Robert James Purser

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Robert James Purser is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert James Purser has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Atmospheric Science, 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 18 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Robert James Purser's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (34 papers), Climate variability and models (23 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (13 papers). Robert James Purser is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (34 papers), Climate variability and models (23 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (13 papers). Robert James Purser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Robert James Purser's co-authors include David Parrish, Wan-Shu Wu, Nigel Roberts, Lance M. Leslie, Richard Swinbank, Christopher M. Hayden, John Derber, Miodrag Rančić, Lídia Cucurull and Fedor Mesinger and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Monthly Weather Review and Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.

In The Last Decade

Robert James Purser

62 papers receiving 2.5k 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 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. Three-Dimensional Variational Analysis with Spatially Inhomogeneous Covariances
    2002 570 citations Robert James Purser, David Parrish et al. Monthly Weather Review profile →

Peers

Robert James Purser
R. Sadourny France
Mark A. Taylor United States
William Blumen United States
Robert B. Wilhelmson United States
Stephen E. Cohn United States
Philippe Courtier United Kingdom
C. E. Leith United States
Todd D. Ringler United States
Petros J. Ioannou United States
Norman A. Phillips United States
R. Sadourny France
Robert James Purser
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert James Purser

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert James Purser. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert James Purser based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Robert James Purser. Robert James Purser is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Purser, Robert James, et al.. (2025). Computational Performance of the Multigrid Beta Filter (MGBF) for Covariance Synthesis. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology.
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Cucurull, Lídia & Robert James Purser. (2023). An Improved One-Dimensional Bending Angle Forward Operator for the Assimilation of Radio Occultation Profiles in the Lower Troposphere. Monthly Weather Review. 151(5). 1093–1108. 2 indexed citations
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Purser, Robert James. (2020). A formulation of the Decad Algorithm using the symmetries of the Galois field, GF(16). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - NOAA Central Library. 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yanqiu, et al.. (2015). Variational Correction of Aircraft Temperature Bias in the NCEP’s GSI Analysis System. Monthly Weather Review. 143(9). 3774–3803. 26 indexed citations
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Purser, Robert James & Miodrag Rančić. (2011). A standardized procedure for the derivation of smooth and partially overset grids on the sphere, associated with polyhedra that admit regular griddings of their surfaces; Mathematical principles of classification and construction; Part I. 3 indexed citations
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Pondeca, Manuel, Geoffrey S. Manikin, Geoff DiMego, et al.. (2011). The Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction: Current Status and Development. Weather and Forecasting. 26(5). 593–612. 106 indexed citations
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Liu, Haixia, Ming Xue, Robert James Purser, & David Parrish. (2007). Retrieval of Moisture from Simulated GPS Slant-Path Water Vapor Observations Using 3DVAR with Anisotropic Recursive Filters. Monthly Weather Review. 135(4). 1506–1521. 17 indexed citations
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Purser, Robert James, et al.. (2006). Applications of Hilbert Curves to the Selection of Subsets of Spatially Inhomogeneous Observational Data for Cross-validation and to the Construction of Super- observations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 2 indexed citations
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Swinbank, Richard & Robert James Purser. (2006). Fibonacci grids: A novel approach to global modelling. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 132(619). 1769–1793. 166 indexed citations
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Purser, Robert James & David Parrish. (2002). A Bayesian technique for estimating continuously varying statistical parameters of a variational assimilation. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 82(1-4). 209–226. 10 indexed citations
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Purser, Robert James, et al.. (2002). Radiative upper‐boundary conditions for a non‐hydrostatic atmosphere. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 128(582). 1343–1366. 2 indexed citations
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Purser, Robert James. (1999). Legendre-Transformable Semigeostrophic Theories. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 56(15). 2522–2535. 3 indexed citations
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Purser, Robert James, et al.. (1998). Smooth quasi‐homogeneous gridding of the sphere. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 124(546). 637–647. 22 indexed citations
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Purser, Robert James. (1998). Structural preconditioning in optimal analysis. 1 indexed citations
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Parrish, David, et al.. (1997). The NCEP Global Analysis System : Recent Improvements and Future Plans (gtSpecial IssueltData Assimilation in Meteology and Oceanography: Theory and Practice). Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 75(1B). 359–365. 37 indexed citations
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Leslie, Lance M. & Robert James Purser. (1995). Three-Dimensional Mass-Conserving Semi-Lagrangian Scheme Employing Forward Trajectories. Monthly Weather Review. 123(8). 2551–2566. 60 indexed citations
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Purser, Robert James & Lance M. Leslie. (1994). An Efficient Semi-Lagrangian Scheme Using Third-Order Semi-Implicit Time Integration and Forward Trajectories. Monthly Weather Review. 122(4). 745–756. 25 indexed citations
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Cullen, Michael J., S. Chynoweth, & Robert James Purser. (1987). On semi‐geostrophic flow over synoptic‐scale topography. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 113(475). 163–180. 10 indexed citations

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