Ralf Giering

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Ralf Giering is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Giering has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 23 papers in Atmospheric Science and 12 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Ralf Giering's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (21 papers), Climate variability and models (20 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (16 papers). Ralf Giering is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (21 papers), Climate variability and models (20 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (16 papers). Ralf Giering collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Italy. Ralf Giering's co-authors include T. Kaminski, Thomas Kaminski, Jochem Marotzke, Detlef Stammer, Chris Hill, Patrick Heimbach, Martin Heimann, P. J. Rayner, T. Kaminski and Christian Eckert and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Ralf Giering

45 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Recipes for adjoint code construction 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 200 400 600
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. Recipes for adjoint code construction
    1998 604 citations Ralf Giering, T. Kaminski profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ralf Giering Germany 23 2.0k 1.4k 1.1k 359 285 45 3.0k
Arnold Heemink Netherlands 29 804 0.4× 1.1k 0.8× 666 0.6× 120 0.3× 741 2.6× 132 2.9k
Mark Schmidt Germany 37 908 0.4× 956 0.7× 735 0.7× 513 1.4× 369 1.3× 175 4.1k
Peter Challenor United Kingdom 38 1.5k 0.8× 2.0k 1.4× 2.7k 2.5× 248 0.7× 341 1.2× 170 4.6k
Adam H. Monahan Canada 30 1.8k 0.9× 1.7k 1.2× 813 0.8× 55 0.2× 522 1.8× 131 2.9k
Joseph Tribbia United States 40 4.4k 2.2× 4.2k 2.9× 1.8k 1.6× 46 0.1× 265 0.9× 137 5.5k
Christian L. E. Franzke Germany 38 3.4k 1.7× 3.0k 2.1× 845 0.8× 105 0.3× 218 0.8× 131 4.3k
Robert N. Miller United States 22 1.0k 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 37 0.1× 188 0.7× 53 2.2k
Thomas W. N. Haine United States 31 1.9k 0.9× 2.5k 1.7× 2.4k 2.2× 104 0.3× 79 0.3× 109 3.8k
T. Kaminski Germany 11 735 0.4× 635 0.4× 280 0.3× 100 0.3× 126 0.4× 24 1.2k
Qingcun Zeng China 23 1.7k 0.8× 1.6k 1.1× 539 0.5× 84 0.2× 250 0.9× 135 2.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf Giering

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Jaemo, Ju‐Hye Kim, Pedro A. Jiménez, et al.. (2021). An efficient method to identify uncertainties of WRF-Solar variables in forecasting solar irradiance using a tangent linear sensitivity analysis. Solar Energy. 220. 509–522. 27 indexed citations
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Giering, Ralf, et al.. (2019). A Novel Framework to Harmonise Satellite Data Series for Climate Applications. Remote Sensing. 11(9). 1002–1002. 2 indexed citations
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Peng, Jian, Jan‐Peter Müller, Simon Blessing, et al.. (2019). Can We Use Satellite-Based FAPAR to Detect Drought?. Sensors. 19(17). 3662–3662. 17 indexed citations
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Schürmann, Gregor, Thomas Kaminski, Nuno Carvalhais, et al.. (2016). Constraining a land-surface model with multiple observations by application of the MPI-Carbon Cycle Data Assimilation System V1.0. Geoscientific model development. 9(9). 2999–3026. 34 indexed citations
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Schürmann, Gregor, Thomas Kaminski, Ralf Giering, et al.. (2013). Assimilation of NEE and CO2-concentrations into the land-surface scheme of the MPI Earth System Model. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations
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Kaminski, T., Wolfgang Knorr, Marko Scholze, et al.. (2012). Consistent assimilation of MERIS FAPAR and atmospheric CO 2 into a terrestrial vegetation model and interactive mission benefit analysis. Biogeosciences. 9(8). 3173–3184. 67 indexed citations
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Kauker, Frank, R. Gerdes, Michael Kärcher, et al.. (2010). June 2010 Sea Ice Outlook - AWI/FastOpt/OASys contribution. 3 indexed citations
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Voßbeck, Michael, M. Clerici, T. Kaminski, et al.. (2010). An inverse radiative transfer model of the vegetation canopy based on automatic differentiation. Inverse Problems. 26(9). 95003–95003. 12 indexed citations
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Koffi, Ernest N., P. J. Rayner, Marko Scholze, et al.. (2009). {Climate Data Assimilation using inverse modelling: Application to the Carbon Cycle}. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 8651. 1 indexed citations
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Pinty, B., Thomas Lavergne, Michael Voßbeck, et al.. (2007). Retrieving surface parameters for climate models from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)‐Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) albedo products. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 112(D10). 70 indexed citations
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Othmer, Carsten, T. Kaminski, & Ralf Giering. (2006). Computation of topological sensitivities in fluid dynamics: Cost function versatility. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 22 indexed citations
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Lavergne, Thomas, Thomas Kaminski, B. Pinty, et al.. (2006). Application to MISR land products of an RPV model inversion package using adjoint and Hessian codes. Remote Sensing of Environment. 107(1-2). 362–375. 60 indexed citations
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Heimbach, Patrick, Chris Hill, & Ralf Giering. (2004). An efficient exact adjoint of the parallel MIT General Circulation Model, generated via automatic differentiation. Future Generation Computer Systems. 21(8). 1356–1371. 105 indexed citations
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Giering, Ralf, et al.. (2003). Generating the tangent linear and adjoint models of the DAO finite volume GCM's dynamical core by means of TAF. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 11680. 3 indexed citations
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Kaminski, T., et al.. (2003). A prototype of a data assimilation system based on automatic differentiation. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 11812. 1 indexed citations
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Stammer, Detlef, Carl Wunsch, Ralf Giering, et al.. (2002). Global ocean circulation during 1992–1997, estimated from ocean observations and a general circulation model. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107(C9). 307 indexed citations
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Marotzke, Jochem, et al.. (1999). Construction of the adjoint MIT ocean general circulation model and application to Atlantic heat transport sensitivity. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 104(C12). 29529–29547. 222 indexed citations
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Oldenborgh, Geert Jan van, Gerrit Burgers, Stephan Venzke, Christian Eckert, & Ralf Giering. (1999). Tracking Down the ENSO Delayed Oscillator with an Adjoint OGCM. Monthly Weather Review. 127(7). 1477–1496. 25 indexed citations
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Wunsch, Carl, et al.. (1997). The global ocean circulation estimated from TOPEX/POSEIDON altimetry and the MIT general circulation model. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 22 indexed citations
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