Peter Bechtold

64.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Peter Bechtold is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Bechtold has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Atmospheric Science, 75 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 14 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Peter Bechtold's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (74 papers), Climate variability and models (61 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (34 papers). Peter Bechtold is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (74 papers), Climate variability and models (61 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (34 papers). Peter Bechtold collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. Peter Bechtold's co-authors include Jean‐Pierre Chaboureau, Anton Beljaars, Jean‐Luc Redelsperger, Françoise Guichard, Martin Köhler, Gianpaolo Balsamo, P. Mascart, Frédéric Vitart, Éric Bazile and M. J. Rodwell and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Peter Bechtold

90 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Advances in simulating atmospheric variability with the ECMWF model: From synoptic to decadal time‐scales

2008 520 citations Peter Bechtold, Martin Köhler et al. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Bechtold United Kingdom	38	5.5k	5.3k	622	572	289	92	6.0k
Jean‐Luc Redelsperger France	41	5.3k 1.0×	5.3k 1.0×	1.0k 1.6×	891 1.6×	209 0.7×	103	6.3k
J. Michael Fritsch United States	41	7.5k 1.3×	6.9k 1.3×	642 1.0×	879 1.5×	188 0.7×	84	8.1k
J. Teixeira United States	33	2.5k 0.5×	2.2k 0.4×	412 0.7×	514 0.9×	115 0.4×	82	3.0k
Wei‐Kuo Tao United States	59	10.5k 1.9×	9.6k 1.8×	673 1.1×	715 1.3×	394 1.4×	208	11.1k
Jacques Pelon France	44	6.1k 1.1×	6.2k 1.2×	303 0.5×	542 0.9×	186 0.6×	194	6.9k
Melville E. Nicholls United States	20	3.3k 0.6×	2.7k 0.5×	626 1.0×	596 1.0×	121 0.4×	34	3.8k
Jean‐Christophe Golaz United States	37	5.3k 1.0×	5.2k 1.0×	307 0.5×	804 1.4×	49 0.2×	86	6.0k
Adrian Lock United Kingdom	36	4.0k 0.7×	3.9k 0.7×	387 0.6×	689 1.2×	64 0.2×	73	4.5k
A. Slingo United Kingdom	39	5.2k 0.9×	5.3k 1.0×	344 0.6×	217 0.4×	171 0.6×	78	5.9k
Morris L. Weisman United States	41	8.1k 1.5×	7.2k 1.4×	407 0.7×	1.3k 2.3×	445 1.5×	61	8.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Bechtold

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Mayer, Michael, Seiji Kato, Michael G. Bosilovich, et al.. (2024). Assessment of Atmospheric and Surface Energy Budgets Using Observation-Based Data Products. Surveys in Geophysics. 45(6). 1827–1854. 3 indexed citations

Gisinger, Sonja, Martina Bramberger, Andreas Dörnbrack, & Peter Bechtold. (2024). Severe Convectively Induced Turbulence Hitting a Passenger Aircraft and Its Forecast by the ECMWF IFS Model. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(23). 4 indexed citations

Silvestri, Lorenzo, et al.. (2023). Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone forecasts and analysis using the ECMWF ensemble forecasting system with physical parameterization perturbations. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(21). 13883–13909. 2 indexed citations

Bechtold, Peter, et al.. (2022). On the impact of dropsondes on the ECMWF Integrated Forecasting System model (CY47R1) analysis of convection during the OTREC (Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection) field campaign. Geoscientific model development. 15(8). 3371–3385. 4 indexed citations

Nuijens, Louise, et al.. (2022). The representation of the trade winds in ECMWF forecasts and reanalyses during EUREC ⁴ A. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(19). 13049–13066. 16 indexed citations

Mukhopadhyay, P., et al.. (2022). Evaluation of ECMWF Lightning Flash Forecast over Indian Subcontinent during MAM 2020. Atmosphere. 13(9). 1520–1520. 5 indexed citations

Lang, Simon, Sarah‐Jane Lock, Martin Leutbecher, Peter Bechtold, & Richard Forbes. (2021). Revision of the Stochastically Perturbed Parametrisations model uncertainty scheme in the Integrated Forecasting System. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 147(735). 1364–1381. 27 indexed citations

Ollinaho, Pirkka, Sarah‐Jane Lock, Martin Leutbecher, et al.. (2016). Towards process‐level representation of model uncertainties: stochastically perturbed parametrizations in the ECMWF ensemble. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 143(702). 408–422. 94 indexed citations

Flemming, Johannes, Vincent Huijnen, Joaquim Arteta, et al.. (2015). Tropospheric chemistry in the Integrated Forecasting System of ECMWF. Geoscientific model development. 8(4). 975–1003. 175 indexed citations

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Sandu, Irina, Peter Bechtold, Anton Beljaars, et al.. (2015). Impacts of parameterized orographic drag on the Northern Hemisphere winter circulation. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 8(1). 196–211. 62 indexed citations

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Ollinaho, Pirkka, Heikki Järvinen, Péter Bauer, et al.. (2014). Optimization of NWP model closure parameters using total energy norm of forecast error as a target. Geoscientific model development. 7(5). 1889–1900. 18 indexed citations

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Preusse, Peter, Manfred Ern, Peter Bechtold, et al.. (2014). Characteristics of gravity waves resolved by ECMWF. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(19). 10483–10508. 84 indexed citations

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Bengtsson, Lisa, Martin Steinheimer, Peter Bechtold, & J.‐F. Geleyn. (2012). A stochastic parameterization for deep convection using cellular automata. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Bechtold, Peter, Péter Bauer, & Richard Engelen. (2012). Tropical errors and convection. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Rodwell, M. J., Thomas Jung, Peter Bechtold, et al.. (2010). Developments in diagnostics research. CentAUR (University of Reading). 24(4). 324–6. 1 indexed citations

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Steinheimer, Martin, Michael Hantel, & Peter Bechtold. (2008). Convection in Lorenz’s global energy cycle with the ECMWF model. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 60(5). 1001–1001. 17 indexed citations

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Willett, M. R., Peter Bechtold, David Williamson, et al.. (2008). Modelling suppressed and active convection: Comparisons between three global atmospheric models. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 134(636). 1881–1896. 18 indexed citations

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Bechtold, Peter, Martin Köhler, Thomas Jung, et al.. (2008). Advances in simulating atmospheric variability with the ECMWF model: From synoptic to decadal time‐scales. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 134(634). 1337–1351. 520 indexed citations breakdown →

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Orr, Andrew & Peter Bechtold. (2008). Improvement in the capturing of short-range warm season orographic precipitation in the ECMWF model. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 103(1-4). 15–23. 2 indexed citations

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Bechtold, Peter & A. Pier Siebesma. (1998). Organization and Representation of Boundary Layer Clouds. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 55(5). 888–895. 24 indexed citations

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