Robert A. Maddox

6.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
73 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Robert A. Maddox is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Maddox has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Atmospheric Science, 52 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Maddox's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (58 papers), Climate variability and models (33 papers) and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (14 papers). Robert A. Maddox is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (58 papers), Climate variability and models (33 papers) and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (14 papers). Robert A. Maddox collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Mexico. Robert A. Maddox's co-authors include Charles A. Doswell, Harold E. Brooks, Kenneth W. Howard, Lee R. Hoxit, Charles F. Chappell, Michael W. Douglas, Sergio Carlos Miranda Reyes, Jonathan J. Gourley, Soroosh Sorooshian and Diana L. Bartels and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Climate, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences and Reviews of Geophysics.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Maddox

66 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Flash Flood Forecasting: An Ingredients-Based Methodology

1996 866 citations Robert A. Maddox et al. Weather and Forecasting profile →
Meoscale Convective Complexes

1980 716 citations Robert A. Maddox Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →
The Mexican Monsoon

1993 536 citations Michael W. Douglas, Robert A. Maddox et al. Journal of Climate profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert A. Maddox United States	29	4.3k	4.1k	490	388	226	73	5.0k
David B. Parsons United States	31	4.2k 1.0×	4.4k 1.1×	428 0.9×	386 1.0×	530 2.3×	74	5.2k
Clifford F. Mass United States	44	5.5k 1.3×	5.0k 1.2×	710 1.4×	344 0.9×	649 2.9×	144	6.3k
John Edwards United Kingdom	31	3.4k 0.8×	3.4k 0.8×	512 1.0×	268 0.7×	362 1.6×	64	4.1k
Hua‐Lu Pan United States	22	4.4k 1.0×	4.3k 1.0×	695 1.4×	367 0.9×	687 3.0×	32	5.1k
Luiz A. T. Machado Brazil	32	2.7k 0.6×	2.9k 0.7×	303 0.6×	258 0.7×	248 1.1×	132	3.7k
David J. Stensrud United States	48	6.7k 1.6×	6.4k 1.6×	1.3k 2.7×	197 0.5×	349 1.5×	164	7.5k
Arthur Y. Hou United States	30	4.6k 1.1×	3.6k 0.9×	791 1.6×	358 0.9×	629 2.8×	64	5.2k
Robert G. Fovell United States	33	2.6k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	425 0.9×	141 0.4×	468 2.1×	75	3.2k
Jean‐François Mahfouf France	34	3.4k 0.8×	3.1k 0.7×	1.4k 2.8×	555 1.4×	275 1.2×	98	4.4k
Vincenzo Levizzani Italy	35	4.9k 1.1×	4.2k 1.0×	1.1k 2.2×	1.1k 2.8×	362 1.6×	116	5.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Lewis, John M., S. Lakshmivarahan, Junjun Hu, et al.. (2021). Ensemble Forecasting of Return Flow over the Gulf of Mexico. 11(4). 1–26. 2 indexed citations

Douglas, Michael W., et al.. (2009). El monzón del suroeste de Norteamérica (TRAVASON/ SWAMP).. Atmósfera. 7(2). 117–137. 11 indexed citations

Morin, Efrat, David C. Goodrich, Robert A. Maddox, et al.. (2005). Spatial patterns in thunderstorm rainfall events and their coupling with watershed hydrological response. Advances in Water Resources. 29(6). 843–860. 130 indexed citations

Morin, Efrat, David C. Goodrich, Robert A. Maddox, et al.. (2005). Rainfall modeling for integrating radar information into hydrological model. Atmospheric Science Letters. 6(1). 23–30. 12 indexed citations

Gao, Xiaogang, et al.. (2005). Sensitivity of North American Monsoon Rainfall to Multisource Sea Surface Temperatures in MM5. Monthly Weather Review. 133(10). 2922–2939. 10 indexed citations

Gao, Xiaogang, et al.. (2004). Model Study of Evolution and Diurnal Variations of Rainfall in the North American Monsoon during June and July 2002. Monthly Weather Review. 132(12). 2895–2915. 19 indexed citations

Gourley, Jonathan J., et al.. (2004). A multisensor approach to partitioning convective from stratiform echoes. 305–309. 2 indexed citations

Goodrich, David C., Robert A. Maddox, Xiaogang Gao, & Hoshin V. Gupta. (2004). SPATIAL PATTERNS IN THUNDERSTORM RAINFALL EVENTS: CONCEPTUAL MODELINGAND HYDROLOGICAL INSIGHTS. 1 indexed citations

Maddox, Robert A., et al.. (1999). Summertime Convective Storm Environments in Central Arizona: Local Observations. Weather and Forecasting. 14(6). 994–1006. 27 indexed citations

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Howard, Kenneth W., et al.. (1998). Developing Advanced Weather Technologies for the Power Industry. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 79(6). 1019–1035. 10 indexed citations

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Maddox, Robert A., et al.. (1995). Case Study of a Severe Mesoscale Convective System in Central Arizona. Weather and Forecasting. 10(3). 643–665. 66 indexed citations

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Negri, Andrew J., Robert F. Adler, Robert A. Maddox, Kenneth W. Howard, & Peter R. Keehn. (1993). A Regional Rainfall Climatology over Mexico and the Southwest United States Derived from Passive Microwave and Geosynchronous Infrared Data. Journal of Climate. 6(11). 2144–2161. 31 indexed citations

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Rust, W. David, et al.. (1990). Testing a Mobile Version of a Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric (M-CLASS) Sounding System. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 71(2). 173–180. 53 indexed citations

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Stensrud, David J. & Robert A. Maddox. (1988). Opposing Mesoscale Circulations: A Case Study. Weather and Forecasting. 3(3). 189–204. 34 indexed citations

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Maddox, Robert A., et al.. (1982). Diurnal Distribution of Very Heavy Precipitation Over the Central and Eastern United States. Scholarly Commons (Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University). 7(1). 33. 12 indexed citations

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Fritsch, J. Michael & Robert A. Maddox. (1981). Convectively Driven Mesoscale Weather Systems Aloft. Part I: Observations. Journal of applied meteorology. 20(1). 9–19. 63 indexed citations

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Maddox, Robert A., et al.. (1981). Evolution of Upper Tropospheric Features during the Development of a Mesoscale Convective Complex. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 38(8). 1664–1674. 46 indexed citations

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Maddox, Robert A.. (1980). An Objective Technique for Separating Macroscale and Mesoscale Features in Meteorological Data. Monthly Weather Review. 108(8). 1108–1121. 67 indexed citations

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Maddox, Robert A.. (1980). Meoscale Convective Complexes. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 61(11). 1374–1387. 716 indexed citations breakdown →

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Maddox, Robert A.. (1977). Meso-β Scale Features Observed in Surface Network and Satellite Data. Monthly Weather Review. 105(8). 1056–1059. 1 indexed citations

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