W. R. Moninger

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

W. R. Moninger is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W. R. Moninger has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Atmospheric Science, 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 12 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in W. R. Moninger's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (28 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (8 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (7 papers). W. R. Moninger is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (28 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (8 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (7 papers). W. R. Moninger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Norway. W. R. Moninger's co-authors include Stanley G. Benjamin, Tracy Lorraine Smith, Eric James, David C. Dowell, Steven E. Peckham, Joseph B. Olson, Geoffrey S. Manikin, Haidao Lin, Jaymes S. Kenyon and Georg Grell and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Monthly Weather Review and Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

In The Last Decade

W. R. Moninger

34 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

A North American Hourly Assimilation and Model Forecast Cycle: The Rapid Refresh

2015 860 citations Stanley G. Benjamin, Tracy Lorraine Smith et al. Monthly Weather Review profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. R. Moninger United States	15	1.2k	977	271	171	91	36	1.5k
Georg J. Mayr Austria	27	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	451 1.7×	122 0.7×	105 1.2×	88	1.7k
Geoffrey S. Manikin United States	10	1.7k 1.5×	1.6k 1.6×	383 1.4×	147 0.9×	101 1.1×	18	2.1k
Frederick H. Carr United States	16	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	315 1.2×	63 0.4×	105 1.2×	32	1.4k
Jaymes S. Kenyon United States	11	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	332 1.2×	120 0.7×	92 1.0×	22	1.7k
Laurence J. Wilson Canada	16	934 0.8×	847 0.9×	193 0.7×	54 0.3×	172 1.9×	26	1.2k
Stephen S. Weygandt United States	17	2.3k 2.0×	2.1k 2.1×	514 1.9×	168 1.0×	131 1.4×	30	2.7k
Jochen Kerkmann Germany	11	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	220 0.8×	125 0.7×	89 1.0×	15	1.6k
Eric James United States	19	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	303 1.1×	126 0.7×	106 1.2×	55	1.8k
Tracy Lorraine Smith United States	12	1.6k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	334 1.2×	307 1.8×	212 2.3×	20	2.0k
Curtis R. Alexander United States	22	2.1k 1.8×	1.6k 1.7×	628 2.3×	139 0.8×	95 1.0×	56	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. R. Moninger

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Haupt, Sue Ellen, David John Gagne, William W. Hsieh, et al.. (2021). The History and Practice of AI in the Environmental Sciences. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 103(5). E1351–E1370. 25 indexed citations

Benjamin, Stanley G. & W. R. Moninger. (2016). Comments on “A Comparison of Temperature and Wind Measurements from ACARS-Equipped Aircraft and Rawinsondes”. Weather and Forecasting. 31(3). 1037–1038. 2 indexed citations

Benjamin, Stanley G., et al.. (2009). Relative Short-Range Forecast Impact from Aircraft, Profiler, Radiosonde, VAD, GPS-PW, METAR, and Mesonet Observations via the RUC Hourly Assimilation Cycle. Monthly Weather Review. 138(4). 1319–1343. 93 indexed citations

Moninger, W. R., et al.. (2008). Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting (TAMDAR) Overview. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 15 indexed citations

Szoke, Edward J., et al.. (2006). An evaluation of TAMDAR soundings in severe storm forecasting. 3 indexed citations

Moninger, W. R.. (2004). TAMDAR, the Rapid Update Cycle, and the Great Lakes Fleet Experiment. 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace and the 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms. 2 indexed citations

Moninger, W. R., et al.. (2003). Automated Meteorological Reports from Commercial Aircraft. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 84(2). 203–216. 108 indexed citations

Stewart, Thomas R., et al.. (1993). The Weather Information and Skill Experiment (WISE): The Effect of Varying Levels of Information on Forecast Skill. Weather and Forecasting. 8(1). 25–36. 14 indexed citations

Moninger, W. R., Cynthia M. Lusk, John A. Flueck, et al.. (1991). Shootout-89, A Comparative Evaluation of Knowledge-based Systems That Forecast Severe Weather. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 72(9). 1339–1354. 14 indexed citations

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Stewart, Thomas R., et al.. (1989). Analysis of Expert Judgment in a Hail Forecasting Experiment. Weather and Forecasting. 4(1). 24–34. 26 indexed citations

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Eberhard, Wynn L., W. R. Moninger, & Gary A. Briggs. (1988). Plume Dispersion in the Convective Boundary Layer. Part I: CONDORS Field Experiment and Example Measurements. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 27(5). 599–616. 21 indexed citations

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Moninger, W. R. & R. A. Kropfli. (1987). A Technique to Measure Entrainment in Cloud by Dual-Polarization Radar and Chaff. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 4(1). 75–83. 14 indexed citations

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Briggs, Gary A., et al.. (1986). Convective diffusion-field measurements compared with laboratory and numerical experiments. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 37(5). 441–6.

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Eberhard, Wynn L., et al.. (1985). Field measurements in three dimensions of plume dispersion in the highly convective boundary layer. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 24(5). 189–92. 7 indexed citations

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Moninger, W. R., et al.. (1984). Scattering properties of hydrometeors as measured by dual‐polarization Doppler radar during CCOPE. Radio Science. 19(1). 149–156. 8 indexed citations

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Moninger, W. R., et al.. (1984). MELTING LAYER OBSERVATIONS DURING MAYPOLE.. 2 indexed citations

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Moninger, W. R.. (1983). Design and Development of a Radar Control Program for the NOAA/WPL Pulse-Doppler Radars. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology. 22(5). 859–862.

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Frisch, A. S., et al.. (1976). Observations of boundary-layer convection cells measured by dual-Doppler radar and echosonde, and by microbarograph array. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 10(1). 55–68. 16 indexed citations

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Gossard, Earl E. & W. R. Moninger. (1975). The Influence of a Capping Inversion on the Dynamic and. Convective Instability of a Boundary Layer Model with Shear. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 32(11). 2111–2124. 10 indexed citations

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Gossard, Earl E., et al.. (1975). Dispersion and spectra of gravity waves probably generated by a convective storm. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 27(1). 25–25. 3 indexed citations

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