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58
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Richard A. Anthes 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 Richard A. Anthes sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 188 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Richard A. Anthes 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 Richard A. Anthes sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Richard A. Anthes is affiliated with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Physics and Astronomy, with particular focus on Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

The scholar's work frequently addresses topics such as Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics, Climate Variability and Models, GNSS Positioning and Interference, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements.

Richard A. Anthes has been involved in numerous publications, including several recent papers:

  • COSMIC-2 Radio Occultation Constellation: First Results, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • The Three-Cornered Hat Method for Estimating Error Variances of Three or More Atmospheric Datasets. Part I: Overview and Evaluation, 2020, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • Tropical Temperature Variability in the UTLS: New Insights from GPS Radio Occultation Observations, 2020, Journal of Climate
  • Comparison of COSMIC and COSMIC-2 Radio Occultation Refractivity and Bending Angle Uncertainties in August 2006 and 2021, 2022, Atmosphere
  • The Three-Cornered Hat Method for Estimating Error Variances of Three or More Atmospheric Data Sets - Part II: Evaluating Radio Occultation and Radiosonde Observations, Global Model Forecasts, and Reanalyses, 2021, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Frequent collaborators in research include Jeremiah Sjoberg, Zhen Zeng, William Schreiner, Douglas Hunt, and Ying-Hwa Kuo.

The publication record appears prominently in the following venues:

  • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Atmosphere
  • Remote Sensing
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Richard A. Anthes was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2001.

Best Publications

  • GPS Meteorology: Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Water Vapor Using the Global Positioning System

    Michael Bevis;Steven Businger;Thomas A. Herring;Christian Rocken

  • GPS Meteorology: Mapping Zenith Wet Delays onto Precipitable Water

    Michael Bevis;Steven Businger;Steven Chiswell;Thomas A. Herring

  • A High-Resolution Model of the Planetary Boundary Layer—Sensitivity Tests and Comparisons with SESAME-79 Data

    Dalin Zhang;Richard A. Anthes

  • A Cumulus Parameterization Scheme Utilizing a One-Dimensional Cloud Model

    Richard A. Anthes

  • The COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 Mission: Early Results

    R. A Anthes;P. A Bernhardt;Y. Chen;L. Cucurull

  • Development of Hydrodynamic Models Suitable for Air Pollution and Other Mesometerological Studies

    Richard A. Anthes;Thomas T. Warner

  • Storm and Cloud Dynamics

    William R. Cotton;Richard A. Anthes

  • Tropical Cyclones: Their Evolution, Structure and Effects

    Richard A. Anthes

  • Analysis and validation of GPS/MET data in the neutral atmosphere

    C. Rocken;R. Anthes;M. Exner;D. Hunt

  • GPS Sounding of the Atmosphere from Low Earth Orbit: Preliminary Results

    R. Ware;C. Rocken;F. Solheim;M. Exner

  • The Initialization of Numerical Models by a Dynamic-Initialization Technique

    James E. Hoke;Richard A. Anthes

  • Inversion and error estimation of GPS radio occultation Data

    Y.-H Kuo;T.-K Wee;S Sokolovskiy;C Rocken

  • Enhancement of Convective Precipitation by Mesoscale Variations in Vegetative Covering in Semiarid Regions

    Richard A. Anthes

  • Regional Models of the Atmosphere in Middle Latitudes

    Richard A. Anthes

  • The Promise of GPS in Atmospheric Monitoring

    Steven Businger;Steven R. Chiswell;Michael Bevis;Jingping Duan

  • Data Assimilation and Initialization of Hurricane Prediction Models

    Richard A. Anthes

  • Numerical Simulation of Frontogenesis in a Moist Atmosphere

    Eirh-Yu Hsie;Richard A. Anthes;Daniel Keyser

  • Exploring earth's atmosphere with radio occultation: contributions to weather, climate and space weather

    R. A. Anthes

  • Applications of COSMIC to Meteorology and Climate

    Richard A.Anthes;Christian Rocken;Ying-Hwa Kuo

  • Estimation of skill and uncertainty in regional numerical models

    Richard A. Anthes;Ying-Hwa Kuo;Eirh-Yu Hsie;Simon Low-Nam

Frequent Co-Authors

Ying-Hwa Kuo
Ying-Hwa Kuo University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Sergey Sokolovskiy
Sergey Sokolovskiy University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Christian Rocken
Christian Rocken University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
William Schreiner
William Schreiner University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Thomas T. Warner
Thomas T. Warner National Center for Atmospheric Research
Xiaolei Zou
Xiaolei Zou Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Joanne Simpson
Joanne Simpson Goddard Space Flight Center
Steven Businger
Steven Businger University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant
William J. Randel
William J. Randel National Center for Atmospheric Research
Kevin E. Trenberth
Kevin E. Trenberth University of Auckland

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