William R. Cotton

20.9k citations
244 papers · 15.1k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 64
Topics
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (144 papers)Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (109 papers)Climate variability and models (67 papers)

In The Last Decade

William R. Cotton

238 papers receiving 14.2k citations

Hit Papers

A comprehensive meteorological modeling system?RAMS199220262003201419922002199219954008001.2k

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William R. Cotton
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  • Atmospheric Science 13.1k
  • Global and Planetary Change 12.5k
  • Environmental Engineering 2.1k
  • Earth-Surface Processes 1.5k
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 580
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#WorkIndexed citations
1 6
2 43
3
Aerosol impacts on wintertime orographic precipitation
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4 33
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The addition of the direct radiative effect of atmospheric aerosols into the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS)
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6 38
7 10
8 97
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Aerosol Interactions with Cloud Dynamics
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10 5
11
Data Assimilation into a LES Model: Retrieval of IFN and CCN Concentrations
1
12
Retrieval of Cloud-nucleating Aerosol in Arctic Stratus Clouds
1
13
An Unusually High Summertime Wave Flight
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14 6
15
RAMS 2001: Current status and future directionsbreakdown →
750
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Estimating extreme precipitation at high elevations in Colorado through mesoscale ensemble modeling
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17 124
18
Meso-beta-scale characteristics of an episode of meso-alpha-scale convective complexes
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Atmospheric Convection and Nuclear Winter
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20 47

About William R. Cotton

William R. Cotton is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Earth-Surface Processes, having authored 244 papers that have together received 15.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (144 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (109 papers) and Climate variability and models (67 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (13.1k citations), Global and Planetary Change (12.5k citations) and Earth-Surface Processes (1.5k citations). William R. Cotton has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and India. Frequent co-authors include R. L. Walko, Michael P. Meyers, Gregory J. Tripoli, Roger A. Pielke, Graham Feingold, Jerry Y. Harrington, Paul J. DeMott, Melville E. Nicholls, Ray L. McAnelly and G. G. Carrió. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Climate.

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