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Peter A. Taylor

Peter A. Taylor

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
56
Citations
9652
World Ranking
3707
National Ranking
151

Overview

Peter A. Taylor is affiliated with York University in Canada and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, notably Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Oceanography, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's main research topics include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Precipitation Measurement and Analysis, Aeolian Processes and Effects, Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Recent publications by Peter A. Taylor demonstrate engagement with atmospheric and environmental sciences. These papers include:

  • "Boundary-Layer Flow Over Complex Topography" (2020) in Boundary-Layer Meteorology
  • "Optimizing Radar-Based Rainfall Estimation Using Machine Learning Models" (2022) in Remote Sensing
  • "Surface deposition of marine fog and its treatment in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model" (2021) in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Studies of relative contributions of internal gravity waves and 2-D turbulence to tropospheric and lower-stratospheric temporal wind spectra measured by a network of VHF windprofiler radars using a decade-long data set in Canada" (2021) in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • "Fatima-GB: Searching Clarity within Marine Fog" (2025) in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peter A. Taylor include George A. Isaac, Diar Hassan, Daniel Michelson, Soudeh Afsharian, and T. Bullock.

Peter A. Taylor's work has been published several times in specific venues, with the most frequent being Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics and Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. Other publication venues include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Boundary-Layer Meteorology, and Remote Sensing.

Best Publications

  • H2O at the Phoenix landing site.

    P. H. Smith;L. K. Tamppari;R. E. Arvidson;D. Bass

  • Single-Column Model Intercomparison for a Stably Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer

    J Cuxart;A A M Holtslag;R J Beare;E Bazile

  • The Fog Remote Sensing and Modeling Field Project

    Ismail Gultepe;G. Pearson;J. A. Milbrandt;B. Hansen

  • The Askervein Hill project: Overview and background data

    P. A. Taylor;H. W. Teunissen

  • Boundary-layer flow over low hills

    P. A. Taylor;P. J. Mason;E. F. Bradley

  • Mars Water-Ice Clouds and Precipitation

    J. A. Whiteway;L. Komguem;C. Dickinson;C. Cook

  • A mixed spectral finite-difference model for neutrally stratified boundary-layer flow over roughness changes and topography

    A. C. M. Beljaars;J. L. Walmsley;P. A. Taylor

  • Theoretical studies on the coexistence of competing species under continuous-flow conditions.

    P. A. Taylor;P. J. LeB. Williams

  • A numerical model of the air flow above water waves

    P. R. Gent;P. A. Taylor

  • Simple guidelines for estimating wind speed variations due to small scale topographic features

    P. A Taylor;R. J Lee

  • A simple model of neutrally stratified boundary-layer flow over complex terrain with surface roughness modulations (MS3DJH/3R)

    J. L. Walmsley;P. A. Taylor;T. Keith

  • The Nature, Theory, and Modeling of Atmospheric Planetary Boundary Layers

    Alexander A. Baklanov;Branko Grisogono;Robert Bornstein;Larry Mahrt

  • On the application of a model of boundary-layer flow over low hills to real terrain

    John L. Walmsley;J. R. Salmon;P. A. Taylor

  • Turbulent boundary-layer flow over fixed aerodynamically rough two-dimensional sinusoidal waves

    W. Gong;Peter A. Taylor;Andreas Dörnbrack

  • Comments and further analysis on effective roughness lengths for use in numerical three-dimensional models

    Peter A. Taylor

  • The Thermodynamic Effects of Sublimating, Blowing Snow in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

    Peter Taylor

  • A simple model of neutrally stratified boundary-layer flow over real terrain incorporating wavenumber-dependent scaling

    P. A. Taylor;J. L. Walmsley;J. R. Salmon

  • Convective vortices and dust devils at the Phoenix Mars mission landing site

    M. D. Ellehoj;H. P. Gunnlaugsson;P. A. Taylor;H. Kahanpää

  • Internal Boundary Layers: I. Height Formulae for Neutral and Diabatic Flows

    Sergiy A. Savelyev;Peter A. Taylor

  • Introduction to special section on the Phoenix Mission: Landing Site Characterization Experiments, Mission Overviews, and Expected Science

    P. H. Smith;L. Tamppari;R. E. Arvidson;D. Bass

  • Cooling lakes while the world warms: Effects of forest regrowth and increased dissolved organic matter on the thermal regime of a temperate, urban lake

    J Tanentzap Andrew;D Yan Norman;Bill Keller;Robert Girard

  • The Askervein hill project: A finite control volume prediction of three-dimensional flows over the hill

    G. D. Raithby;G. D. Stubley;P. A. Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. Whiteway
James A. Whiteway York University
Mark T. Lemmon
Mark T. Lemmon Space Science Institute
Clive Dickinson
Clive Dickinson University of Manchester
David A. Fisher
David A. Fisher University of Ottawa
Nilton O. Renno
Nilton O. Renno University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Leiming Zhang
Leiming Zhang Environment and Climate Change Canada
Morten Madsen
Morten Madsen University of Copenhagen
Thomas J. Duck
Thomas J. Duck Dalhousie University
David C. Catling
David C. Catling University of Washington
Bruce A. Cantor
Bruce A. Cantor Malin Space Science Systems (United States)

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