N. A. McFarlane

9.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
59 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

N. A. McFarlane is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, N. A. McFarlane has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Atmospheric Science, 42 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 10 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in N. A. McFarlane's work include Climate variability and models (31 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (27 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (17 papers). N. A. McFarlane is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (31 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (27 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (17 papers). N. A. McFarlane collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Netherlands. N. A. McFarlane's co-authors include Mike Lazare, G. J. Boer, John Scinocca, Diana Verseghy, Gregory M. Flato, M. C. Reader, C. McLandress, Kenzu Abdella, Knut von Salzen and David A. Plummer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

N. A. McFarlane

58 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Sensitivity of climate simulations to the parameterization of cumulus convection in the Canadian climate centre general circulation model

1995 1.5k citations N. A. McFarlane et al. ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN profile →
The Effect of Orographically Excited Gravity Wave Drag on the General Circulation of the Lower Stratosphere and Troposphere

1987 682 citations N. A. McFarlane Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences profile →
The Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis global coupled model and its climate

2000 523 citations Gregory M. Flato, G. J. Boer et al. Climate Dynamics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
N. A. McFarlane Canada	35	5.4k	5.0k	981	864	503	59	6.7k
John Scinocca Canada	40	5.0k 0.9×	5.1k 1.0×	778 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	388 0.8×	87	6.3k
M. A. Giorgetta Germany	39	7.3k 1.3×	7.2k 1.4×	828 0.8×	1.3k 1.5×	351 0.7×	95	8.6k
Kenneth P. Bowman United States	34	7.5k 1.4×	6.9k 1.4×	387 0.4×	1.0k 1.2×	872 1.7×	101	8.8k
Jean‐Noël Thépaut United Kingdom	36	6.4k 1.2×	6.5k 1.3×	314 0.3×	1.3k 1.5×	724 1.4×	79	8.8k
Luis Kornblueh Germany	21	4.0k 0.7×	3.9k 0.8×	409 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	180 0.4×	40	5.0k
Paul A. O’Gorman United States	40	6.6k 1.2×	7.8k 1.6×	214 0.2×	984 1.1×	847 1.7×	76	9.2k
Jeff Knight United Kingdom	38	5.8k 1.1×	6.3k 1.3×	287 0.3×	2.0k 2.3×	291 0.6×	82	7.1k
Elisa Manzini Germany	41	5.5k 1.0×	5.0k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	1.0k 1.2×	158 0.3×	108	6.4k
Adam A. Scaife United Kingdom	66	12.9k 2.4×	13.5k 2.7×	1.0k 1.0×	3.6k 4.2×	576 1.1×	265	15.3k
Vernon E. Kousky United States	39	7.8k 1.4×	8.8k 1.8×	281 0.3×	2.8k 3.2×	844 1.7×	69	10.4k

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Cole, Jason N. S., Knut von Salzen, Jiangnan Li, et al.. (2023). The Canadian Atmospheric Model version 5 (CanAM5.0.3). Geoscientific model development. 16(18). 5427–5448. 7 indexed citations

Cole, Jason N. S., et al.. (2019). Convective response to large-scale forcing in the tropical western Pacific simulated by spCAM5 and CanAM4.3. Geoscientific model development. 12(5). 2107–2117. 3 indexed citations

Sandu, Irina, Annelize van Niekerk, Theodore G. Shepherd, et al.. (2019). Impacts of orography on large-scale atmospheric circulation. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 2(1). 80 indexed citations

McFarlane, N. A., et al.. (2019). A New TKE‐Based Parameterization of Atmospheric Turbulence in the Canadian Global and Regional Climate Models. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 11(5). 1153–1188. 9 indexed citations

He, Yanping, N. A. McFarlane, & Adam H. Monahan. (2012). The Influence of Boundary Layer Processes on the Diurnal Variation of the Climatological Near-Surface Wind Speed Probability Distribution over Land*. Journal of Climate. 25(18). 6441–6458. 17 indexed citations

Malik, Suneil, et al.. (2012). Solar ultraviolet-B radiation and vitamin D: a cross-sectional population-based study using data from the 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey. BMC Public Health. 12(1). 660–660. 18 indexed citations

Scinocca, John, N. A. McFarlane, Mike Lazare, J. Li, & David A. Plummer. (2008). Technical Note: The CCCma third generation AGCM and its extension into the middle atmosphere. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 8(23). 7055–7074. 323 indexed citations

Kushner, Paul J., J. Austin, Mark Baldwin, et al.. (2007). The SPARC DynVar Project: A SPARC Project on the Dynamics and Variability of the Coupled Stratosphere-Troposphere. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 29. 9–14. 4 indexed citations

McLandress, C., W. E. Ward, V. I. Fomichev, et al.. (2006). Large‐scale dynamics of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere: An analysis using the extended Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 111(D17). 89 indexed citations

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Scinocca, John, et al.. (2006). Ocean Surface Albedo and Its Impact on Radiation Balance in Climate Models. Journal of Climate. 19(24). 6314–6333. 38 indexed citations

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Yoshimori, Masakazu, M. C. Reader, A. J. Weaver, & N. A. McFarlane. (2002). On the causes of glacial inception at 116 kaBP. Climate Dynamics. 18(5). 383–402. 32 indexed citations

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Flato, Gregory M., et al.. (2002). A coupled climate model simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum, Part 1: transient multi-decadal response. Climate Dynamics. 19(5-6). 515–537. 111 indexed citations

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Flato, Gregory M., G. J. Boer, Warren G. Lee, et al.. (2000). The Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis global coupled model and its climate. Climate Dynamics. 16(6). 451–467. 523 indexed citations breakdown →

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D’Alessio, S. J. D., Kenzu Abdella, & N. A. McFarlane. (1998). A New Second-Order Turbulence Closure Scheme for Modeling the Oceanic Mixed Layer. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 28(8). 1624–1641. 54 indexed citations

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Beagley, S. R., J. de Grandpré, John N. Koshyk, N. A. McFarlane, & Theodore G. Shepherd. (1997). Radiative‐dynamical climatology of the first‐generation Canadian middle atmosphere model. ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN. 35(3). 293–331. 144 indexed citations

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Abdella, Kenzu & N. A. McFarlane. (1997). A New Second-Order Turbulence Closure Scheme for the Planetary Boundary Layer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 54(14). 1850–1867. 75 indexed citations

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Kaminski, J. W., et al.. (1994). Modelling stratospheric polar ozone using objective analysis. 508–511. 2 indexed citations

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Verseghy, Diana, N. A. McFarlane, & Mike Lazare. (1993). Class—A Canadian land surface scheme for GCMS, II. Vegetation model and coupled runs. International Journal of Climatology. 13(4). 347–370. 455 indexed citations

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McFarlane, N. A., et al.. (1986). Reduction of Systematic Errors In NWP and General Circulation Models by Parameterized Gravity Wave Drag. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 64A(0). 713–728. 8 indexed citations

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Boer, G. J., N. A. McFarlane, René Laprise, John Henderson, & Jean‐Pierre Blanchet. (1984). The Canadian Climate Centre spectral atmospheric general circulation model. ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN. 22(4). 397–429. 160 indexed citations

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