William L. Ridgway

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

William L. Ridgway is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, William L. Ridgway has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 14 papers in Atmospheric Science and 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in William L. Ridgway's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (10 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (8 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers). William L. Ridgway is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (10 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (8 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers). William L. Ridgway collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Israel. William L. Ridgway's co-authors include Alan K. Betts, Robert F. Cahalan, W. J. Wiscombe, Thomas L. Bell, J. B. Snider, Ming‐Dah Chou, Harshvardhan, Nandana Amarasinghe, Steven Platnick and J. Riédi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Remote Sensing of Environment and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

William L. Ridgway

22 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

The MODIS Cloud Optical and Microphysical Products: Collection 6 Updates and Examples From Terra and Aqua

2016 589 citations Steven Platnick, Kerry Meyer et al. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William L. Ridgway United States	18	1.9k	1.7k	219	165	146	23	2.2k
Ming‐Dah Chou United States	28	2.7k 1.5×	2.7k 1.6×	163 0.7×	164 1.0×	54 0.4×	74	3.1k
R. Boers Australia	25	1.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	103 0.5×	84 0.5×	178 1.2×	61	1.9k
Andrew M. Vogelmann United States	27	1.9k 1.0×	2.0k 1.2×	90 0.4×	63 0.4×	201 1.4×	85	2.3k
J. Kirk Ayers United States	24	2.3k 1.3×	2.2k 1.3×	136 0.6×	126 0.8×	215 1.5×	49	2.5k
John J. DeLuisi United States	29	2.1k 1.1×	2.2k 1.3×	113 0.5×	220 1.3×	63 0.4×	81	2.6k
Ingrid Schult Germany	5	2.5k 1.3×	2.4k 1.4×	219 1.0×	121 0.7×	78 0.5×	8	2.7k
Howard W. Barker Canada	31	3.1k 1.7×	2.9k 1.7×	57 0.3×	345 2.1×	155 1.1×	113	3.3k
Peter N. Francis United Kingdom	27	2.6k 1.4×	2.6k 1.5×	110 0.5×	75 0.5×	281 1.9×	56	2.9k
Stuart A. Young Australia	24	4.4k 2.4×	4.1k 2.4×	168 0.8×	105 0.6×	273 1.9×	48	4.5k
Taneil Uttal United States	27	2.7k 1.4×	2.9k 1.7×	106 0.5×	76 0.5×	280 1.9×	76	3.0k

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Platnick, Steven, Kerry Meyer, Michael D. King, et al.. (2016). The MODIS Cloud Optical and Microphysical Products: Collection 6 Updates and Examples From Terra and Aqua. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 55(1). 502–525. 589 indexed citations breakdown →

Sorek‐Hamer, Meytar, Itai Kloog, Petros Koutrakis, et al.. (2015). Assessment of PM2.5 concentrations over bright surfaces using MODIS satellite observations. Remote Sensing of Environment. 163. 180–185. 53 indexed citations

Kloog, Itai, Steven J. Melly, William L. Ridgway, Brent A. Coull, & Joel Schwartz. (2012). Using new satellite based exposure methods to study the association between pregnancy pm2.5 exposure, premature birth and birth weight in Massachusetts. Environmental Health. 11(1). 40–40. 151 indexed citations

Kloog, Itai, Steve Melly, William L. Ridgway, & Joel Schwartz. (2011). Using Novel Exposure Methods To Study The Association Between Pregnancy PM 2.5 Exposure And Reduced Birth Weight In Eastern Massachusetts. A3295–A3295. 1 indexed citations

Chu, D. A., L. A. Remer, Yoram J. Kaufman, et al.. (2005). Evaluation of aerosol properties over ocean from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) during ACE‐Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 110(D7). 53 indexed citations

Harshvardhan, et al.. (1998). Spectral characteristics of solar near‐infrared absorption in cloudy atmospheres. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 103(D22). 28793–28799. 8 indexed citations

Arking, Albert, Ming‐Dah Chou, & William L. Ridgway. (1996). On estimating the effect of clouds on atmospheric absorption based on flux observations above and below cloud level. Geophysical Research Letters. 23(8). 829–832. 25 indexed citations

Harshvardhan, et al.. (1996). Solar Absorption in Cloudy Atmospheres. 2 indexed citations

Chou, Ming‐Dah, William L. Ridgway, & Michael M-H. Yan. (1995). Parameterizations for Water Vapor IR Radiative Transfer in Both the Middle and Lower Atmospheres. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 52(8). 1159–1167. 36 indexed citations

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Chou, Ming‐Dah, Albert Arking, J. Otterman, & William L. Ridgway. (1995). The effect of clouds on atmospheric absorption of solar radiation. Geophysical Research Letters. 22(14). 1885–1888. 31 indexed citations

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Cahalan, Robert F., William L. Ridgway, W. J. Wiscombe, Thomas L. Bell, & J. B. Snider. (1994). The Albedo of Fractal Stratocumulus Clouds. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 51(16). 2434–2455. 423 indexed citations

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Cahalan, Robert F., William L. Ridgway, W. J. Wiscombe, Steven M. Gollmer, & Harshvardhan. (1994). Independent Pixel and Monte Carlo Estimates of Stratocumulus Albedo. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 51(24). 3776–3790. 186 indexed citations

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Chou, Ming‐Dah, William L. Ridgway, & Michael M-H. Yan. (1993). One-Parameter Scaling and Exponential-Sum Fitting for Water Vapor and CO₂Infrared Transmission Functions. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 50(14). 2294–2303. 20 indexed citations

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Betts, Alan K. & William L. Ridgway. (1992). Tropical boundary layer equilibrium in the last ice age. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 97(D2). 2529–2534. 28 indexed citations

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Betts, Alan K., Patrick Minnis, William L. Ridgway, & David F. Young. (1992). Integration of Satellite and Surface Data Using a Radiative–Convective Oceanic Boundary-Layer Model. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 31(4). 340–350. 19 indexed citations

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Chou, Ming‐Dah, David P. Kratz, & William L. Ridgway. (1991). Infrared Radiation Parameterizations in Numerical Climate Models. Journal of Climate. 4(4). 424–437. 117 indexed citations

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Ridgway, William L., Harshvardhan, & Albert Arking. (1991). Computation of atmospheric cooling rates by exact and approximate methods. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 96(D5). 8969–8984. 31 indexed citations

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Betts, Alan K. & William L. Ridgway. (1989). Climatic Equilibrium of the Atmospheric Convective Boundary Layer over a Tropical Ocean. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 46(17). 2621–2641. 199 indexed citations

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Ridgway, William L. & Albert Arking. (1986). Parameterization of near infrared absorption by atmospheric gases. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 190–193. 1 indexed citations

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Shaffer, Robert N. & William L. Ridgway. (1951). Furmethide Iodide in the Production of Dacryostenosis. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 34(5). 718–720. 9 indexed citations

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