S. F. Clifford

3.8k total citations
88 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

S. F. Clifford is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, S. F. Clifford has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Atmospheric Science, 27 papers in Oceanography and 24 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in S. F. Clifford's work include Underwater Acoustics Research (22 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (19 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (17 papers). S. F. Clifford is often cited by papers focused on Underwater Acoustics Research (22 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (19 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (17 papers). S. F. Clifford collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Italy. S. F. Clifford's co-authors include G. R. Ochs, R. J. Hill, Robert S. Lawrence, J. C. Wyngaard, Ting-i Wang, James H. Churnside, Richard J. Lataitis, John W. Strohbehn, A. S. Frisch and David M. Farmer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Proceedings of the IEEE and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

S. F. Clifford

81 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S. F. Clifford United States 27 962 937 791 692 579 88 2.6k
R. J. Hill United States 32 1.2k 1.3× 1.2k 1.2× 753 1.0× 739 1.1× 485 0.8× 110 3.1k
Rod Frehlich United States 34 1.2k 1.2× 1.3k 1.4× 582 0.7× 643 0.9× 705 1.2× 105 3.0k
R.T. Shin United States 30 252 0.3× 1.1k 1.1× 805 1.0× 685 1.0× 1.5k 2.5× 84 3.7k
G. R. Ochs United States 20 571 0.6× 441 0.5× 571 0.7× 418 0.6× 255 0.4× 50 1.4k
Kung‐Hau Ding United States 16 205 0.2× 836 0.9× 670 0.8× 451 0.7× 696 1.2× 43 2.5k
A. S. Gurvich Russia 20 328 0.3× 438 0.5× 362 0.5× 297 0.4× 254 0.4× 96 1.3k
J. Vernin France 30 816 0.8× 620 0.7× 2.0k 2.5× 1.0k 1.5× 450 0.8× 132 2.7k
A. R. Brown United Kingdom 41 2.1k 2.2× 2.5k 2.6× 471 0.6× 4.0k 5.8× 435 0.8× 172 7.1k
Daniel R. Lynch United States 28 312 0.3× 689 0.7× 423 0.5× 556 0.8× 196 0.3× 58 2.7k
Kyung Pak United States 16 270 0.3× 433 0.5× 515 0.7× 241 0.3× 236 0.4× 36 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by S. F. Clifford

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. F. Clifford

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. F. Clifford

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of S. F. Clifford. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of S. F. Clifford 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 S. F. Clifford. S. F. Clifford is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Clifford, S. F., et al.. (2025). FTorch: a library for coupling PyTorch models to Fortran. The Journal of Open Source Software. 10(107). 7602–7602. 1 indexed citations
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Ostashev, Vladimir E., T. M. Georges, S. F. Clifford, & G. H. Goedecke. (2001). Acoustic sounding of wind velocity profiles in a stratified moving atmosphere. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 109(6). 2682–2692. 3 indexed citations
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Clifford, S. F., V. I. Tatarskiĭ, Alexander G. Voronovich, & Valery U. Zavorotny. (1998). GPS sounding of ocean surface waves: theoretical assessment. 2005–2007 vol.4. 15 indexed citations
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Lataitis, Richard J. & S. F. Clifford. (1996). Effect of atmospheric turbulence on the spot size of a radio‐acoustic sounding system: A calculation revisited. Radio Science. 31(6). 1531–1540. 5 indexed citations
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Tatarskiĭ, V. I. & S. F. Clifford. (1995). On the theory of Δk radar observations of ocean surface waves. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 43(8). 843–850. 6 indexed citations
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Clifford, S. F. & James H. Churnside. (1986). Synthetic aperture spatial filtering of optical refractive turbulence profiles (A). 3. 100. 2 indexed citations
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Bohlander, R. A., et al.. (1985). Fluctuations in millimeter wave signals. 25–26. 1 indexed citations
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McMillan, R. W., R. A. Bohlander, R. J. Hill, et al.. (1985). Atmospheric Turbulence Measurement System. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 544. 169–169. 1 indexed citations
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Clifford, S. F. & Richard J. Lataitis. (1983). Turbulence effects on acoustic wave propagation over a smooth surface. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 73(5). 1545–1550. 26 indexed citations
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Clifford, S. F. & David M. Farmer. (1983). Ocean flow measurements using acoustic scintillation. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 74(6). 1826–1832. 21 indexed citations
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Clifford, S. F. & Stephen M. Wandzura. (1981). Monostatic heterodyne lidar performance: the effect of the turbulent atmosphere; correction. Applied Optics. 20(9). 1502–1502. 1 indexed citations
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Clifford, S. F., et al.. (1980). Excess attenuation in echosonde signals. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 67(6). 1967–1973. 8 indexed citations
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Hill, R. J. & S. F. Clifford. (1978). Modified spectrum of atmospheric temperature fluctuations and its application to optical propagation. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 68(7). 892–892. 183 indexed citations
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Clifford, S. F. & Donald E. Barrick. (1978). Remote sensing of sea state by analysis of backscattered microwave phase fluctuations. IRE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 26(5). 699–705. 13 indexed citations
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Ochs, G. R., S. F. Clifford, & Ting-i Wang. (1976). Laser wind sensing: the effects of saturation of scintillation. Applied Optics. 15(2). 403–403. 19 indexed citations
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Clifford, S. F., G. R. Ochs, & Ting-i Wang. (1974). Theoretical analysis and experimental evaluation of a prototype passive sensor to measure crosswinds.
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Beran, D. W., William H. Hooke, & S. F. Clifford. (1973). Acoustic echo-sounding techniques and their application to gravity-wave, turbulence, and stability studies. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 4(1-4). 133–153. 40 indexed citations
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Ochs, G. R., S. F. Clifford, & Ting-i Wang. (1973). A feasibility study of an optical crosswind monitor.
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Clifford, S. F.. (1971). Temporal-Frequency Spectra for a Spherical Wave Propagating through Atmospheric Turbulence. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 61(10). 1285–1285. 111 indexed citations
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Clifford, S. F., et al.. (1970). Propagation of Sound in a Turbulent Atmosphere. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 48(5B). 1123–1127. 16 indexed citations

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