William A. Gault

1.9k total citations
74 papers, 993 citations indexed

About

William A. Gault is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Gault has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 993 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Atmospheric Science, 32 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 18 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in William A. Gault's work include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (30 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (26 papers) and Calibration and Measurement Techniques (12 papers). William A. Gault is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (30 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (26 papers) and Calibration and Measurement Techniques (12 papers). William A. Gault collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. William A. Gault's co-authors include Kendall Shepherd, Eric M. Monberg, W. E. Ward, D. J. W. Kendall, I. C. McDade, Stephen Brown, J. R. Wimperis, Sean F. Johnston, P. R. Kosteniuk and B. H. Solheim and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of The Electrochemical Society.

In The Last Decade

William A. Gault

69 papers receiving 869 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William A. Gault Canada 18 531 527 240 167 146 74 993
Kenneth D. Marr United States 19 820 1.5× 357 0.7× 107 0.4× 70 0.4× 192 1.3× 47 1.1k
Н. В. Вощинников Russia 24 1.0k 1.9× 360 0.7× 325 1.4× 270 1.6× 102 0.7× 74 1.8k
Axel Murk Switzerland 19 311 0.6× 483 0.9× 191 0.8× 160 1.0× 279 1.9× 127 1.1k
Hideaki Nakane Japan 20 129 0.2× 784 1.5× 675 2.8× 272 1.6× 63 0.4× 124 1.4k
B. Å. S. Gustafson United States 22 1.0k 1.9× 205 0.4× 139 0.6× 139 0.8× 101 0.7× 69 1.4k
Daniel D. LaPorte United States 11 383 0.7× 267 0.5× 179 0.7× 48 0.3× 251 1.7× 32 701
John S. Nisbet United States 19 1.0k 2.0× 316 0.6× 89 0.4× 65 0.4× 145 1.0× 62 1.2k
G. W. Leppelmeier Finland 13 188 0.4× 815 1.5× 602 2.5× 62 0.4× 77 0.5× 26 1.1k
M. G. McHarg United States 25 1.5k 2.8× 205 0.4× 345 1.4× 39 0.2× 338 2.3× 94 1.8k
Florian Ladstädter Austria 15 364 0.7× 450 0.9× 331 1.4× 65 0.4× 127 0.9× 25 764

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Fields of papers citing papers by William A. Gault

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William A. Gault

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ward, W. E., et al.. (2021). A compact static birefringent interferometer for the measurement of upper atmospheric winds: concept, design and lab performance. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 14(9). 6213–6232. 6 indexed citations
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Gault, William A., et al.. (2013). Scientific Assessment of the SWIFT Instrument Design. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 30(9). 2081–2094. 7 indexed citations
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Ward, W. E., et al.. (2013). A static birefringent interferometer for the measurement of upper atmospheric winds. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8890. 88900C–88900C. 6 indexed citations
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Shepherd, Kendall, B. H. Solheim, Stephen Brown, William A. Gault, & Ian Miller. (2012). Integration of Spatial Heterodyne Spectroscopy with the Stratospheric Wind Interferometer For Transport studies (SWIFT). 58(2). 115–121. 3 indexed citations
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Ward, W. E., et al.. (2008). The Waves Michelson Interferometer (WaMI): A Doppler imager for the dynamics of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere. cosp. 37. 3424. 2 indexed citations
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Dobbie, S., et al.. (2005). Performance evaluation of a thermal Doppler Michelson interferometer system. Applied Optics. 44(33). 7144–7144. 5 indexed citations
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Shepherd, Kendall, et al.. (2004). A Prototype Near-IR Mesospheric Imaging Michelson Interferometer (MIMI) for Atmospheric Wind Measurement. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 1 indexed citations
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Ketelsen, L.J.P., J.E. Johnson, J.V. Gates, et al.. (2003). Electro-absorption modulated 1.55 μm wavelength selectable DFB array using hybrid integration. PD40/1–PD40/3.
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Gault, William A., W. E. Ward, Kendall Shepherd, & Neil Rowlands. (2003). Optical Doppler imaging of atmospheric winds. 3. 1612–1615. 2 indexed citations
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Gault, William A., I. C. McDade, Kendall Shepherd, et al.. (2001). SWIFT: an infrared Doppler Michelson interferometer for measuring stratospheric winds. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5 indexed citations
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Killeen, T. L., Qian Wu, P. B. Hays, et al.. (2000). Polar cap mesosphere wind observations: comparisons of simultaneous measurements with a Fabry–Perot interferometer and a field-widened Michelson interferometer. Applied Optics. 39(24). 4284–4284. 11 indexed citations
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Kirk-Smith, M & William A. Gault. (1995). MARKETING LOCAL ENTERPRISE AGENCIES. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. 2(3). 142–148. 1 indexed citations
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Shepherd, Kendall, et al.. (1991). Identification of the aurorals O(¹S) precursor in photometric time sequences of pulsating aurora. Geophysical Research Letters. 18(11). 1939–1942.
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Gault, William A., et al.. (1986). A novel application of the vertical gradient freeze method to the growth of high quality III–V crystals. Journal of Crystal Growth. 74(3). 491–506. 130 indexed citations
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Gault, William A., et al.. (1986). The Production of High Quality, III-V Compound Semiconductor Crystals. AT&T Technical Journal. 65(4). 86–98. 14 indexed citations
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Kendall, D. J. W., R. L. Gattinger, S. B. Mende, et al.. (1985). OGLOW ― An experiment to measure orbiter and Earth optical emissions. 31(3). 227–238. 1 indexed citations
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Gault, William A., Sean F. Johnston, & D. J. W. Kendall. (1985). Optimization of a field-widened Michelson interferometer. Applied Optics. 24(11). 1604–1604. 18 indexed citations
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Ward, W. E., et al.. (1985). Multiple reflections in a wide-angle Michelson interferometer. Applied Optics. 24(11). 1589–1589. 17 indexed citations
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Gault, William A. & Kendall Shepherd. (1982). WAMDII — A wide angle Michelson Doppler imaging interferometer for spacelab. Advances in Space Research. 2(7). 111–114. 13 indexed citations
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Gault, William A. & Marie‐Lise Chanin. (1974). Twilight potassium at Haute-Provence, 1970-71. 30. 369–373. 5 indexed citations

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