W. K. Hocking

8.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
179 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

W. K. Hocking is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, W. K. Hocking has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 147 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 99 papers in Atmospheric Science and 43 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in W. K. Hocking's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (140 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (55 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (48 papers). W. K. Hocking is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (140 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (55 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (48 papers). W. K. Hocking collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. W. K. Hocking's co-authors include T. Thayaparan, Brenton G. W. Vandepeer, B. Fuller, J. W. MacDougall, J. Jones, A. H. Manson, David C. Fritts, W. Singer, R. A. Vincent and C. E. Meek and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

W. K. Hocking

174 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

Real-time determination of meteor-related parameters utilizing modern digital technology

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Author						Papers	Cites
W. K. Hocking	5.4k	3.8k	1.3k	1.2k	729	179	6.5k
Shoichiro Fukao	4.1k 0.7×	3.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	1.5k 2.1×	189	5.8k
J. Röttger	3.4k 0.6×	2.0k 0.5×	566 0.4×	792 0.7×	806 1.1×	190	4.0k
S. Fukao	5.1k 0.9×	2.4k 0.6×	824 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	1.9k 2.6×	230	6.1k
Stephen D. Eckermann	5.3k 1.0×	5.8k 1.5×	2.6k 2.0×	1.7k 1.4×	244 0.3×	170	7.2k
Dong L. Wu	3.7k 0.7×	6.4k 1.7×	4.1k 3.2×	1.1k 0.9×	634 0.9×	252	8.1k
W. L. Ecklund	2.1k 0.4×	2.6k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	587 0.5×	691 0.9×	122	4.2k
Iain M. Reid	3.4k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	368 0.3×	800 0.7×	549 0.8×	159	3.8k
M. Joan Alexander	8.4k 1.5×	8.9k 2.4×	4.1k 3.2×	2.5k 2.1×	457 0.6×	164	11.4k
T. E. Vanzandt	2.3k 0.4×	1.9k 0.5×	629 0.5×	776 0.6×	336 0.5×	65	2.9k
Franz‐Josef Lübken	5.1k 0.9×	4.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	392 0.3×	271 0.4×	198	5.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. K. Hocking

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hocking, W. K., et al.. (2025). Tilts of Atmospheric Radar-Scattering Structures Measured by Long-Term Windprofiler Radar Studies. Atmosphere. 16(2). 142–142.

He, Maosheng, Jorge L. Chau, J. M. Forbes, et al.. (2020). Quasi‐10‐Day Wave and Semidiurnal Tide Nonlinear Interactions During the Southern Hemispheric SSW 2019 Observed in the Northern Hemispheric Mesosphere. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(23). 26 indexed citations

Buriti, R. A., W. K. Hocking, P. P. Batista, et al.. (2020). Diurnal mesospheric tidal winds observed simultaneously by meteor radars in Costa Rica (10° N, 86° W) and Brazil (7° S, 37° W). Annales Geophysicae. 38(6). 1247–1256. 1 indexed citations

Fritts, David C., Diego Janches, R. S. Lieberman, et al.. (2019). Structure, Variability, and Mean‐Flow Interactions of the January 2015 Quasi‐2‐Day Wave at Middle and High Southern Latitudes. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 124(12). 5981–6008. 7 indexed citations

Silber, Elizabeth A., M. B. Boslough, W. K. Hocking, Maria Gritsevich, & Rodney W. Whitaker. (2018). Physics of meteor generated shock waves in the Earth’s atmosphere – A review. Advances in Space Research. 62(3). 489–532. 101 indexed citations

Bourqui, M. S., Ayako Yamamoto, D. W. Tarasick, et al.. (2012). A new global real-time Lagrangian diagnostic system for stratosphere-troposphere exchange: evaluation during a balloon sonde campaign in eastern Canada. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 12(5). 2661–2679. 13 indexed citations

Fritts, David C., Diego Janches, W. K. Hocking, N. J. Mitchell, & M. J. Taylor. (2012). Assessment of gravity wave momentum flux measurement capabilities by meteor radars having different transmitter power and antenna configurations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 117(D10). 34 indexed citations

He, Hao, D. W. Tarasick, W. K. Hocking, et al.. (2011). Transport analysis of ozone enhancement in Southern Ontario during BAQS-Met. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(6). 2569–2583. 20 indexed citations

Latteck, Ralph, W. Singer, Jan Maik Wissing, et al.. (2010). Longitudinal differences of the PMSE strength at high Arctic latitudes. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 4548. 1 indexed citations

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He, Hao, D. W. Tarasick, W. K. Hocking, et al.. (2010). Transport analysis of ozone enhancement in Southern Ontario during BAQS-Met. 2 indexed citations

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Hocking, W. K., et al.. (2010). Instrumental errors in spectral-width turbulence measurements by radars. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 73(9). 1052–1068. 18 indexed citations

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Hocking, W. K.. (2007). A VHF Windprofiler Network in Ontario and Quebec, Canada: Design Details and Capabilities. 1 indexed citations

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Hocking, W. K., Trevor Carey‐Smith, D. W. Tarasick, et al.. (2007). Detection of stratospheric ozone intrusions by windprofiler radars. Nature. 450(7167). 281–284. 74 indexed citations

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Manson, A. H., C. E. Meek, M. E. Hagan, et al.. (2002). Seasonal variations of the semi-diurnal and diurnal tides in the MLT: multi-year MF radar observations from 2–70° N, modelled tides (GSWM, CMAM). Annales Geophysicae. 20(5). 661–677. 57 indexed citations

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Lieberman, R. S., Anne K. Smith, S. J. Franke, et al.. (2000). Comparison of mesospheric and lower thermospheric residual wind with High Resolution Doppler Imager, medium frequency, and meteor radar winds. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 105(D22). 27023–27035. 17 indexed citations

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Hocking, W. K., M. C. Kelley, Raymond R. Rogers, J.‐P. St.‐Maurice, & D. R. Moorcroft. (1995). A new VHF atmospheric-ionospheric radar at the EPCO site in Resolute Bay, Canada. 454. 2 indexed citations

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Hocking, W. K. & J. Röttger. (1992). Amplitude statistics, absolute sctter cross sections and persistency of scatterers of polar mesosphere summer echoes deduced with the EISCAT 224 MHz radar. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 135–138. 1 indexed citations

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Hocking, W. K., et al.. (1989). Radar measurements of atmospheric turbulence intensities by both C 2 n and spectral width methods. 28. 242. 3 indexed citations

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Hocking, W. K.. (1989). Gravity wave oscillations as a cause of spectral broadening. 28. 401. 2 indexed citations

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Protheroe, R. J. & W. K. Hocking. (1988). Period Searches Using the Fast Fourier Transform in X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Astronomy. 27. 237. 1 indexed citations

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