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Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
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Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

1558-8424

Published by: American Meteorological Society

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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 190 213 228 24

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 272
Documents by Best Scientists*: 276
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 162
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.895
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology?

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology investigates studies in Meteorology, Climatology, Atmospheric sciences, Precipitation and Remote sensing. The studies in Meteorology featured incorporate elements of Radar and Satellite. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology explores research in Radar and the adjacent study of Polarimetry.

While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Climatology, it also covered topics in Snow and Climate change, Climate model, Downscaling. The journal holds forums on Atmospheric sciences that merges themes from other disciplines such as Aerosol, Atmosphere, Convection and Boundary layer. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology is focused mainly on Boundary layer, particularly Planetary boundary layer.

The work on Precipitation addressed in it expands to the thematically related Storm. In addition to Remote sensing research, it aims to explore topics under Radiative transfer and Cloud computing.

  • Meteorology (48.70%)
  • Climatology (33.44%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (20.94%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Bulk Parameterization of the Snow Field in a Cloud Model (2633 citations)
  • On the Average Value of Correlated Time Series, with Applications in Dendroclimatology and Hydrometeorology (2397 citations)
  • The Palmer Drought Severity Index: Limitations and Assumptions (974 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology:

The published papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Meteorology, Climatology, Atmospheric sciences, Precipitation and Remote sensing. The most cited publications address concerns in Meteorology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Radar and Satellite. While Precipitation is the focus of the journal articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Snow and Storm.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Statistics
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Meteorology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology tackles a plethora of topics, such as Climatology, Precipitation, Atmospheric sciences, Meteorology and Physical geography. The study of Snow and how it intertwines with concepts under Radar were explored in the presented Climatology research. Topics in Precipitation explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Term (time), Tropics and Diurnal cycle.

Atmospheric sciences research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Turbulence and Scale (ratio). Aside from investigating topics in Nowcasting under Meteorology, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology also explores concepts in Initialization. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology addresses concerns in Physical geography which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Urbanization and China.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Metrics for Evaluating Tropical Cyclones in Climate Data (5 citations)
  • Development and Interpretation of a Neural-Network-Based Synthetic Radar Reflectivity Estimator Using GOES-R Satellite Observations (5 citations)
  • Cirrus Cloud Top-of-the-Atmosphere Net Daytime Forcing in the Alaskan Subarctic from Ground-Based MPLNET Monitoring (5 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Alexander V. Ryzhkov (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Roy Rasmussen (25 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Robert Sharman (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ping Yang (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • C. David Whiteman (21 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Center for Atmospheric Research (213 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (186 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Goddard Space Flight Center (123 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oklahoma (97 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Colorado State University (95 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 9.47% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 32.56% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.30% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.63% of all publications and 46.51% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Deep-Learning-Based Gridded Downscaling of Surface Meteorological Variables in Complex Terrain. Part I: Daily Maximum and Minimum 2-m Temperature

    Yingkai Sha;David John Gagne;Gregory West;Roland Stull

    (2020)
    128 Citations
  • Radiative Effect of Clouds at Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, as Inferred from Ground-Based Remote Sensing Observations

    Kerstin Ebell;Tatiana Nomokonova;Marion Maturilli;Christoph Ritter

    (2020)
    97 Citations
  • Deep-Learning-Based Gridded Downscaling of Surface Meteorological Variables in Complex Terrain. Part II: Daily Precipitation

    Yingkai Sha;David John Gagne;Gregory West;Roland Stull

    (2020)
    84 Citations
  • A New Satellite-Based Global Climatology of Dust Aerosol Optical Depth

    Kara K. Voss;Amato T. Evan

    (2020)
    73 Citations
  • Precipitation Extremes: Trends and Relationships with Average Precipitation and Precipitable Water in the Contiguous United States

    Kenneth E. Kunkel;Thomas R. Karl;Michael F. Squires;Xungang Yin

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • Evaluation of Global Reanalysis Land Surface Wind Speed Trends to Support Wind Energy Development Using In Situ Observations

    Wenxin Fan;Yi Liu;Adrian Chappell;Li Dong

    (2021)
    61 Citations
  • An Observational Case Study of Synergies between an Intense Heat Wave and the Urban Heat Island in Beijing

    Ning An;Ning An;Jingjing Dou;Jorge E. González-Cruz;Robert D. Bornstein;Robert D. Bornstein

    (2020)
    58 Citations
  • “Wind Theft” from Onshore Wind Turbine Arrays: Sensitivity to Wind Farm Parameterization and Resolution

    Sara C. Pryor;Tristan J. Shepherd;Patrick J.H. Volker;Andrea N. Hahmann

    (2020)
    56 Citations
  • Development and Interpretation of a Neural-Network-Based Synthetic Radar Reflectivity Estimator Using GOES-R Satellite Observations

    Kyle A. Hilburn;Imme Ebert-Uphoff;Steven D. Miller

    (2021)
    52 Citations
  • Dynamics of Diurnal Precipitation Differences and Their Spatial Variations in China

    (2022)
    45 Citations

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