Walter G. Carrara

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Walter G. Carrara is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter G. Carrara has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 3 papers in Ocean Engineering and 2 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Walter G. Carrara's work include Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques (5 papers), Geophysical Methods and Applications (3 papers) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (3 papers). Walter G. Carrara is often cited by papers focused on Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques (5 papers), Geophysical Methods and Applications (3 papers) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (3 papers). Walter G. Carrara collaborates with scholars based in United States. Walter G. Carrara's co-authors include Ron Goodman, Susan A. Werness and R. H. Goodman and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems and Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE.

In The Last Decade

Walter G. Carrara

6 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Spotlight synthetic aperture radar : signal processing algorithms

1995 1.3k citations Walter G. Carrara, Ron Goodman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter G. Carrara United States	6	1.7k	686	310	173	141	6	1.8k
Ron Goodman Canada	5	1.2k 0.7×	535 0.8×	224 0.7×	137 0.8×	120 0.9×	8	1.5k
Andreas Brenner Germany	20	1.4k 0.9×	558 0.8×	252 0.8×	139 0.8×	124 0.9×	92	1.7k
Paul H. Eichel United States	8	1.9k 1.2×	656 1.0×	246 0.8×	252 1.5×	162 1.1×	25	2.2k
F.H. Wong Canada	11	2.8k 1.7×	1.2k 1.8×	428 1.4×	225 1.3×	157 1.1×	17	3.0k
Daniel E. Wahl United States	14	2.1k 1.3×	690 1.0×	263 0.8×	272 1.6×	163 1.2×	40	2.4k
Yunkai Deng China	27	2.1k 1.2×	600 0.9×	236 0.8×	149 0.9×	116 0.8×	155	2.4k
Hans Hellsten Sweden	19	1.4k 0.8×	586 0.9×	328 1.1×	64 0.4×	166 1.2×	70	1.7k
Zhaoda Zhu China	17	1.2k 0.7×	449 0.7×	134 0.4×	139 0.8×	142 1.0×	62	1.2k
Debora Pastina Italy	27	2.2k 1.3×	596 0.9×	207 0.7×	98 0.6×	258 1.8×	148	2.4k
Christoph H. Gierull Canada	22	1.8k 1.1×	358 0.5×	295 1.0×	85 0.5×	68 0.5×	78	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Walter G. Carrara

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter G. Carrara

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All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Carrara, Walter G., et al.. (2004). New algorithms for widefield SAR image formation. 38–43. 20 indexed citations

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Goodman, R. H., et al.. (2002). Issues in ultra-wideband, widebeam SAR image formation. 479–485. 29 indexed citations

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Carrara, Walter G., et al.. (1995). Spotlight synthetic aperture radar : signal processing algorithms. 1331 indexed citations breakdown →

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Carrara, Walter G.. (1995). Spotlight synthetic aperture radar. 261 indexed citations

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Carrara, Walter G., et al.. (1995). <title>Motion compensation algorithm for widebeam stripmap SAR</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2487. 13–23. 6 indexed citations

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Werness, Susan A., et al.. (1990). Moving target imaging algorithm for SAR data. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 26(1). 57–67. 186 indexed citations

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