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William E. Ward 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 E. Ward sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 142 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William E. Ward 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 E. Ward sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William E. Ward is affiliated with the University of New Brunswick in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research engages primarily with various subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Aerospace Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Ward's work covers key topics such as Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Calibration and Measurement Techniques, Planetary Science and Exploration, and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations.

They have published research in notable venues multiple times, with frequent appearances in:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Applied Optics
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Optics Express
  • Remote Sensing

William E. Ward's recent papers include:

  • September 2019 Antarctic Sudden Stratospheric Warming: Quasi-6-Day Wave Burst and Ionospheric Effects (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • Role Of the Sun and the Middle atmosphere/thermosphere/ionosphere In Climate (ROSMIC): a retrospective and prospective view (2021, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science)
  • Improvements to the sensitivity and sampling capabilities of Doppler Michelson Interferometers (2020, OSA Continuum)
  • Wind imaging using simultaneous fringe sampling with field-widened Michelson interferometers (2022, Applied Optics)
  • Multi-instrument study of the mesosphere-lower thermosphere dynamics at 80°N during the major SSW in January 2019 (2020, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics)

William E. Ward regularly collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Samuel Kristoffersen
  • Chunmin Zhang
  • Tingyu Yan
  • Jeffery Langille
  • Claudia Stolle

Best Publications

  • WINDII, the wind imaging interferometer on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

    G. G. Shepherd;G. Thuillier;W. A. Gault;B. H. Solheim

  • A review of vertical coupling in the Atmosphere–Ionosphere system: Effects of waves, sudden stratospheric warmings, space weather, and of solar activity

    Erdal Yiğit;Petra Koucká Knížová;Katya Georgieva;William Ward

  • Nonmigrating diurnal tides in the thermosphere

    Jeffrey M. Forbes;Xiaoli Zhang;Elsayed R. Talaat;William Ward

  • September 2019 Antarctic Sudden Stratospheric Warming: Quasi-6-Day Wave Burst and Ionospheric Effects

    Yosuke Yamazaki;Vivien Matthias;Yasunobu Miyoshi;Claudia Stolle

  • Extended Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model: Zonal‐mean climatology and physical parameterizations

    V. I. Fomichev;W. E. Ward;S. R. Beagley;C. McLandress

  • On the consistency of model, ground‐based, and satellite observations of tidal signatures: Initial results from the CAWSES tidal campaigns

    W. E. Ward;J. Oberheide;L. P. Goncharenko;T. Nakamura

  • The Wind Imaging Interferometer (WINDII) on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite: A 20 year perspective

    Gordon G. Shepherd;Gérard Thuillier;Young-Min Cho;Marie-Louise Duboin

  • A simple model of diurnal variations in the mesospheric oxygen nightglow

    W. E. Ward

  • Large‐scale dynamics of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere: An analysis using the extended Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model

    C. McLandress;W. E. Ward;V. I. Fomichev;K. Semeniuk

  • Tidal/gravity wave interactions and their influence on the large‐scale dynamics of the middle atmosphere: Model results

    Charles McLandress;W. E. Ward

  • The diurnal and semidiurnal tides over Ascension Island (° S, 14° W) and their interaction with the stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation: studies with meteor radar, eCMAM and WACCM

    R. N. Davis;J. Du;A. K. Smith;W. E. Ward

  • Validation of O(1S) wind measurements by WINDII: the WIND Imaging Interferometer on UARS

    W. A. Gault;G. Thuillier;G. G. Shepherd;S. P. Zhang

  • Atomic oxygen profiles (80 to 115 km) derived from Wind Imaging Interferometer/Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite measurements of the hydroxyl and greenline airglow: Local time–latitude dependence

    Jason P. Russell;W. E. Ward;R. P. Lowe;R. G. Roble

  • Mesospheric temperature inversions with overlying nearly adiabatic lapse rate: An Indication of a well‐mixed turbulent layer

    James A. Whiteway;Allan I. Carswell;William E. Ward

  • Numerical simulations of gravity waves imaged over Arecibo during the 10‐day January 1993 campaign

    Michael P. Hickey;Richard L. Walterscheid;Michael. J. Taylor;William Ward

  • Tidal signatures in temperature data from CRISTA 1 mission

    W. E. Ward;J. Oberheide;M. Riese;P. Preusse

  • Observations of the two‐day wave in WINDII data during January, 1993

    W. E. Ward;D. Y. Wang;B. H. Solheim;G. G. Shepherd

  • WINDII observations of the 558 nm emission in the lower thermosphere: the influence of dynamics on composition

    G.G. Shepherd;R.G. Roble;C. McLandress;W.E. Ward

  • The geospace response to variable inputs from the lower atmosphere: a review of the progress made by Task Group 4 of CAWSES-II

    Jens Oberheide;Kazuo Shiokawa;Subramanian Gurubaran;William E Ward

  • The O( 1 S) dayglow emission as observed by the WIND imaging interferometer on the UARS

    V. Singh;I. C. McDade;G. G. Shepherd;B. H. Solheim

  • Climatological features of mesosphere and lower thermosphere stationary planetary waves within ±40° latitude

    J. M. Forbes;X. Zhang;W. Ward;E. R. Talaat

  • Climatology of the diurnal tides from eCMAM30 (1979 to 2010) and its comparison with SABER

    Quan Gan;Quan Gan;Jian Du;William E Ward;Stephen R Beagley

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens Oberheide
Jens Oberheide Clemson University
Gordon G. Shepherd
Gordon G. Shepherd York University
Takuji Nakamura
Takuji Nakamura National Institute of Polar Research
Toshitaka Tsuda
Toshitaka Tsuda Kyoto University
Qian Wu
Qian Wu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Xiaoli Zhang
Xiaoli Zhang University of Colorado Boulder
Martin Riese
Martin Riese Forschungszentrum Jülich
James R. Drummond
James R. Drummond Dalhousie University
Jeffrey M. Forbes
Jeffrey M. Forbes University of Colorado Boulder
Anne K. Smith
Anne K. Smith National Center for Atmospheric Research

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