Robert Kistler

39.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Robert Kistler is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Kistler has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Atmospheric Science, 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 3 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Robert Kistler's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (11 papers), Climate variability and models (9 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (4 papers). Robert Kistler is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (11 papers), Climate variability and models (9 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (4 papers). Robert Kistler collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Tunisia. Robert Kistler's co-authors include Eugenia Kalnay, Masao Kanamitsu, Glenn H. White, John S. Woollen, Roy L. Jenne, Muthuvel Chelliah, William D. Collins, Suranjana Saha, Huug van den Dool and Wesley Ebisuzaki and has published in prestigious journals such as Monthly Weather Review, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society and Advances in Space Research.

In The Last Decade

Robert Kistler

12 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

The NCEP–NCAR 50–Year Reanalysis: Monthly Means CD–ROM and Documentation

2001 3.6k citations Robert Kistler, William D. Collins et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Kistler United States	7	3.3k	3.1k	1.1k	166	155	13	3.9k
John S. Woollen United States	11	3.5k 1.1×	3.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	199 1.2×	157 1.0×	14	4.1k
G. L. Potter United States	10	5.1k 1.5×	4.6k 1.5×	1.7k 1.5×	210 1.3×	201 1.3×	20	5.7k
Shi‐Keng Yang United States	8	4.8k 1.4×	4.4k 1.4×	1.8k 1.6×	212 1.3×	225 1.5×	14	5.5k
Stephen J. Lord United States	24	2.9k 0.9×	3.1k 1.0×	879 0.8×	252 1.5×	124 0.8×	57	3.5k
Paul Berrisford United Kingdom	23	3.5k 1.0×	3.4k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	190 1.1×	172 1.1×	41	4.1k
L. Williamson Australia	8	2.7k 0.8×	2.7k 0.9×	469 0.4×	126 0.8×	94 0.6×	17	3.1k
Glenn H. White United States	14	5.4k 1.6×	5.0k 1.6×	2.1k 1.8×	257 1.5×	232 1.5×	22	6.1k
P. Briegleb	9	2.8k 0.8×	2.9k 0.9×	598 0.5×	123 0.7×	87 0.6×	10	3.3k
Uwe Schulzweida Germany	11	2.6k 0.8×	2.5k 0.8×	660 0.6×	126 0.8×	241 1.6×	15	3.1k
Ulrich Schlese Germany	16	3.7k 1.1×	3.7k 1.2×	808 0.7×	175 1.1×	286 1.8×	23	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Kistler

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Kistler

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Kistler

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All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

1.

Kistler, Robert. (2010). The NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (Invited). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 2 indexed citations

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Uccellini, Louis W., Paul J. Kocin, Joseph Sienkiewicz, Robert Kistler, & Michael J. Baker. (2008). Fred Sanders' Roles in the Transformation of Synoptic Meteorology, the Study of Rapid Cyclogenesis, the Prediction of Marine Cyclones, and the Forecast of New York City's “Big Snow” of December 1947. 55. 269–296. 1 indexed citations

3.

Kistler, Robert, William D. Collins, Suranjana Saha, et al.. (2001). The NCEP–NCAR 50–Year Reanalysis: Monthly Means CD–ROM and Documentation. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 82(2). 247–267. 3616 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kanamitsu, Masao, et al.. (1997). NCEP/NCAR reanalysis and the use of satellite data. Advances in Space Research. 19(3). 481–489. 24 indexed citations

5.

Kistler, Robert, et al.. (1995). Impact of Satellite Data an the CDAS-Reanalysis System. Monthly Weather Review. 123(1). 124–139. 51 indexed citations

6.

Jenne, Roy L., Ernest C. Kung, David A. Salstein, et al.. (1993). The NMC/NCAR CDAS/ Reanalysis Project. 16 indexed citations

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Tracton, M. Steven, et al.. (1989). Dynamical Extended Range Forecasting (DERF) at the National Meteorological Center. Monthly Weather Review. 117(7). 1604–1635. 62 indexed citations

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Kistler, Robert & Ronald D. McPherson. (1984). Use Of Satellite Data In Operational Numerical Weather Prediction. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 481. 92–92. 4 indexed citations

9.

Kistler, Robert & David Parrish. (1982). Evolution of the NMC Data Assimilation System: September 1978–January 1982. Monthly Weather Review. 110(10). 1335–1346. 12 indexed citations

10.

McPherson, Ronald D., et al.. (1979). The NMC Operational Global Data Assimilation System. Monthly Weather Review. 107(11). 1445–1461. 87 indexed citations

11.

McPherson, Ronald D., et al.. (1977). Global data assimilation by local optimum interpolation. 1 indexed citations

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Kistler, Robert & Ronald D. McPherson. (1975). On the Use of a Local Wind Correction Technique in Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation. Monthly Weather Review. 103(5). 445–449. 5 indexed citations

13.

McPherson, Ronald D. & Robert Kistler. (1974). Real-data assimilation experiments with implicit and explicit integration methods. 1 indexed citations

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