2026 Earle Williams: 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	72	1485	1410	632	580	304	19925

Research.com Recognitions

2010 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Earle Williams is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their research spans multiple topics within physics, environmental science, and specifically the study of atmospheric and electromagnetic phenomena.

The scientist's main fields of study are:

Physics and Astronomy
Environmental Science

Within these broader areas, they focus on subfields including:

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Global and Planetary Change
Atmospheric Science
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Plant Science

Research topics covered in their work include:

Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena
Fire effects on ecosystems
Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Earthquake Detection and Analysis

Earle Williams has published extensively, with notable frequent publication venues being:

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Geophysical Research Letters
Electric Power Systems Research
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Williams are:

Evolution of Global Lightning in the Transition From Cold to Warm Phase Preceding Two Super El Niño Events, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
A new look at the environmental conditions favorable to secondary ice production, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
Origin of an Uncommon Multiple-Stroke Positive Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Flash With Different Terminations, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Aerosol Effects on Lightning Characteristics: A Comparison of Polluted and Clean Regimes, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
Natural ELF fields in the atmosphere and in living organisms, 2020, International Journal of Biometeorology

Frequent co-authors include:

Anirban Guha
Gabriella Sátori
Tamás Bozóki
Yakun Liu
Péter Steinbach

In 2010, Earle Williams was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

The electrical nature of storms

Donald R. MacGorman;W. David Rust;Earle R. Williams

1115
Citations
The tripole structure of thunderstorms

Earle R. Williams

676
Citations
The schumann resonance: a global tropical thermometer.

Earle R. Williams

625
Citations
Contrasting convective regimes over the Amazon: Implications for cloud electrification

E. Williams;D. Rosenfeld;N. Madden;J. Gerlach

540
Citations
An Analysis of the Conditional Instability of the Tropical Atmosphere

Earle Williams;Nilton Renno

516
Citations
Sprites, ELF Transients, and Positive Ground Strokes.

Dennis J. Boccippio;Earle R. Williams;Stan J. Heckman;Walter A. Lyons

470
Citations
The Behavior of Total Lightning Activity in Severe Florida Thunderstorms

Earle Williams;Bob Boldi;Anne Matlin;Mark Weber

431
Citations
A radar and electrical study of tropical hot towers

E. R. Williams;S. A. Rutledge;S. G. Geotis;N. Renno

430
Citations
Mixed-Phase Clouds: Progress and Challenges

A. Korolev;G. McFarquhar;P. R. Field;P. R. Field;C. Franklin

423
Citations
The physical origin of the land–ocean contrast in lightning activity

Earle Williams;Sharon Stanfill

404
Citations
Lightning and climate: A review

E.R. Williams

403
Citations
The relationship between lightning type and convective state of thunderclouds

E. R. Williams;M. E. Weber;R. E. Orville

401
Citations
Large-scale charge separation in thunderclouds

Earle R. Williams

367
Citations
Streaming potential properties of westerly granite with applications

F. D. Morgan;E. R. Williams;T. R. Madden

362
Citations
Thermodynamic Conditions Favorable to Superlative Thunderstorm Updraft, Mixed Phase Microphysics and Lightning Flash Rate

E. Williams;V. Mushtak;D. Rosenfeld;S. Goodman

358
Citations
The Down Under Doppler and Electricity Experiment (DUNDEE): Overview and Preliminary Results

Steven A. Rutledge;Earle R. Williams;Thomas D. Keenan

335
Citations
Criteria for sprites and elves based on Schumann resonance observations

E. Huang;E. Williams;R. Boldi;S. Heckman

277
Citations
ENSO and the natural variability in the flow of tropical rivers

Kishan N. Amarasekera;Robert F. Lee;Earle R. Williams;Elfatih A.B. Eltahir

271
Citations
The Electrification of Severe Storms

Earle R. Williams

266
Citations
Complex refractive indices and single-scattering albedo of global dust aerosols in the shortwave spectrum and relationship to size and iron content

Claudia Di Biagio;Paola Formenti;Yves Balkanski;Lorenzo Caponi

237
Citations
Contrasting convective regimes over the Amazon: Implications for cloud electrification : Large-scale biosphere-atmosphere experiment in Amazonia (LBA)

E. Williams;D. Rosenfeld;N. Madden;J. Gerlach

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Meinrat O. Andreae Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

Colin Price Tel Aviv University

Daniel Rosenfeld Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Richard J. Blakeslee Marshall Space Flight Center

Renyi Zhang Texas A&M University

Nilton O. Renno University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Luiz A. T. Machado Max Planck Society

Paola Formenti Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Konrad Kandler Technical University of Darmstadt

Yves Balkanski French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

External Links

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