Thomas L. Bell

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas L. Bell is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas L. Bell has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 31 papers in Atmospheric Science and 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Thomas L. Bell's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (28 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (20 papers) and Climate variability and models (18 papers). Thomas L. Bell is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (28 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (20 papers) and Climate variability and models (18 papers). Thomas L. Bell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and South Korea. Thomas L. Bell's co-authors include Robert F. Cahalan, Gerald R. North, Kenneth T. Jackson, Prasun K. Kundu, Daniel Rosenfeld, J. B. Snider, William L. Ridgway, W. J. Wiscombe, Kenneth G. Wilson and Kyu‐Myong Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Thomas L. Bell

74 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Sampling Errors in the Estimation of Empirical Orthogonal... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Sampling Errors in the Estimation of Empirical Orthogonal Functions
    1982 2.9k citations Thomas L. Bell, Robert F. Cahalan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas L. Bell United States 29 4.3k 4.1k 1.3k 440 251 77 5.9k
Charles Jones United States 49 5.2k 1.2× 4.6k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 223 0.5× 112 0.4× 140 6.6k
Steven D. Miller United States 39 5.6k 1.3× 4.7k 1.1× 351 0.3× 723 1.6× 118 0.5× 201 8.1k
Hervé Le Treut France 36 3.5k 0.8× 3.2k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 174 0.4× 70 0.3× 106 4.7k
Klaus Fraedrich Germany 53 7.6k 1.7× 5.9k 1.4× 1.4k 1.1× 715 1.6× 69 0.3× 322 9.6k
John R. Christy United States 35 3.2k 0.7× 2.9k 0.7× 428 0.3× 314 0.7× 69 0.3× 95 3.8k
Geert Jan van Oldenborgh Netherlands 63 9.7k 2.2× 7.3k 1.8× 2.1k 1.6× 643 1.5× 572 2.3× 171 12.8k
Christopher W. Landsea United States 37 6.7k 1.5× 7.4k 1.8× 3.5k 2.7× 296 0.7× 716 2.9× 62 8.9k
Richard D. Smith United States 28 2.9k 0.7× 2.6k 0.6× 2.2k 1.7× 106 0.2× 49 0.2× 72 5.4k
David Unwin United Kingdom 28 1.5k 0.3× 1.0k 0.3× 155 0.1× 448 1.0× 277 1.1× 106 4.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas L. Bell

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bell, Thomas L., et al.. (2012). Patently Good Ideas: Innovations and Inventions in U.S. Onion Farming, 1883-1939. 44(1). 1. 1 indexed citations
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Bell, Thomas L., et al.. (2011). Under-Tapped?: An Analysis of Craft Brewing in the Southern United States. Southeastern geographer. 51(1). 165–185. 48 indexed citations
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Prabhakara, C., et al.. (2008). A Method to Estimate Rain Rate over Tropical Oceans with the TRMM Microwave Imager Radiometer. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 86(1). 203–212. 3 indexed citations
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Lee, Myong‐In, Siegfried D. Schubert, Max J. Suárez, Thomas L. Bell, & Kyu‐Myong Kim. (2007). Diurnal cycle of precipitation in the NASA Seasonal to Interannual Prediction Project atmospheric general circulation model. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 112(D16). 23 indexed citations
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Kundu, Prasun K. & Thomas L. Bell. (2006). Space–time scaling behavior of rain statistics in a stochastic fractional diffusion model. Journal of Hydrology. 322(1-4). 49–58. 11 indexed citations
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Olson, William S., Christian D. Kummerow, Song Yang, et al.. (2006). Precipitation and Latent Heating Distributions from Satellite Passive Microwave Radiometry. Part I: Improved Method and Uncertainties. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 45(5). 702–720. 112 indexed citations
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Olson, William S., Christian D. Kummerow, Song Yang, et al.. (2004). Precipitation and Latent Heating Distributions from Satellite Passive Microwave Radiometry. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 45. 20 indexed citations
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Bell, Thomas L.. (2003). Postmetropolis: Critical Studies of Cities and Regions. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 93(1). 248–250. 7 indexed citations
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Steiner, Matthias, Thomas L. Bell, Yu Zhang, & Eric F. Wood. (2003). Comparison of Two Methods for Estimating the Sampling-Related Uncertainty of Satellite Rainfall Averages Based on a Large Radar Dataset. Journal of Climate. 16(22). 3759–3778. 88 indexed citations
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Bell, Thomas L. & Prasun K. Kundu. (2003). Comparing satellite rainfall estimates with rain gauge data: Optimal strategies suggested by a spectral model. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 108(D3). 64 indexed citations
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Bell, Thomas L. & Prasun K. Kundu. (1996). A Study of the Sampling Error in Satellite Rainfall Estimates Using Optimal Averaging of Data and a Stochastic Model. Journal of Climate. 9(6). 1251–1268. 55 indexed citations
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Cahalan, Robert F., William L. Ridgway, W. J. Wiscombe, Thomas L. Bell, & J. B. Snider. (1994). The Albedo of Fractal Stratocumulus Clouds. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 51(16). 2434–2455. 423 indexed citations
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Kane, Kevin & Thomas L. Bell. (1985). Suburbs for a Labor Elite. Geographical Review. 75(3). 319–319. 5 indexed citations
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Redford, Maryann, et al.. (1983). PLANNING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS USER'S GUIDE. National Cooperative Highway Research Program report. 2 indexed citations
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Bell, Thomas L.. (1982). Optimal weighting of data to detect climatic change: Application to the carbon dioxide problem. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 87(C13). 11161–11170. 34 indexed citations
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Bell, Thomas L. & Mark Nelkin. (1978). Time-dependent scaling relations and a cascade model of turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 88(2). 369–391. 32 indexed citations
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Bell, Thomas L., et al.. (1977). ASSESSING DEMAND FOR RIDE-SHARING SERVICES. Traffic quarterly. 31(1).
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Bell, Thomas L.. (1977). Growing metropolis: Aspects of development in Nashville. Journal of Historical Geography. 3(3). 283–285. 1 indexed citations
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Davis, Frank W., et al.. (1975). RIDESHARING AND THE KNOXVILLE COMMUTER. 2 indexed citations
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Bell, Thomas L., et al.. (1974). CLUSTERING OF SERVICES IN CENTRAL PLACES. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 64(2). 214–225. 15 indexed citations

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