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D-Index
39
Citations
8166
World Ranking
8265
National Ranking
2950

Ronald M. Welch 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 Ronald M. Welch sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 169 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ronald M. Welch 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 Ronald M. Welch sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ronald M. Welch is affiliated with the University of Alabama in Huntsville in the United States. The information available does not specify detailed aspects of their research areas or specific contributions but confirms their active role within this academic institution.

Although data on recent publications, co-authors, and frequent publication venues is not provided, Ronald M. Welch's academic presence is established through their association with the university. There is no record of individual papers, main fields of study, or subfields confirmed for this researcher in the available data.

No information is provided concerning recent papers, book publications, or main research topics associated with Ronald M. Welch. Similarly, there are no listed awards or honors connected to their career in the current dataset.

The lack of detailed subject-specific data restricts the overview to institutional affiliation without specific insight into research contributions or collaborations. However, the association with the University of Alabama in Huntsville suggests involvement in a research environment that supports scientific and academic inquiry at the graduate and postgraduate levels.

Best Publications

  • Climatic impact of tropical lowland deforestation on nearby montane cloud forests.

    R. O. Lawton;U. S. Nair;R. A. Pielke;R. M. Welch

  • Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES): algorithm overview

    B.A. Wielicki;B.R. Barkstrom;B.A. Baum;T.P. Charlock

  • A neural network approach to cloud classification

    J. Lee;R.C. Weger;S.K. Sengupta;R.M. Welch

  • Cumulus Cloud Properties Derived Using Landsat Satellite Data

    Bruce A. Wielicki;Ronald M. Welch

  • Impact of land use on Costa Rican tropical montane cloud forests: Sensitivity of orographic cloud formation to deforestation in the plains

    Deepak K. Ray;Deepak K. Ray;Udaysankar S. Nair;Robert O. Lawton;Ronald M. Welch

  • Global Survey of the Relationships of Cloud Albedo and Liquid Water Path with Droplet Size Using ISCCP

    Qingyuan Han;William B. Rossow;Joyce Chou;Ronald M. Welch

  • Polar Cloud and Surface Classification Using AVHRR Imagery: An Intercomparison of Methods

    R. M. Welch;S. K. Sengupta;A. K. Goroch;P. Rabindra

  • The Effects of Very Large Drops on Cloud Absorption. Part I: Parcel Models

    W. J. Wiscombe;R. M. Welch;W. D. Hall

  • Impact of land use on Costa Rican tropical montane cloud forests: Sensitivity of cumulus cloud field characteristics to lowland deforestation

    U. S. Nair;R. O. Lawton;R. M. Welch;R. A. Pielke

  • Automated Cloud Classification of Global AVHRR Data Using a Fuzzy Logic Approach

    Bryan A. Baum;Vasanth Tovinkere;Jay Titlow;Ronald M. Welch

  • Global variation of column droplet concentration in low-level clouds

    Qingyuan Han;William B. Rossow;Joyce Chou;Ronald M. Welch

  • Three Different Behaviors of Liquid Water Path of Water Clouds in Aerosol-Cloud Interactions

    Qingyuan Han;William B. Rossow;Jian Zeng;Ronald Welch

  • First estimates of the radiative forcing of aerosols generated from biomass burning using satellite data

    Sundar A. Christopher;Donna V. Kliche;Joyce Chou;Ronald M. Welch

  • Validation of Satellite Retrievals of Cloud Microphysics and Liquid Water Path Using Observations from FIRE.

    Q. Han;R. Welch;J. Chou;W. Rossow

  • Stratocumulus Cloud Field Reflected Fluxes: The Effect of Cloud Shape

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  • Crustal structure across the Wasatch Front from detailed seismic refraction studies

    L. W. Braile;R. B. Smith;G. R. Keller;R. M. Welch

  • Cloud field classification based upon high spatial resolution textural features: 1. Gray level co‐occurrence matrix approach

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  • Effects of land use in Southwest Australia: 1. Observations of cumulus cloudiness and energy fluxes

    Deepak K. Ray;Udaysankar S. Nair;Ronald M. Welch;Qingyuan Han

  • Cumulus Cloud Field Morphology and Spatial Patterns Derived from High Spatial Resolution Landsat Imagery

    S. K. Sengupta;R. M. Welch;M. S. Navar;T. A. Berendes

  • ASTER preflight and inflight calibration and the validation of Level 2 products

    K. Thome;K. Arai;S. Hook;H. Kieffer

  • The 27-28 October 1986 FIRE IFO cirrus case study - Comparison of radiative transfer theory with observations by satellite and aircraft

    Bruce A. Wielicki;J.T. Suttles;Andrew J. Heymsfield;Ronald M. Welch

  • Shortwave direct radiative forcing of biomass burning aerosols estimated using VIRS and CERES data

    Sundar A. Christopher;Joyce Chou;Jianglong Zhang;Xiang Li

  • Prediction of Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in Radiation Fogs. Part I: Comparison of Simple Similarity Approaches

    R. M. Welch;M. G. Ravichandran;S. K. Cox

Frequent Co-Authors

Sundar A. Christopher
Sundar A. Christopher University of Alabama in Huntsville
Bruce A. Wielicki
Bruce A. Wielicki Langley Research Center
William B. Rossow
William B. Rossow City College of New York
Roger A. Pielke
Roger A. Pielke University of Colorado Boulder
James D. Spinhirne
James D. Spinhirne University of Arizona
Andrew J. Heymsfield
Andrew J. Heymsfield National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jianglong Zhang
Jianglong Zhang University of North Dakota
Bryan A. Baum
Bryan A. Baum University of Wisconsin–Madison
Larry L. Stowe
Larry L. Stowe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Patrick Minnis
Patrick Minnis Langley Research Center

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