Walter Hitschfeld

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 749 citations indexed

About

Walter Hitschfeld is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Hitschfeld has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 749 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Atmospheric Science, 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Walter Hitschfeld's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (8 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (5 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (4 papers). Walter Hitschfeld is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (8 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (5 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (4 papers). Walter Hitschfeld collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United States. Walter Hitschfeld's co-authors include J.S. Marshall, David Atlas, Milton Kerker, J. T. Houghton, J. S. Marshall, Lewis O. Grant, Stanley A. Changnon, Peter V. Hobbs and Joanne Simpson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences and Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

In The Last Decade

Walter Hitschfeld

19 papers receiving 648 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.

ERRORS INHERENT IN THE RADAR MEASUREMENT OF RAINFALL AT ATTENUATING WAVELENGTHS

1954 403 citations Walter Hitschfeld et al. Journal of Meteorology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter Hitschfeld Canada	9	653	306	303	80	28	20	749
Dale Sirmans United States	14	578 0.9×	250 0.8×	270 0.9×	93 1.2×	48 1.7×	19	710
P. Meischner Germany	11	517 0.8×	236 0.8×	252 0.8×	80 1.0×	27 1.0×	44	592
K. L. S. Gunn Canada	7	532 0.8×	137 0.4×	266 0.9×	149 1.9×	23 0.8×	8	596
H. Quenzel Germany	14	408 0.6×	86 0.3×	503 1.7×	81 1.0×	48 1.7×	26	609
W. F. Staylor United States	14	552 0.8×	75 0.2×	658 2.2×	127 1.6×	42 1.5×	32	809
James J. O’Brien United States	4	335 0.5×	77 0.3×	265 0.9×	55 0.7×	129 4.6×	10	450
J.W.F. Goddard United Kingdom	15	802 1.2×	392 1.3×	324 1.1×	157 2.0×	39 1.4×	39	879
M. T. Decker United States	9	402 0.6×	96 0.3×	288 1.0×	138 1.7×	71 2.5×	18	504
J. W. Telford United States	14	307 0.5×	146 0.5×	286 0.9×	85 1.1×	28 1.0×	26	576
N. Asencio France	7	738 1.1×	207 0.7×	675 2.2×	34 0.4×	77 2.8×	9	903

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hitschfeld, Walter. (1986). The Invention of Radar Meterology. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 67(1). 33–37. 9 indexed citations

Hitschfeld, Walter. (1983). The National Hail Research Experiment: Hailstorms of the Central High Plains . Charles A. Knight and Patrick Squires, Eds. Colorado Associated University Press, Boulder, 1982. In two volumes. Vol. 1, The National Hail Research Experiment. x, 282 pp., illus. $23.50. Vol. 2, Case Studies of the National Hail Research Experiment. xii, 246 pp., illus. $22.50.. Science. 219(4583). 379–380. 4 indexed citations

Changnon, Stanley A., et al.. (1975). Weather Modification: Where Are We Now and Where Should We Be Going? An Editorial Overview. Journal of applied meteorology. 14(5). 652–672. 5 indexed citations

Hitschfeld, Walter. (1973). Hail, science and politics. 11(4). 189–194. 1 indexed citations

Marshall, J. S. & Walter Hitschfeld. (1973). A source of hail embryos. 11(4). 195–196. 1 indexed citations

Hitschfeld, Walter. (1968). Comments on “Cirrus Cloud Seeding as a Trigger for Storm Development”. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 25(3). 530–531. 3 indexed citations

Hitschfeld, Walter, et al.. (1967). The Temperature of Hailstones. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 24(3). 293–297. 2 indexed citations

Hitschfeld, Walter, et al.. (1964). Heating rates due to ozone computed by the curtis‐godson approximation. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 90(383). 96–100. 2 indexed citations

Hitschfeld, Walter, et al.. (1963). A theory of hail growth based on studies of alberta storms. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik. 14(5). 554–562. 4 indexed citations

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Hitschfeld, Walter & J. T. Houghton. (1962). Radiative transfer in the lower stratosphere due to the 9·6 micron band of ozone. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 88(376). 193–195. 14 indexed citations

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Hitschfeld, Walter & J. T. Houghton. (1961). Radiative transfer in the lower stratosphere due to the 9.6 micron band of ozone. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 87(374). 562–577. 22 indexed citations

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Hitschfeld, Walter. (1960). THE MOTION AND EROSION OF CONVECTIVE STORMS IN SEVERE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR. Journal of Meteorology. 17(3). 270–282. 22 indexed citations

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Hitschfeld, Walter, et al.. (1959). Patterns of hailstorms in Alberta. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 85(364). 105–119. 8 indexed citations

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Marshall, J. S., et al.. (1954). THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF RAINDROPS DURING THEIR FALL. Journal of Meteorology. 11(5). 362–372. 21 indexed citations

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Hitschfeld, Walter, et al.. (1954). ERRORS INHERENT IN THE RADAR MEASUREMENT OF RAINFALL AT ATTENUATING WAVELENGTHS. Journal of Meteorology. 11(1). 58–67. 403 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hitschfeld, Walter, et al.. (1954). Effect of Attenuation on the Choice of Wavelength for Weather Detection by Radar. Proceedings of the IRE. 42(7). 1165–1168. 5 indexed citations

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Marshall, J. S. & Walter Hitschfeld. (1953). Calculated Sensitivity of Airborne Weather Radars. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations

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Atlas, David, Milton Kerker, & Walter Hitschfeld. (1953). Scattering and attenuation by non-spherical atmospheric particles. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 3(2). 108–119. 82 indexed citations

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Marshall, J.S. & Walter Hitschfeld. (1953). INTERPRETATION OF THE FLUCTUATING ECHO FROM RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED SCATTERERS. PART I. Canadian Journal of Physics. 31(6). 962–994. 115 indexed citations

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Hitschfeld, Walter, et al.. (1951). A LABORATORY INVESTIGATION OF THE COALESCENCE BETWEEN LARGE AND SMALL WATER-DROPS. Journal of Meteorology. 8(1). 7–16. 25 indexed citations

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