Werner Alpers

9.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
168 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Werner Alpers is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Werner Alpers has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Oceanography, 61 papers in Atmospheric Science and 56 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Werner Alpers's work include Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (147 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (100 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (55 papers). Werner Alpers is often cited by papers focused on Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (147 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (100 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (55 papers). Werner Alpers collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Werner Alpers's co-authors include Heinrich Hühnerfuß, Clifford L. Rufenach, Martin Gade, Roland Romeiser, Klaus Hasselmann, Ingo Hennings, D. B. Ross, V. Wismann, Burghard Brümmer and Kan Zeng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Werner Alpers

158 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

On the detectability of ocean surface waves by real and synthetic aperture radar

1981 520 citations Werner Alpers et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
Theory of synthetic aperture radar ocean imaging: A MARSEN view

1985 396 citations Werner Alpers et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Werner Alpers Germany	43	6.1k	2.0k	1.9k	1.5k	806	168	7.0k
William Perrie Canada	40	4.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	3.1k 1.6×	405 0.3×	368 0.5×	289	5.3k
Bertrand Chapron France	56	10.8k 1.8×	3.3k 1.6×	6.1k 3.2×	441 0.3×	1.0k 1.3×	457	12.4k
S. A. Thorpe United Kingdom	44	4.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	2.8k 1.4×	247 0.2×	186 0.2×	138	6.4k
G. T. Csanady United States	41	3.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	135 0.1×	354 0.4×	133	5.6k
Chris Garrett Canada	38	4.0k 0.7×	797 0.4×	2.3k 1.2×	143 0.1×	707 0.9×	92	5.5k
Tamay M. Özgökmen United States	39	3.3k 0.5×	588 0.3×	1.9k 1.0×	638 0.4×	58 0.1×	141	4.4k
Doug Vandemark United States	37	4.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	2.1k 1.1×	137 0.1×	343 0.4×	155	4.9k
Mark A. Donelan United States	43	7.8k 1.3×	3.9k 2.0×	5.1k 2.6×	161 0.1×	191 0.2×	109	8.9k
Fabrice Ardhuin France	52	6.6k 1.1×	3.5k 1.7×	4.4k 2.2×	166 0.1×	252 0.3×	202	9.2k
Tarmo Soomere Estonia	33	2.3k 0.4×	1.5k 0.8×	884 0.5×	326 0.2×	56 0.1×	210	3.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bignami, F., Werner Alpers, Davide Cavaliere, Giovanni La Forgia, & Gianmaria Sannino. (2024). Observations and generation of internal waves in the Strait of Sicily. Continental Shelf Research. 284. 105349–105349.

Cavaliere, Davide, Giovanni La Forgia, Claudia Adduce, et al.. (2020). Breaking Location of Internal Solitary Waves Over a Sloping Seabed. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 126(2). 22 indexed citations

Alpers, Werner & F. Bignami. (2020). Small-Scale and Sub-Mesoscale Phenomena Associated with Upwelling Studied by SAR. 3537–3540. 3 indexed citations

Alpers, Werner, Alexis Mouche, A. Yu. Ivanov, & Burghard Brümmer. (2013). High Resolution Wind Fields over the Black Sea Derived from Envisat ASAR Data Using an Advanced Wind Retrieval Algorithm. ESASP. 709. 27. 1 indexed citations

Chapron, Bertrand, Werner Alpers, France Collard, et al.. (2013). Satellite Oceanography from the ERS Synthetic Aperture Radar and Radar Altimeter: A Brief Review. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations

Alpers, Werner, Knut‐Frode Dagestad, Wai Kin Wong, & Pak Wai Chan. (2012). A winter monsoon front over the South China Sea studied by multi-sensor satellite data, weather radar data, and a numerical model. 112. 2070–2073. 1 indexed citations

Alpers, Werner & Knut‐Frode Dagestad. (2011). PICTURE OF THE MONTH Encounter of Foehn Wind with an Atmospheric Eddy over the Black Sea as Observed by the Synthetic Aperture Radar Onboard Envisat. 1 indexed citations

Ivanov, A. Yu., et al.. (2004). Atmospheric front over the East China Sea studied by multisensor satellite and in situ data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 109(C12). 12 indexed citations

Alpers, Werner, et al.. (2003). On the nonlinear integral transform of an ocean wave spectrum into an along‐track interferometric synthetic aperture radar image spectrum. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 108(C6). 15 indexed citations

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Mango, S., S. R. Chubb, G. R. Valenzuela, et al.. (2002). Remote sensing of current-wave interactions with SIR-C/X-SAR during SRL-1 and SRL-2 at the Gulf Stream Supersite. 2. 1325–1327. 2 indexed citations

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Bao, Mingquan, C. Brüning, & Werner Alpers. (2002). On the nonlinear imaging of two-dimensional ocean surface wave fields by interferometric SAR. 1. 775–777.

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Porter, David L., D. R. Thompson, Werner Alpers, & Roland Romeiser. (2001). Remotely sensed ocean observations of the Coastal Mixing and Optics site from synthetic aperture radars and advanced very high resolution radiometers. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 106(C5). 9623–9638. 10 indexed citations

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Hessner, Katrin, Angelo Rubino, Peter Brandt, & Werner Alpers. (2001). The Rhine Outflow Plume Studied by the Analysis of Synthetic Aperture Radar Data and Numerical Simulations. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 31(10). 3030–3044. 15 indexed citations

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Gade, Martin & Werner Alpers. (1999). Using ERS-2 SAR images for routine observation of marine pollution in European coastal waters. The Science of The Total Environment. 237-238. 441–448. 96 indexed citations

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Alpers, Werner, et al.. (1998). Katabatic wind fields in coastal areas studied by ERS‐1 synthetic aperture radar imagery and numerical modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 103(C4). 7875–7886. 54 indexed citations

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Alpers, Werner, et al.. (1997). Observation of internal waves in the Andaman Sea by ERS SAR. National University of Singapore. 414. 1287–1291. 13 indexed citations

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Kasilingam, Dayalan, et al.. (1997). Investigation of tropical rain cells with ERS SAR imagery and ground-based weather radar. National University of Singapore. 414. 1603–1608. 6 indexed citations

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Ivanov, A. Yu., et al.. (1997). Lake Ladoga surface features on the ERS-1 SAR imagery. 414. 1035–1040. 3 indexed citations

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Schröter, Jens, et al.. (1986). Measurement of the ocean wave‐radar modulation transfer function at 4.3 GHz. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 91(C1). 923–932. 37 indexed citations

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Alpers, Werner. (1983). Monte Carlo simulations for studying the relationship between ocean wave and synthetic aperture radar image spectra. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 88(C3). 1745–1759. 98 indexed citations

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