Stephen W. Nesbitt

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
112 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Stephen W. Nesbitt is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen W. Nesbitt has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Atmospheric Science, 76 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 9 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Stephen W. Nesbitt's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (81 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (51 papers) and Climate variability and models (51 papers). Stephen W. Nesbitt is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (81 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (51 papers) and Climate variability and models (51 papers). Stephen W. Nesbitt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and United Kingdom. Stephen W. Nesbitt's co-authors include Edward J. Zipser, Daniel J. Cecil, Chuntao Liu, Robert Cifelli, David P. Yorty, E. J. Zipser, Steven A. Rutledge, Robert J. Trapp, Timothy J. Lang and Alison M. Anders and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Stephen W. Nesbitt

106 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

WHERE ARE THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ON EARTH?

2006 781 citations E. J. Zipser, Daniel J. Cecil et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →
The Diurnal Cycle of Rainfall and Convective Intensity according to Three Years of TRMM Measurements

2003 585 citations Stephen W. Nesbitt, Edward J. Zipser profile →

Peers

Stephen W. Nesbitt

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OCEAN

Daniel J. Cecil United States

Walter A. Petersen United States

Andrea Molod United States

Évelyne Richard France

Mark Iredell United States

John Edwards United Kingdom

Sandra E. Yuter United States

K. A. Browning United Kingdom

Robert Cifelli United States

Melville E. Nicholls United States

Daniel J. Cecil United States

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1.4k ×1.9

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579 ×1.4

OCEAN

Citations per year, relative to Stephen W. Nesbitt Stephen W. Nesbitt (= 1×) peers Daniel J. Cecil

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen W. Nesbitt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen W. Nesbitt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen W. Nesbitt

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lee, Jangho, Aaron I. Packman, Stephen W. Nesbitt, et al.. (2025). Comparing multi-source urban flood indicators: satellite, simulation, and citizen-reported data. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(3). 35007–35007.

Girolamo, Larry Di, et al.. (2024). Observations of the macrophysical properties of cumulus cloud fields over the tropical western Pacific and their connection to meteorological variables. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 24(9). 5603–5623. 2 indexed citations

Trapp, Robert J., et al.. (2024). The Observed Impact of the Lower Stratospheric Thermodynamic Environment on Overshooting Top Characteristics During the RELAMPAGO‐CACTI Field Campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(10). 3 indexed citations

Rauber, Robert M., et al.. (2023). The Contribution of Subtropical Moisture Within an Atmospheric River on Moisture Flux, Cloud Structure, and Precipitation Over the Salmon River Mountains of Idaho Using Moisture Tracers. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(6). 2 indexed citations

Girolamo, Larry Di, Robert M. Rauber, Greg M. McFarquhar, et al.. (2022). An evaluation of the liquid cloud droplet effective radius derived from MODIS, airborne remote sensing, and in situ measurements from CAMP ² Ex. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(12). 8259–8285. 17 indexed citations

Priftis, George, et al.. (2021). Evaluating the Detection of Mesoscale Outflow Boundaries Using Scatterometer Winds at Different Spatial Resolutions. Remote Sensing. 13(7). 1334–1334. 3 indexed citations

Salio, Paola, et al.. (2021). CCN Source Regions During RELAMPAGO-CACTI Field Campaign.

Borque, Paloma, et al.. (2020). Distinctive Signals in 1‐min Observations of Overshooting Tops and Lightning Activity in a Severe Supercell Thunderstorm. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 125(20). 16 indexed citations

Nesbitt, Stephen W., et al.. (2020). Identifying and Characterizing Tropical Oceanic Mesoscale Cold Pools using Spaceborne Scatterometer Winds. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 125(5). 15 indexed citations

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Tridon, Frédéric, Alessandro Battaglia, Randy J. Chase, et al.. (2019). The Microphysics of Stratiform Precipitation During OLYMPEX: Compatibility Between Triple‐Frequency Radar and Airborne In Situ Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 124(15). 8764–8792. 61 indexed citations

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Trapp, Robert J., et al.. (2019). Using Overshooting Top Area to Discriminate Potential for Large, Intense Tornadoes. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(21). 12520–12526. 36 indexed citations

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Varble, Adam, Joseph Hardin, Nitin Bharadwaj, et al.. (2019). Sensitivity of deep convective upscale growth to precipitation properties and ambient environmental conditions during the CACTI field campaign. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Nesbitt, Stephen W.. (2018). Understanding Processes and Improving Predictions of Hydrometeorological Extremes in Subtropical South America: Proyecto RELAMPAGO-CACTI. 1 indexed citations

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Barros, Ana P., Walter A. Petersen, Theresa Lang, et al.. (2014). IPHEx 2014: Observations of Orographic Precipitation Processes in the Southern Appalachians. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Nesbitt, Stephen W., et al.. (2013). In Situ Microphysical and Scattering Properties of Falling Snow in GPM-GCPEx. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Rutledge, Steven A., Robert Cifelli, T. J. Lang, & Stephen W. Nesbitt. (2009). Contrasting Tropical Rainfall Regimes Using TRMM and Ground-Based Polarimetric Radar. EGUGA. 6326. 1 indexed citations

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Gochis, David, Stephen W. Nesbitt, Wei Yu, & Steve Williams. (2009). Comparison of gauge-corrected versus non-gauge corrected satellite-based quantitative precipitation estimates during the 2004 NAME enhanced observing period. Atmósfera. 22(1). 69–98. 17 indexed citations

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Liu, Chuntao, Edward J. Zipser, Daniel J. Cecil, Stephen W. Nesbitt, & Steven C. Sherwood. (2008). A Cloud and Precipitation Feature Database from Nine Years of TRMM Observations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 47(10). 2712–2728. 319 indexed citations

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Peters, Ole, J. David Neelin, & Stephen W. Nesbitt. (2008). Mesoscale convective systems and critical clusters. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Zipser, E. J., Daniel J. Cecil, Chuntao Liu, Stephen W. Nesbitt, & David P. Yorty. (2006). WHERE ARE THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ON EARTH?. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 87(8). 1057–1072. 781 indexed citations breakdown →

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