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Anthony J. Illingworth

Anthony J. Illingworth

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
50
Citations
11584
World Ranking
4903
National Ranking
373

Anthony J. Illingworth publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anthony J. Illingworth sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 134 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Anthony J. Illingworth D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anthony J. Illingworth sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Anthony J. Illingworth is affiliated with the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialization in Atmospheric Science among other subfields such as Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

Illingworth has contributed to several frequent publication venues, notably:

  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Earth and Space Science
  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Illingworth include:

  • "Filling the Gap of Wind Observations Inside Tropical Cyclones," 2023, Earth and Space Science
  • "Observation error analysis for the WInd VElocity Radar Nephoscope W-band Doppler conically scanning spaceborne radar via end-to-end simulations," 2022, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Impact of Crosstalk on Reflectivity and Doppler Measurements for the WIVERN Polarization Diversity Doppler Radar," 2023, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • "Mispointing characterization and Doppler velocity correction for the conically scanning WIVERN Doppler radar," 2024, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "In-orbit cross-calibration of millimeter conically scanning spaceborne radars," 2023, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Frequent coauthors in Illingworth's research include:

  • Alessandro Battaglia
  • Filippo Emilio Scarsi
  • Frédéric Tridon
  • Ali Rizik
  • Paolo Martire

Best Publications

  • The CloudSat mission and the A-train: a new dimension of space-based observations of clouds and precipitation

    Graeme L. Stephens;Deborah G. Vane;Ronald J. Boain;Gerald G. Mace

  • The EarthCARE Satellite: The Next Step Forward in Global Measurements of Clouds, Aerosols, Precipitation, and Radiation

    A. J. Illingworth;H. W. Barker;A. Beljaars;Marie Ceccaldi

  • Cloudnet: Continuous Evaluation of Cloud Profiles in Seven Operational Models Using Ground-Based Observations

    A. J. Illingworth;R. J. Hogan;E.J. O'Connor;D. Bouniol

  • The retrieval of ice water content from radar reflectivity factor and temperature and its use in evaluating a mesoscale model

    Robin J. Hogan;Marion P. Mittermaier;Anthony J. Illingworth

  • Parametrization of ice‐particle size distributions for mid‐latitude stratiform cloud

    P. R. Field;R. J. Hogan;P. R. A. Brown;A. J. Illingworth

  • A Method for Estimating the Turbulent Kinetic Energy Dissipation Rate from a Vertically Pointing Doppler Lidar, and Independent Evaluation from Balloon-Borne In Situ Measurements

    Ewan J. O'Connor;Ewan J. O'Connor;Anthony J. Illingworth;Ian M. Brooks;Christopher D. Westbrook

  • The Need to Represent Raindrop Size Spectra as Normalized Gamma Distributions for the Interpretation of Polarization Radar Observations

    Anthony J. Illingworth;T. Mark Blackman

  • Deriving cloud overlap statistics from radar

    Robin J. Hogan;Anthony J. Illingworth

  • A Technique for Autocalibration of Cloud Lidar

    Ewan J. O'Connor;Anthony J. Illingworth;Robin J. Hogan

  • Toward More Accurate Retrievals of Ice Water Content from Radar Measurements of Clouds

    Chun-Lei Liu;Anthony J. Illingworth

  • The Retrieval of Stratocumulus Cloud Properties by Ground-Based Cloud Radar

    Neil I. Fox;Anthony J. Illingworth

  • Retrieving Stratocumulus Drizzle Parameters Using Doppler Radar and Lidar

    Ewan J. O’Connor;Robin J. Hogan;Anthony J. Illingworth

  • Vertical velocity variance and skewness in clear and cloud-topped boundary layers as revealed by Doppler lidar

    Robin J. Hogan;Alan L. M. Grant;Anthony J. Illingworth;Guy N. Pearson

  • Properties of embedded convection in warm‐frontal mixed‐phase cloud from aircraft and polarimetric radar

    R. J. Hogan;P. R. Field;A. J. Illingworth;R. J. Cotton

  • Evidence that ice forms primarily in supercooled liquid clouds at temperatures > −27°C

    Christopher D. Westbrook;Anthony J. Illingworth

  • Stratocumulus Liquid Water Content from Dual-Wavelength Radar

    Robin J. Hogan;Nicolas Gaussiat;Anthony J. Illingworth

  • The formation of ice in a long‐lived supercooled layer cloud

    C. D. Westbrook;A. J. Illingworth

  • Characteristics of mixed-phase clouds. I: Lidar, radar and aircraft observations from CLARE'98

    R. J. Hogan;P. N. Francis;H. Flentje;A. J. Illingworth

  • Observations of ice multiplication in a weakly convective cell embedded in supercooled mid-level stratus

    J. Crosier;K. N. Bower;T. W. Choularton;Christopher D. Westbrook

  • Verification of cloud‐fraction forecasts

    Robin J. Hogan;Ewan J. O'Connor;Anthony J. Illingworth

  • Characteristics of mixed-phase clouds. II: A climatology from ground-based lidar

    R. J. Hogan;A. J. Illingworth;E. J. O'connor;J. P. V. Poiares Baptista

  • Measuring Crystal Size in Cirrus Using 35- and 94-GHz Radars

    Robin J. Hogan;Anthony J. Illingworth;Henri Sauvageot

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin J. Hogan
Robin J. Hogan European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Ewan J. O'Connor
Ewan J. O'Connor Finnish Meteorological Institute
Jonathan J. Gourley
Jonathan J. Gourley National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Alan M. Blyth
Alan M. Blyth University of Leeds
Zhien Wang
Zhien Wang University of Colorado Boulder
Angela Benedetti
Angela Benedetti European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Masaki Satoh
Masaki Satoh University of Tokyo
Martial Haeffelin
Martial Haeffelin École Polytechnique
Andrew J. Heymsfield
Andrew J. Heymsfield National Center for Atmospheric Research
Ulrich Löhnert
Ulrich Löhnert University of Cologne

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