshover United States 22 1.1k 1.0× 992 0.9× 134 1.0× 216 2.4× 26 0.8× 46 1.3k
Matilde Nicolini Argentina 9 813 0.7× 852 0.8× 55 0.4× 24 0.3× 97 2.9× 21 1.0k
Thomas M. Rickenbach United States 19 1.6k 1.4× 1.6k 1.5× 270 2.0× 218 2.4× 21 0.6× 33 1.8k
Chiara Cagnazzo Italy 23 1.6k 1.4× 1.6k 1.5× 353 2.7× 122 1.4× 26 0.8× 44 1.7k
Oreste Reale United States 22 1.0k 0.9× 912 0.8× 206 1.6× 37 0.4× 18 0.5× 40 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Melissa Free

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melissa Free

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Free

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Free, Melissa, et al.. (2022). (PO-085) Clouds Behind the Silver Lining: Delusional Infestation Complicated by Argyria. Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. 63. S41–S41.
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Free, Melissa. (2018). Settler Colonialism. Victorian Literature and Culture. 46(3-4). 876–882. 4 indexed citations
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Free, Melissa, et al.. (2016). Comparison between Total Cloud Cover in Four Reanalysis Products and Cloud Measured by Visual Observations at U.S. Weather Stations. Journal of Climate. 29(6). 2015–2021. 32 indexed citations
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Sun, Bomin, et al.. (2015). Variability and Trends in U.S. Cloud Cover: ISCCP, PATMOS-x, and CLARA-A1 Compared to Homogeneity-Adjusted Weather Observations. Journal of Climate. 28(11). 4373–4389. 34 indexed citations
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Free, Melissa & Bomin Sun. (2014). Trends in U.S. Total Cloud Cover from a Homogeneity-Adjusted Dataset. Journal of Climate. 27(13). 4959–4969. 16 indexed citations
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Angell, James K. & Melissa Free. (2009). Ground‐based observations of the slowdown in ozone decline and onset of ozone increase. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114(D7). 21 indexed citations
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Free, Melissa & Dian J. Seidel. (2009). Observed El Niño–Southern Oscillation temperature signal in the stratosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114(D23). 92 indexed citations
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Lanzante, John R. & Melissa Free. (2008). Comparison of Radiosonde and GCM Vertical Temperature Trend Profiles: Effects of Dataset Choice and Data Homogenization*. Journal of Climate. 21(20). 5417–5435. 18 indexed citations
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Free, Melissa & Dian J. Seidel. (2007). Comments on “Biases in Stratospheric and Tropospheric Temperature Trends Derived from Historical Radiosonde Data”. Journal of Climate. 20(14). 3704–3709. 10 indexed citations
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Free, Melissa, Dian J. Seidel, James K. Angell, et al.. (2005). Radiosonde Atmospheric Temperature Products for Assessing Climate (RATPAC): A new data set of large‐area anomaly time series. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 110(D22). 123 indexed citations
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Free, Melissa & Dian J. Seidel. (2005). Causes of differing temperature trends in radiosonde upper air data sets. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 110(D7). 38 indexed citations
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Seidel, Dian J., Melissa Free, & Junhong Wang. (2005). Diurnal cycle of upper‐air temperature estimated from radiosondes. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 110(D9). 48 indexed citations
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Seidel, Dian J., J. K. Angell, John R. Christy, et al.. (2004). Uncertainty in Signals of Large-Scale Climate Variations in Radiosonde and Satellite Upper-Air Temperature Datasets. Journal of Climate. 17(11). 2225–2240. 90 indexed citations
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Free, Melissa, M. Bister, & Kerry Emanuel. (2004). Potential Intensity of Tropical Cyclones: Comparison of Results from Radiosonde and Reanalysis Data. Journal of Climate. 17(8). 1722–1727. 27 indexed citations
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Free, Melissa, James K. Angell, Imke Durre, et al.. (2004). Using First Differences to Reduce Inhomogeneity in Radiosonde Temperature Datasets. Journal of Climate. 17(21). 4171–4179. 38 indexed citations
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Free, Melissa & James K. Angell. (2002). Effect of volcanoes on the vertical temperature profile in radiosonde data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107(D10). 22 indexed citations
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Free, Melissa, Imke Durre, Enric Aguilar, et al.. (2002). Creating Climate Reference Datasets: CARDS Workshop on Adjusting Radiosonde Temperature Data for Climate Monitoring. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 83(6). 891–899. 37 indexed citations
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Free, Melissa & Alan Robock. (1999). Global warming in the context of the Little Ice Age. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 104(D16). 19057–19070. 93 indexed citations
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D’Arrigo, Rosanne, Gordon C. Jacoby, Melissa Free, & Alan Robock. (1999). Northern Hemisphere Temperature Variability for the Past Three Centuries: Tree-Ring and Model Estimates. Climatic Change. 42(4). 663–675. 29 indexed citations
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Free, Melissa. (1997). Volcanoes, solar variability and climate change over the past 600 years. PhDT. 3096. 1 indexed citations

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