Thomas Foken

21.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
216 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas Foken is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Foken has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 102 papers in Atmospheric Science and 54 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Foken's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (101 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (65 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (44 papers). Thomas Foken is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (101 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (65 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (44 papers). Thomas Foken collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Thomas Foken's co-authors include Bodo Wichura, Matthias Mauder, Claudia Liebethal, Heping Liu, Christoph Thomas, Monique Y. Leclerc, Mathias Göckede, Steven Oncley, Christian Bernhofer and Jens-Peter Leps and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Foken

206 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

Tools for quality assessm... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 2008 2006 2020 400 800 1.2k

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Thomas Foken 8.6k 5.0k 2.6k 1.2k 1.1k 216 10.3k
Tilden P. Meyers 7.3k 0.9× 3.9k 0.8× 2.0k 0.8× 914 0.8× 2.0k 1.8× 117 10.2k
Christian Bernhofer 8.1k 0.9× 3.2k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 2.1k 1.8× 1.1k 0.9× 201 9.9k
W. J. Massman 5.1k 0.6× 3.0k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 603 0.5× 1.6k 1.4× 112 6.9k
H.A.R. de Bruin 4.8k 0.6× 2.7k 0.5× 1.9k 0.7× 874 0.7× 568 0.5× 99 5.8k
J. D. Albertson 3.4k 0.4× 1.8k 0.4× 2.1k 0.8× 925 0.8× 402 0.3× 127 5.8k
Shashi B. Verma 7.5k 0.9× 2.1k 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 830 0.7× 2.7k 2.3× 212 10.9k
J. H. C. Gash 9.4k 1.1× 3.7k 0.7× 1.9k 0.7× 3.3k 2.8× 1.2k 1.0× 108 11.2k
Matthias Mauder 4.2k 0.5× 2.0k 0.4× 1.3k 0.5× 587 0.5× 541 0.5× 127 5.0k
L. Mahrt 10.9k 1.3× 11.3k 2.2× 6.3k 2.4× 597 0.5× 629 0.5× 242 16.0k
Wilfried Brutsaert 8.9k 1.0× 4.5k 0.9× 5.2k 2.0× 4.7k 3.9× 541 0.5× 195 13.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Foken

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Foken

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mauder, Matthias, Thomas Foken, & Joan Cuxart. (2020). Surface-Energy-Balance Closure over Land: A Review. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 177(2-3). 395–426. 206 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roo, Frederik De, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of Probe-Induced Flow Distortion of Campbell CSAT3 Sonic Anemometers by Numerical Simulation. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 165(1). 9–28. 14 indexed citations
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Kuzyakov, Yakov, Per‐Marten Schleuss, Georg Guggenberger, et al.. (2017). Pasture degradation in Tibet: Drivers, mechanisms and consequences for C stocks and ecosystem stability. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 3949. 1 indexed citations
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Gerken, Tobias, W. Babel, Michael Herzog, et al.. (2015). High-resolution modelling of interactions between soil moisture and convective development in a mountain enclosed Tibetan Basin. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 19(9). 4023–4040. 12 indexed citations
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Metzger, Stefan, Edward Ayres, Roland C. Clement, et al.. (2015). Alignment of Surface-Atmosphere Exchange Sensors at Sloped Sites: An Integrated Strategy. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015. 1 indexed citations
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Hübner, Jörg, et al.. (2014). A horizontal mobile measuring system for atmospheric quantities. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 7(9). 2967–2980. 1 indexed citations
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Babel, W., et al.. (2014). Application of an energy balance correction method for turbulent flux measurements based on buoyancy. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 6936.
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Metzger, Stefan, W. Junkermann, Matthias Mauder, et al.. (2013). Spatially explicit regionalization of airborne flux measurements using environmental response functions. Biogeosciences. 10(4). 2193–2217. 65 indexed citations
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Stella, Patrick, et al.. (2013). Measurements of nitrogen oxides and ozone fluxes by eddy covariance at a meadow: evidence for an internal leaf resistance to NO 2. Biogeosciences. 10(9). 5997–6017. 23 indexed citations
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Pauscher, Lukas, Jennifer Salmond, Sue Grimmond, & Thomas Foken. (2010). Scintillometer measurements above the urban area of London. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 4648. 11 indexed citations
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Tsokankunku, Anywhere, Z. Zhu, F. X. Meixner, Thomas Foken, & Meinrat O. Andreae. (2009). Eddy covariance fluxes of the NO-NO2-O3 triad above a spruce forest canopy in south-eastern Germany.. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 9446. 1 indexed citations
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Oncley, Steven, Thomas Foken, Richard C. Vogt, et al.. (2007). The Energy Balance Experiment EBEX-2000 (Part 1: Overview and energy balance ; Part 2: Intercomparison of eddy-covariance sensors and post-field data processing methods ; Part 3: Behaviour and quality of the radiation measurements). Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 1 indexed citations
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Metzger, Stefan, Yaoming Ma, Tiina Markkanen, et al.. (2006). Quality Assessment of Tibetan Plateau Eddy Covariance Measurements Utilizing Footprint Modeling. Diqiu kexue jinzhan. 21(12). 1260–1267. 5 indexed citations
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Foken, Thomas, Matthias Mauder, Claudia Liebethal, et al.. (2006). Attempt to close the energy balance for the LITFASS-2003 experiment. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 8 indexed citations
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Foken, Thomas. (2004). Processing and Quality Control of Eddy Covariance Data during LITFASS-2003. 9 indexed citations
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Foken, Thomas. (2004). Evaporation and Sensible Heat Exchange for a Shallow Lake. 2 indexed citations
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Beyrich, Frank, Jens Bange, F. H. Berger, et al.. (2004). Energy and water vapor fluxes over a heterogeneous land surface: the LITFASS-2003 experiment. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 3 indexed citations
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Mauder, Matthias & Thomas Foken. (2003). How we classify sonic anemometers/thermometers. EAEJA. 4254. 1 indexed citations
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Göckede, Mathias, et al.. (2003). Application of remote sensing methods for micrometeorological site evaluation. EAEJA. 5143. 2 indexed citations
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Goeckede, Mathias, Corinna Rebmann, & Thomas Foken. (2003). Use of footprint modelling for the characterisation of complex meteorological flux measurement sites. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 2004. 2 indexed citations

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