2026 Ad Stoffelen: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	57	3417	3266	90	85	415	13072

Overview

Ad Stoffelen is affiliated with the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions across Environmental Science as well.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Aerospace Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics covered in Stoffelen's research include:

Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Coastal and Marine Dynamics
Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

Frequent publication venues for Stoffelen include:

Remote Sensing
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Atmospheric measurement techniques

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Stoffelen include:

Wind Profile Satellite Observation Requirements and Capabilities, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Investigation of near-global daytime boundary layer height using high-resolution radiosondes: first results and comparison with ERA5, MERRA-2, JRA-55, and NCEP-2 reanalyses, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
Ocean Mesoscale and Frontal-Scale Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions and Influence on Large-Scale Climate: A Review, 2023, Journal of Climate
Initial Assessment of the Performance of the First Wind Lidar in Space on Aeolus, 2020, EPJ Web of Conferences
ESA's Space-Based Doppler Wind Lidar Mission Aeolus - First Wind and Aerosol Product Assessment Results, 2020, EPJ Web of Conferences

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

Anton Verhoef
J. Vogelzang
Marcos Portabella
Oliver Reitebuch
Wenming Lin

Best Publications

Toward the true near-surface wind speed: Error modeling and calibration using triple collocation

Ad Stoffelen

910
Citations
Scatterometer data interpretation: Estimation and validation of the transfer function CMOD4

Ad Stoffelen;David Anderson

713
Citations
An improved C-band scatterometer ocean geophysical model function: CMOD5

H. Hersbach;A. Stoffelen;S. de Haan

711
Citations
The advanced scatterometer (ASCAT) on the meteorological operational (MetOp) platform: A follow on for European wind scatterometers

J. Figa-Saldaña;J J.W. Wilson;E. Attema;R. Gelsthorpe

546
Citations
THE ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS MISSION FOR GLOBAL WIND FIELD MEASUREMENT

Ad Stoffelen;Jean Pailleux;Erland Källén;J. Michael Vaughan

450
Citations
Extended triple collocation: Estimating errors and correlation coefficients with respect to an unknown target

Kaighin A. McColl;Jur Vogelzang;Alexandra G. Konings;Dara Entekhabi

419
Citations
Characterizing ERA-Interim and ERA5 surface wind biases using ASCAT

Maria Belmonte Rivas;Maria Belmonte Rivas;Ad Stoffelen

309
Citations
The CMOD7 Geophysical Model Function for ASCAT and ERS Wind Retrievals

Ad Stoffelen;Jeroen Adriaan Verspeek;Jur Vogelzang;Anton Verhoef

288
Citations
From Observation to Information and Users: The Copernicus Marine Service Perspective

Pierre Yves Le Traon;Antonio Reppucci;Enrique Alvarez Fanjul;Lotfi Aouf

262
Citations
Scatterometer Data Interpretation: Measurement Space and Inversion

Ad Stoffelen;David Anderson

242
Citations
On the quality of high‐resolution scatterometer winds

Jur Vogelzang;Ad Stoffelen;Anton Verhoef;Julia Figa-Saldaña

222
Citations
Investigation of near-global daytime boundary layer height using high-resolution radiosondes: first results and comparison with ERA5, MERRA-2, JRA-55, and NCEP-2 reanalyses

Jianping Guo;Jian Zhang;Kun Yang;Hong Liao

202
Citations
Toward an optimal inversion method for synthetic aperture radar wind retrieval

Marcos Portabella;Ad Stoffelen;J.A. Johannessen

172
Citations
Rain Detection and Quality Control of SeaWinds

Marcos Portabella;Ad Stoffelen

154
Citations
Ocean Mesoscale and Frontal-Scale Ocean–Atmosphere Interactions and Influence on Large-Scale Climate: A Review

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154
Citations
Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report

Karina von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Neville Smith;Ananda Pascual

150
Citations
Validation and Calibration of ASCAT Using CMOD5.n

J. Verspeek;A. Stoffelen;M. Portabella;H. Bonekamp

149
Citations
ADM‐Aeolus Doppler wind lidar Observing System Simulation Experiment

A. Stoffelen;G. J. Marseille;F. Bouttier;D. Vasiljevic

148
Citations
Ambiguity removal and assimilation of scatterometer data

A. Stoffelen;D. Anderson

132
Citations
ERS scatterometer wind data impact on ECMWF's tropical cyclone forecasts

L. Isaksen;A. Stoffelen

131
Citations
Characterization of precipitation product errors across the United States using multiplicative triple collocation

S. H. Alemohammad;K. A. McColl;A. G. Konings;D. Entekhabi

127
Citations
Wind Profile Satellite Observation Requirements and Capabilities

Ad Stoffelen;Angela Benedetti;Régis Borde;Alain Dabas

114
Citations
Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 3

Karina von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Neville Smith;Ananda Pascual

110
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Isaksen European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

Mark A. Bourassa Florida State University

Ross N. Hoffman University of Maryland, College Park

Charlotte Bay Hasager Technical University of Denmark

Dara Entekhabi MIT

William Perrie Bedford Institute of Oceanography

David L. T. Anderson European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

David G. Long Brigham Young University

Rosalia Santoleri National Research Council (CNR)

Ananda Pascual National Research Council (CNR)

External Links

Personal website of Ad Stoffelen

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