William S. Olson

8.8k citations
85 papers · 4.9k · 2 hit papers · h-index 37

Impact in

    • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
    • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
    • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
    • Cryospheric studies and observations
    • Climate variability and models
    • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

Papers in

    • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations 70
    • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis 63
    • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research 13
    • Cryospheric studies and observations 5
    • Climate variability and models 33
    • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds 20

William S. Olson

84 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission for Science and Society 2016 · 584 citations
5840+8+16Years since publication200400600

Peers

William S. Olson
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  • Atmospheric Science 4.7k
  • Global and Planetary Change 3.1k
  • Environmental Engineering 1.1k
  • Oceanography 408
  • Water Science and Technology 133
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside William S. Olson, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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The Evolution of the Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF) for Rainfall Estimation from Passive Microwave Sensors
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2001675
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The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission for Science and Society
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2016584
3 1996429
4 1997161
5 2007143
6 2016133
7 1996126
8 2006112
9 1999109
10 199998
11 199997
12 199493
13 200189
14 200188
15 201685
16 201177
17 201176
18 201074
19 200873
20 200068

About William S. Olson

William S. Olson is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Oceanography and Astronomy and Astrophysics, having authored 85 papers that have together received 4.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (70 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (63 papers), Climate variability and models (33 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (20 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (13 papers), Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (12 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (5 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (4.7k citations), Global and Planetary Change (3.1k citations), Environmental Engineering (1.1k citations), Oceanography (408 citations) and Water Science and Technology (133 citations). William S. Olson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Christian D. Kummerow, Louis Giglio, Yang Hong, Wei‐Kuo Tao, Mircea Grecu, T. T. Wilheit, Song Yang, Robert F. Adler, Grant W. Petty and S. Lang. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Monthly Weather Review, Journal of Climate, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology and Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

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