Ronald Gelaro

17.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Ronald Gelaro is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald Gelaro has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Atmospheric Science, 45 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 11 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Ronald Gelaro's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (42 papers), Climate variability and models (38 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (13 papers). Ronald Gelaro is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (42 papers), Climate variability and models (38 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (13 papers). Ronald Gelaro collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Ronald Gelaro's co-authors include Roberto Buizza, T. N. Palmer, Rolf H. Langland, Yanqiu Zhu, Jan Barkmeijer, Ricardo Todling, G. D. Rohaly, Randal D. Koster, Meta Sienkiewicz and Wei Gu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ronald Gelaro

52 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ronald Gelaro United States	24	2.2k	2.1k	347	188	83	53	2.4k
Michael Fisher United Kingdom	17	2.2k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	436 1.3×	216 1.1×	111 1.3×	27	2.6k
E. Klinker United Kingdom	17	2.1k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	478 1.4×	208 1.1×	73 0.9×	27	2.2k
Ricardo Todling United States	22	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	346 1.0×	258 1.4×	80 1.0×	57	1.9k
John D. Tuttle United States	26	2.3k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	208 0.6×	248 1.3×	115 1.4×	42	2.5k
Graeme Kelly United Kingdom	31	2.8k 1.3×	2.5k 1.2×	409 1.2×	272 1.4×	150 1.8×	51	3.0k
Rolf H. Langland United States	21	1.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	342 1.0×	175 0.9×	42 0.5×	49	1.8k
Massimo Bonavita United Kingdom	19	1.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	466 1.3×	214 1.1×	52 0.6×	39	2.1k
Louis W. Uccellini United States	22	2.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	291 0.8×	166 0.9×	206 2.5×	74	2.2k
Gérald Desroziers France	23	1.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	353 1.0×	440 2.3×	104 1.3×	36	1.9k
Melvyn A. Shapiro United States	22	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	320 0.9×	139 0.7×	103 1.2×	34	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Ronald Gelaro

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ronald Gelaro

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ronald Gelaro

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Moradi, Isaac, et al.. (2023). Developing a Radar Signal Simulator for the Community Radiative Transfer Model. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 61. 1–13. 3 indexed citations

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Moradi, Isaac, Benjamin T. Johnson, Vasileios Barlakas, et al.. (2022). Implementation of a Discrete Dipole Approximation Scattering Database Into Community Radiative Transfer Model. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(24). 12 indexed citations

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McGrath‐Spangler, E. L., et al.. (2021). Sensitivity of low‐tropospheric Arctic temperatures to assimilation of AIRS cloud‐cleared radiances: Impact on midlatitude waves. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 147(741). 4032–4047. 6 indexed citations

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Moradi, Isaac, et al.. (2020). Assimilation of Satellite Microwave Observations over the Rainbands of Tropical Cyclones. Monthly Weather Review. 148(12). 4729–4745. 12 indexed citations

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Gelaro, Ronald, et al.. (2014). The NASA Modern Era Reanalysis for Research and Applications, Version-2 (MERRA-2). AGUFM. 2014. 2 indexed citations

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Gelaro, Ronald, et al.. (2009). Examination of observation impacts derived from observing system experiments (OSEs) and adjoint models. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 3 indexed citations

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Gelaro, Ronald, Thomas E. Rosmond, & Roger Daley. (2002). Singular Vector Calculations with an Analysis Error Variance Metric. Monthly Weather Review. 130(5). 1166–1186. 39 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Carolyn A. & Ronald Gelaro. (2001). Remarks on Northern Hemisphere Forecast Error Sensitivity from 1996 to 2000. Monthly Weather Review. 129(8). 2145–2153. 10 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Carolyn A., Ronald Gelaro, & James D. Doyle. (2001). Relationship between singular vectors and transient features in the background flow. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 127(575). 1731–1760. 24 indexed citations

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Langland, Rolf H., Ronald Gelaro, G. D. Rohaly, & M. A. Shapiro. (1999). Targeted observations in FASTEX: Adjoint‐based targeting procedures and data impact experiments in IOP17 and IOP18. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 125(561). 3241–3270. 75 indexed citations

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Gelaro, Ronald, et al.. (1999). As assessment of the singular-vector approach to targeted observing using the FASTEX dataset. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 125(561). 3299–3327. 2 indexed citations

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Palmer, T. N., Ronald Gelaro, Jan Barkmeijer, & Roberto Buizza. (1998). Singular Vectors, Metrics, and Adaptive Observations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 55(4). 633–653. 385 indexed citations

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Gelaro, Ronald, Roberto Buizza, T. N. Palmer, & E. Klinker. (1998). Sensitivity Analysis of Forecast Errors and the Construction of Optimal Perturbations Using Singular Vectors. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 55(6). 1012–1037. 96 indexed citations

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Buizza, Roberto, Ronald Gelaro, Franco Molteni, & T. N. Palmer. (1997). The impact of increased resolution on predictability studies with singular vectors. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 123(540). 1007–1033. 45 indexed citations

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Buizza, Roberto, Ronald Gelaro, Franco Molteni, & T. N. Palmer. (1997). The impact of increased resolution on predictability studies with singular vectors. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 123(540). 1007–1033. 1 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Carolyn A. & Ronald Gelaro. (1997). The Effect of Model Bias on the Equatorward Propagation of Extratropical Waves. Monthly Weather Review. 125(12). 3249–3265. 4 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Carolyn A., et al.. (1996). Observed and Simulated Northern Hemisphere Intraseasonal Circulation Anomalies and the Effluence of Model Bias. Monthly Weather Review. 124(6). 1100–1118. 8 indexed citations

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Gelaro, Ronald & Ronald M. Errico. (1993). The Forcing and Balance of Zonally Symmetric Modes in a Global Model. Monthly Weather Review. 121(2). 470–481. 3 indexed citations

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Gelaro, Ronald. (1992). A Normal-Mode Analysis of Rapid Teleconnections in a Numerical Weather Prediction Model. Part II: Tropical and Extratropical Aspects. Monthly Weather Review. 120(12). 2914–2927. 2 indexed citations

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Gelaro, Ronald. (1990). The structure and dynamics of tropical-midlatitude interactions. 1 indexed citations

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