W. J. Wiscombe

18.2k citations

146 papers · 13.1k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 44

Atmospheric Science top 0.05%
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 44
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate 23
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations 20
Global and Planetary Change top 0.05%
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds 92
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 22
Acoustics and Ultrasonics top 2%
Earth-Surface Processes top 1%
- Aeolian processes and effects 15
Environmental Engineering top 1%
Aerospace Engineering
- Spacecraft Design and Technology 12
Computational Mechanics
- Radiative Heat Transfer Studies 12

Co-authors: Stephen G. Warren Knut Stamnes K. O. L. F. Jayaweera Robert F. Cahalan Alexander Marshak Anthony B. Davis Joachim H. Joseph J. A. Weinman
Cited by: Atmospheric Science Global and Planetary Change Acoustics and Ultrasonics
Journals: Nature (2 papers)Physical Review Letters (2 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (14 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Netherlands

In The Last Decade

W. J. Wiscombe

144 papers receiving 11.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

1988 Applied Optics
1980 Applied Optics
1980 Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
1980 Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
1976 Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

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1	DISORT: DIScrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer Astrophysics Source Code Library ·Knut Stamnes,S. C. Tsay,K. O. L. F. Jayaweera,W. J. Wiscombe,Snorre Stamnes,Zhonghai Jin,Zhenyi Lin	2017	2
2	The RAVAN CubeSat mission: Progress toward a new measurement of Earth outgoing radiation AGUFM ·Bethany Swartz,L. P. Dyrud,Steven R. Lorentz,Dongxing Wu,W. J. Wiscombe,S. J. Papadakis,Philip M. Huang,A. Smith,David M. Deglau	2014	4
3	Measuring Earth's radiation imbalance with RAVAN: A CubeSat mission to measure the driver of global climate change AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·W. H. Swartz,L. P. Dyrud,W. J. Wiscombe,Steven R. Lorentz,S. J. Papadakis,R. A. Summers,A. W. Smith,Dongxing Wu,David M. Deglau,Saskia Arnold	2013	1
4	Solving climate uncertainty one tiny satellite at a time: Earth's Radiation Imbalance System AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·L. P. Dyrud,W. J. Wiscombe,Sreeja Nag,Steven R. Lorentz,Kevin E. Trenberth,J. C. Chiu,William B. Rossow,Stephen E. Schwartz,W. H. Swartz	2013	2
5	MAGIC: Marine ARM GPCI Investigation of Clouds University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·E. R. Lewis,W. J. Wiscombe,B. A. Albrecht,G. Bland,Charles N. Flagg,Stephen A. Klein,Pavlos Kollias,Gerald G. Mace,R. M. Reynolds,Stephen E. Schwartz,A. Pier Siebesma,João Teixeira,Robert Wood,M Zhang	2012	3
6	GEOScan: A GEOScience Facility From Space Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University) ·L. P. Dyrud,J. T. Fentzke,G. S. Bust,Bob Erlandson,Brian Bauer,Aaron Rogers,W. J. Wiscombe,Shawn Murphy,Rebecca Bishop,O. P. Gupta,B. C. Gunter,Kerri Cahoy,Chad Fish	2012	4
7	Cloud droplet size and liquid water path retrievals from zenith radiance measurements: examples from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program and the Aerosol Robotic Network Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·J. Christine Chiu,Alexander Marshak,Chen-Wei Huang,Tamás Várnai,Robin J. Hogan,D. M. Giles,B. N. Holben,Ewan O’Connor,Yuri Knyazikhin,W. J. Wiscombe	2012	30
8	Tomographic retrieval of cloud liquid water fields from a single scanning microwave radiometer aboard a moving platform – Part 1: Field trial results from the Wakasa Bay experiment Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Dong Huang,A. J. Gasiewski,W. J. Wiscombe	2010	3
9	Tomographic retrieval of cloud liquid water fields from a single scanning microwave radiometer aboard a moving platform – Part 2: Observation system simulation experiments Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Dong Huang,A. J. Gasiewski,W. J. Wiscombe	2010	4
10	Spectrally-invariant behavior of zenith radiance around cloud edges simulated by radiative transfer Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·J. Christine Chiu,Alexander Marshak,Yuri Knyazikhin,W. J. Wiscombe	2010	11
11	Physical interpretation of the spectral radiative signature in the transition zone between cloud-free and cloudy regions Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·J. Christine Chiu,Alexander Marshak,Yuri Knyazikhin,P. Pilewski,W. J. Wiscombe	2009	30
12	Retrieval of cloud liquid water distributions from a single scanning microwave radiometer aboard a moving platform – Part 1: Field trial results from the Wakasa Bay experiment Dong Huang,A. Gasiewksi,W. J. Wiscombe	2009	3
13	Retrieval of cloud liquid water distributions from a single scanning microwave radiometer aboard a mobile platform – Part 2: Observation system simulation experiments Dong Huang,A. J. Gasiewski,W. J. Wiscombe	2009	1
14	Modeling of the scattering and radiative properties of nonspherical dust-like aerosols Journal of Aerosol Science ·Ping Yang,Feng Qian,Gang Hong,George W. Kattawar,W. J. Wiscombe,Michael I. Mishchenko,Оleg Dubovik,István László,I. N. Sokolik	2007	170
15	Use of circular cylinders as surrogates for hexagonal pristine ice crystals in scattering calculations at infrared wavelengths Applied Optics ·Yong‐Keun Lee,Ping Yang,Michael I. Mishchenko,Bryan A. Baum,Yongxiang Hu,Hung-Lung Huang,W. J. Wiscombe,Anthony J. Baran	2003	23
16	Analysis of cloud optical thickness retrieved from CIMEL measurements AGUSM ·A. Marshak,Howard W. Barker,K. D. Evans,C. F. Pavloski,Yuri Knyazikhin,B. N. Holben,W. J. Wiscombe	2002	1
17	Inherent and apparent scattering properties of coated or uncoated spheres embedded in an absorbing host medium Applied Optics ·Ping Yang,Bo-Cai Gao,W. J. Wiscombe,Michael I. Mishchenko,Steven Platnick,Hung‐Lung Huang,Bryan A. Baum,Yongxiang Hu,D. M. Winker,Si-Chee Tsay,Seon Ki Park	2002	86
18	Asymptotic solutions for optical properties of large particles with strong absorption Applied Optics ·Ping Yang,Bo‐Cai Gao,Bryan A. Baum,Yongxiang Hu,W. J. Wiscombe,Michael I. Mishchenko,D. M. Winker,Shaima L. Nasiri	2001	28
19	General Purpose Fortran Program for Discrete-Ordinate-Method Radiative Transfer in Scattering and Emitting Layered Media: An Update of DISORT Si‐Chee Tsay,Knut Stamnes,W. J. Wiscombe,István László,Franco Einaudi	2000	82
20	Radiative Fluxes in a Cloudy Atmosphere-Effects of Drop Size Distribution Variability and of Using the Delta-Eddington Approximation W. J. Wiscombe	1977	1

About W. J. Wiscombe

W. J. Wiscombe is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes, having authored 146 papers that have together received 13.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (92 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (44 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (23 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (22 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (20 papers), Aeolian processes and effects (15 papers), Spacecraft Design and Technology (12 papers) and Radiative Heat Transfer Studies (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (9.2k citations), Global and Planetary Change (9.1k citations) and Acoustics and Ultrasonics (93 citations). W. J. Wiscombe has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Stephen G. Warren, Knut Stamnes, K. O. L. F. Jayaweera, Robert F. Cahalan, Alexander Marshak, Anthony B. Davis, Joachim H. Joseph, J. A. Weinman, Bo‐Cai Gao and William L. Ridgway. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

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