2026 Courtney Schumacher: 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	39	8338	8003	2977	2764	139	6243

Overview

Courtney Schumacher is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. They have contributed significantly to understanding climate variability, meteorological phenomena, and tropical and extratropical cyclones.

Their main research topics include:

Climate variability and models
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Schumacher has published numerous papers in prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Monthly Weather Review
Geophysical Research Letters
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
International Journal of Climatology

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Schumacher include:

Assessing Convective-Stratiform Precipitation Regimes in the Tropics and Extratropics With the GPM Satellite Radar, 2023, Geophysical Research Letters
Interpreting the Diurnal Cycle of Clouds and Precipitation in the ARM GoAmazon Observations: Shallow to Deep Convection Transition, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Formation of Nocturnal Offshore Rainfall near the West Coast of Sumatra: Land Breeze or Gravity Wave?, 2021, Monthly Weather Review
Amazonian mesoscale convective systems: Life cycle and propagation characteristics, 2021, International Journal of Climatology
The Amazonian Low-Level Jet and Its Connection to Convective Cloud Propagation and Evolution, 2020, Monthly Weather Review

Frequent co-authors of Schumacher include:

Hedanqiu Bai
Lidia Huaman
Mikyoung Jun
Aaron Funk
George N. Kiladis

Best Publications

Stratiform Rain in the Tropics as Seen by the TRMM Precipitation Radar

Courtney Schumacher;Robert A. Houze

627
Citations
The Tropical Dynamical Response to Latent Heating Estimates Derived from the TRMM Precipitation Radar

Courtney Schumacher;Robert A. Houze;Ian Kraucunas

469
Citations
Review of Tropical-Extratropical Teleconnections on Intraseasonal Time Scales

Cristiana Stan;David M. Straus;Jorgen S. Frederiksen;Hai Lin

334
Citations
Introduction: Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5)

S. T. Martin;P. Artaxo;L. A. T. Machado;A. O. Manzi

329
Citations
Proportions of convective and stratiform precipitation revealed in water isotope ratios

Pradeep K. Aggarwal;Ulrike Romatschke;Luis Araguas-Araguas;Dagnachew Belachew

308
Citations
Comparison of Radar Data from the TRMM Satellite and Kwajalein Oceanic Validation Site

Courtney Schumacher;Robert A. Houze

219
Citations
The TRMM Precipitation Radar's View of Shallow, Isolated Rain

Courtney Schumacher;Robert A. Houze

213
Citations
The Green Ocean Amazon Experiment (GoAmazon2014/5) Observes Pollution Affecting Gases, Aerosols, Clouds, and Rainfall over the Rain Forest

S. T. Martin;P. Artaxo;L. Machado;A. O. Manzi

178
Citations
A comparison of the Hadley circulation in modern reanalyses

Justin P. Stachnik;Courtney Schumacher

174
Citations
Global energetics and local physics as drivers of past, present and future monsoons

Michela Biasutti;Aiko Voigt;Aiko Voigt;William R. Boos;Pascale Braconnot

154
Citations
Stratiform precipitation production over sub‐Saharan Africa and the tropical East Atlantic as observed by TRMM

Courtney Schumacher;Robert A. Houze

149
Citations
A Comparison of TWP-ICE Observational Data with Cloud-Resolving Model Results

A. M. Fridlind;Andrew Ackerman;Jean-Pierre Chaboureau;Jiwen Fan

134
Citations
Convective and stratiform components of the precipitation-moisture relationship

Fiaz Ahmed;Courtney Schumacher

119
Citations
Heating Structures of the TRMM Field Campaigns

Courtney Schumacher;Minghua H. Zhang;Paul E. Ciesielski

114
Citations
Top-of-atmosphere radiation budget of convective core/stratiform rain and anvil clouds from deep convective systems

Zhe Feng;Xiquan Dong;Baike Xi;Courtney Schumacher

100
Citations
Radar Nowcasting of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning over Houston, Texas

Richard M. Mosier;Courtney Schumacher;Richard E. Orville;Lawrence D. Carey

97
Citations
Convective cloud vertical velocity and mass-flux characteristics from radar wind profiler observations during GoAmazon2014/5

Scott E. Giangrande;Tami Toto;Michael P. Jensen;Mary Jane Bartholomew

92
Citations
Uncertainties in Oceanic Radar Rain Maps at Kwajalein and Implications for Satellite Validation

Robert A. Houze;Stacy Brodzik;Courtney Schumacher;Sandra E. Yuter

89
Citations
The Caribbean Low-Level Jet and Its Relationship with Precipitation in IPCC AR4 Models

Elinor R. Martin;Courtney Schumacher

84
Citations
Downward transport of ozone rich air and implications for atmospheric chemistry in the Amazon rainforest

Tobias Gerken;Dandan Wei;Randy J. Chase;Jose D. Fuentes

82
Citations
Linking Meteorology, Turbulence, and Air Chemistry in the Amazon Rain Forest

Jose D. Fuentes;Marcelo Chamecki;Rosa Maria Nascimento dos Santos;Celso von Randow

81
Citations
Modulation of Caribbean Precipitation by the Madden–Julian Oscillation

Elinor R. Martin;Courtney Schumacher

81
Citations
Large-scale vertical velocity, diabatic heating and drying profiles associated with seasonal and diurnal variations of convective systems observed in the GoAmazon2014/5 experiment

Shuaiqi Tang;Shaocheng Xie;Yunyan Zhang;Minghua Zhang

78
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Luiz A. T. Machado Max Planck Society

Shaocheng Xie Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Ramalingam Saravanan Texas A&M University

Robert A. Houze University of Washington

Antonio O. Manzi National Institute for Space Research

Patrick Minnis Langley Research Center

Paulo Artaxo Universidade de São Paulo

Meinrat O. Andreae Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

Minghua Zhang Stony Brook University

George N. Kiladis National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

External Links

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