Walt Petersen

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Walt Petersen is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Walt Petersen has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Atmospheric Science, 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 5 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Walt Petersen's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (17 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (13 papers) and Climate variability and models (6 papers). Walt Petersen is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (17 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (13 papers) and Climate variability and models (6 papers). Walt Petersen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Spain. Walt Petersen's co-authors include George J. Huffman, Francisco J. Tapiador, Eduardo García‐Ortega, F. Joseph Turk, Chris Kidd, C. F. Angelis, Manuel de Castro, Paola Salio, Luiz A. T. Machado and Arthur Y. Hou and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Hydrology and Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

In The Last Decade

Walt Petersen

22 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Global precipitation measurement: Methods, datasets and a... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walt Petersen United States 12 887 681 213 156 39 24 1.1k
H. Douville France 13 529 0.6× 635 0.9× 254 1.2× 270 1.7× 188 4.8× 14 908
Karen Andsager United States 8 560 0.6× 572 0.8× 157 0.7× 138 0.9× 23 0.6× 9 801
Lazhu China 12 603 0.7× 312 0.5× 284 1.3× 105 0.7× 98 2.5× 21 744
Ardeshir A. Azarbarzin United States 3 2.0k 2.2× 1.2k 1.8× 574 2.7× 238 1.5× 120 3.1× 6 2.1k
Lothar Schüller Germany 13 852 1.0× 834 1.2× 126 0.6× 61 0.4× 16 0.4× 21 970
M. Higgins United States 9 576 0.6× 516 0.8× 112 0.5× 44 0.3× 99 2.5× 11 745
Masafumi Hirose Japan 12 1.3k 1.4× 881 1.3× 302 1.4× 133 0.9× 81 2.1× 22 1.4k
Bianca Adler Germany 18 995 1.1× 956 1.4× 302 1.4× 58 0.4× 32 0.8× 68 1.1k
Kenichi Ueno Japan 15 723 0.8× 653 1.0× 61 0.3× 44 0.3× 51 1.3× 52 814
Alok K. Sahoo United States 11 653 0.7× 417 0.6× 545 2.6× 379 2.4× 161 4.1× 18 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walt Petersen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walt Petersen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Walt Petersen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Walt Petersen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Walt Petersen. Walt Petersen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Coelho, Victor, Yunqing Xuan, Davi de Carvalho Diniz Melo, et al.. (2020). The performance of the IMERG satellite-based product in identifying sub-daily rainfall events and their properties. Journal of Hydrology. 589. 125128–125128. 67 indexed citations
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Tapiador, Francisco J., Rémy Roca, Anthony D. Del Genio, et al.. (2018). Is Precipitation a Good Metric for Model Performance?. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 100(2). 223–233. 72 indexed citations
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Coelho, Victor, Alexandre Cândido Xavier, Davi de Carvalho Diniz Melo, et al.. (2018). Grid box-level evaluation of IMERG over Brazil at various space and time scales. Atmospheric Research. 218. 231–244. 70 indexed citations
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Petersen, Walt, David B. Wolff, V. Chandrasekar, J. Brent Roberts, & Jonathan L. Case. (2018). NASA Observations and Modeling During ICE-POP. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations
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Tapiador, Francisco J., Andrés Navarro, Vincenzo Levizzani, et al.. (2017). Global precipitation measurements for validating climate models. Atmospheric Research. 197. 1–20. 119 indexed citations
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Erlingis, Jessica M., Jonathan J. Gourley, Pierre‐Emmanuel Kirstetter, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of Operational and Experimental Precipitation Algorithms and Microphysical Insights during IPHEx. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 19(1). 113–125. 11 indexed citations
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Petersen, Walt, Merhala Thurai, Patrick Gatlin, et al.. (2017). Consistent Measurement and Physical Character of the DSD: Disdrometer to Satellite. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations
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Petersen, Walt, et al.. (2017). NASA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission ground and satellite observations for ICE-POP: Status Update. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations
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Petersen, Walt, M. Schwaller, V. Chandrasekar, & Manuel A. Vega. (2016). ICE-POP and the NASA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA).
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Coopersmith, E. J., Michael H. Cosh, Walt Petersen, John H. Prueger, & J. J. Niemeier. (2015). Soil Moisture Model Calibration and Validation: An ARS Watershed on the South Fork Iowa River. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 16(3). 1087–1101. 53 indexed citations
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Petersen, Walt & Witold F. Krajewski. (2013). Status Update on the GPM Ground Validation Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) Field Experiment. EGUGA. 13345. 8 indexed citations
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Kirstetter, Pierre‐Emmanuel, Jonathan J. Gourley, Qing Cao, et al.. (2012). Toward A Research Framework to Bridge Cross-platform Error Characterization of Spaceborne Passive/Active Sensors using NOAA/NSSL Ground Radar-based National Mosaic QPE Products over CONUS. AGUFM. 2012. 1 indexed citations
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Schultz, C. J., et al.. (2011). Total lightning within electrified snowfall using LMA, NLDN and WTLN measurements. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 3 indexed citations
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Tapiador, Francisco J., F. Joseph Turk, Walt Petersen, et al.. (2011). Global precipitation measurement: Methods, datasets and applications. Atmospheric Research. 104-105. 70–97. 415 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jones, Thomas A., Sundar A. Christopher, & Walt Petersen. (2009). Dual-Polarization Radar Characteristics of an Apartment Fire. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 26(10). 2257–2269. 22 indexed citations
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Goodman, Steven J., Richard J. Blakeslee, William J. Koshak, et al.. (2008). Pre-Launch Algorithms and Risk Reduction in Support of the Geostationary Lightning Mapper for GOES-R and Beyond. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 2 indexed citations
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Chandrasekar, V., Arthur Y. Hou, Eric Smith, et al.. (2008). Use of Dual Polarization Radar in Validation of Satellite Precipitation Measurements: Rationale and Opportunities. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
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Mitzeva, R., et al.. (2008). A study of charge structure sensitivity in simulated thunderstorms. Atmospheric Research. 91(2-4). 299–309. 7 indexed citations
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Cifelli, Robert, et al.. (2002). TRMM(熱帯降雨観測計画)LBA(大規模生物圏-大気)実験における二つのMCSs(メソ規模対流系)のレーダ観測による運動学的,微視物理学的,及び降水の特徴. 107. 1–44. 12 indexed citations
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Rutledge, S. A., et al.. (2000). Early results from TRMM/LBA. 1 indexed citations

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