Robert F. Adler

371 total papers · 29.6k total citations
175 papers, 21.3k citations indexed

About

Robert F. Adler is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert F. Adler has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 21.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Atmospheric Science, 142 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 34 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Robert F. Adler's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (119 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (98 papers) and Climate variability and models (90 papers). Robert F. Adler is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (119 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (98 papers) and Climate variability and models (90 papers). Robert F. Adler collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Robert F. Adler's co-authors include George J. Huffman, Guojun Gu, Yang Hong, David T. Bolvin, Eric Nelkin, Erich Franz Stocker, Kenneth P. Bowman, David B. Wolff, Andrew J. Negri and Joanne Simpson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Robert F. Adler

165 papers receiving 20.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA): Quasi-Global, Multiyear, Combined-Sensor Precipitation Estimates at Fine Scales
    2007 5.7k citations George J. Huffman, David T. Bolvin et al. Journal of Hydrometeorology profile →
  2. The Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Combined Precipitation Dataset
    1997 1.4k citations George J. Huffman, Robert F. Adler et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →
  3. MSWEP V2 Global 3-Hourly 0.1° Precipitation: Methodology and Quantitative Assessment
    2018 863 citations Hylke E. Beck, Eric F. Wood et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →
  4. Improving the global precipitation record: GPCP Version 2.1
    2009 852 citations George J. Huffman, Robert F. Adler et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →
  5. The Evolution of the Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF) for Rainfall Estimation from Passive Microwave Sensors
    2001 673 citations Christian D. Kummerow, Yang Hong et al. Journal of Applied Meteorology profile →
  6. A Proposed Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Satellite
    1988 666 citations Joanne Simpson, Robert F. Adler et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →
  7. The Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Analysis (New Version 2.3) and a Review of 2017 Global Precipitation
    2018 658 citations Robert F. Adler, Mathew R. P. Sapiano et al. Atmosphere profile →
  8. Daily evaluation of 26 precipitation datasets using Stage-IV gauge-radar data for the CONUS
    2019 409 citations Hylke E. Beck, Ming Pan et al. Hydrology and earth system sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Robert F. Adler 17.0k 16.2k 3.0k 2.8k 2.6k 175 21.3k
George J. Huffman 23.8k 1.4× 22.1k 1.4× 3.9k 1.3× 3.8k 1.4× 4.3k 1.6× 201 28.8k
Christoph Schär 15.7k 0.9× 17.7k 1.1× 2.7k 0.9× 2.5k 0.9× 1.4k 0.5× 231 22.2k
Michael Ek 11.7k 0.7× 12.9k 0.8× 3.7k 1.2× 4.0k 1.4× 2.2k 0.8× 93 17.6k
Zong‐Liang Yang 12.2k 0.7× 15.0k 0.9× 6.1k 2.1× 4.2k 1.5× 2.4k 0.9× 227 21.4k
Randal D. Koster 11.5k 0.7× 10.6k 0.7× 3.8k 1.3× 6.0k 2.1× 1.4k 0.5× 214 17.1k
Kun Yang 13.6k 0.8× 12.3k 0.8× 4.3k 1.5× 4.6k 1.6× 1.4k 0.5× 494 21.4k
Alan Robock 15.3k 0.9× 15.6k 1.0× 2.3k 0.8× 3.6k 1.3× 1.2k 0.5× 299 22.0k
Xubin Zeng 8.8k 0.5× 10.9k 0.7× 2.9k 1.0× 3.6k 1.3× 1.6k 0.6× 273 15.8k
Eugenia Kalnay 17.5k 1.0× 18.9k 1.2× 1.1k 0.4× 4.3k 1.5× 3.9k 1.5× 264 24.6k
Paul R. Houser 8.2k 0.5× 8.8k 0.5× 5.1k 1.7× 5.9k 2.1× 2.1k 0.8× 171 16.1k

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