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39
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5751
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8378
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William A. Gallus 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 William A. Gallus sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 152 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William A. Gallus 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 William A. Gallus 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

William A. Gallus is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research contributions primarily focus on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a strong emphasis on atmospheric science and global and planetary change. Gallus's work bridges several interconnected subfields, including environmental engineering, water science and technology, and artificial intelligence applied within these domains.

The scientist has made notable contributions to topics such as meteorological phenomena and simulations, climate variability and models, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, wind and air flow studies, hydrology and watershed management studies, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, as well as atmospheric aerosols and clouds. This diverse range reflects a multidisciplinary approach to understanding complex environmental and atmospheric systems.

Gallus has published extensively in several recurring scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Weather and Forecasting
  • Atmosphere
  • Water
  • Weather and Climate Extremes
  • Journal of Hydrometeorology

Coauthorship has been a significant aspect of Gallus's research, collaborating multiple times with various scientists. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Kristie J. Franz
  • Christina M. Patricola
  • Emily Bercos-Hickey
  • Brian Joseph Squitieri
  • Dakota C. Forbis

Among their recent notable publications are:

  • A Method to Account for QPF Spatial Displacement Errors in Short-Term Ensemble Streamflow Forecasting, 2020, Water
  • Differences between Severe and Nonsevere Warm-Season, Nocturnal Bow Echo Environments, 2020, Weather and Forecasting
  • Anthropogenic Influences on Tornadic Storms, 2021, Journal of Climate
  • On the Relationship of Cold Pool and Bulk Shear Magnitudes on Upscale Convective Growth in the Great Plains of the United States, 2021, Atmosphere
  • On the Changes in Convection-Allowing WRF Forecasts of MCS Evolution due to Decreases in Model Horizontal and Vertical Grid Spacing. Part I: Changes in Cold Pool Evolution, 2022, Weather and Forecasting

Best Publications

  • The Impact of Different WRF Model Physical Parameterizations and Their Interactions on Warm Season MCS Rainfall

    Isidora Jankov;William A. Gallus;Moti Segal;Brent Shaw

  • Design, construction and performance of a large tornado simulator for wind engineering applications

    Fred L. Haan;Partha P. Sarkar;William A. Gallus

  • A Comparison of Precipitation Forecast Skill between Small Convection-Allowing and Large Convection-Parameterizing Ensembles

    Adam J. Clark;William A. Gallus;Ming Xue;Fanyou Kong

  • The 2015 Plains Elevated Convection at Night Field Project

    Bart Geerts;David Parsons;Conrad L. Ziegler;Tammy M. Weckwerth

  • Spring and Summer Severe Weather Reports over the Midwest as a Function of Convective Mode: A Preliminary Study

    William A. Gallus;Nathan A. Snook;Elise V. Johnson

  • Neighborhood-Based Verification of Precipitation Forecasts from Convection-Allowing NCAR WRF Model Simulations and the Operational NAM

    Adam J. Clark;William A. Gallus;Morris L. Weisman

  • Comparison of the Diurnal Precipitation Cycle in Convection-Resolving and Non-Convection-Resolving Mesoscale Models

    Adam J. Clark;William A. Gallus;Tsing-Chang Chen

  • Near-Ground Pressure and Wind Measurements in Tornadoes*

    Christopher D. Karstens;Timothy M. Samaras;Bruce D. Lee;William A. Gallus

  • Toward Better Understanding of the Contiguous Rain Area (CRA) Method for Spatial Forecast Verification

    Elizabeth E. Ebert;William A. Gallus

  • Comparison of Impacts of WRF Dynamic Core, Physics Package, and Initial Conditions on Warm Season Rainfall Forecasts

    William A. Gallus;James F. Bresch

  • Role of the Monsoon Gyre in the Interannual Variation of Tropical Cyclone Formation over the Western North Pacific

    Tsing Chang Chen;Shih Yu Wang;Ming Cheng Yen;William A. Gallus

  • Eta Simulations of Three Extreme Precipitation Events: Sensitivity to Resolution and Convective Parameterization

    William A. Gallus

  • Spring and Summer Midwestern Severe Weather Reports in Supercells Compared to Other Morphologies

    Jeffrey Dean Duda;William A. Gallus Jr.

  • An East Asian Cold Surge: Case Study

    Tsing Chang Chen;Ming Cheng Yen;Wan Ru Huang;William A. Gallus

  • Heat and Moisture Budgets of an Intense Midlatitude Squall Line

    William A. Gallus;Richard H. Johnson

  • A WRF Ensemble for Improved Wind Speed Forecasts at Turbine Height

    Adam Joshua Deppe;William A. Gallus Jr.;Eugene S. Takle

  • CFD simulations of the flow field of a laboratory-simulated tornado for parameter sensitivity studies and comparison with field measurements

    Le Kuai;Fred L. Jr. Haan;William A. Jr. Gallus;Partha P. Sarkar

  • Influence of initial conditions on the WRF-ARW Model QPF response to physical parameterization changes

    Isidora Jankov;William A. Gallus;Moti Segal;Steven E. Koch

  • Behavior of flow over step orography

    William A. Gallus;Joseph B. Klemp

  • The Use of a Modified Ebert–McBride Technique to Evaluate Mesoscale Model QPF as a Function of Convective System Morphology during IHOP 2002

    Jeremy S. Grams;William A. Gallus Jr.;Steven E. Koch;Linda S. Wharton

  • Convection-Allowing and Convection-Parameterizing Ensemble Forecasts of a Mesoscale Convective Vortex and Associated Severe Weather Environment

    Adam J. Clark;William A. Gallus;Ming Xue;Fanyou Kong

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugene S. Takle
Eugene S. Takle Iowa State University
Richard H. Johnson
Richard H. Johnson Colorado State University
Maurizio Maugeri
Maurizio Maugeri University of Milan
Fanyou Kong
Fanyou Kong University of Oklahoma
Tsing-Chang Chen
Tsing-Chang Chen Iowa State University
Ming Xue
Ming Xue University of Oklahoma
Steven E. Koch
Steven E. Koch National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Partha P. Sarkar
Partha P. Sarkar Iowa State University
Nathaniel J. Livesey
Nathaniel J. Livesey California Institute of Technology
Greg M. McFarquhar
Greg M. McFarquhar University of Oklahoma

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