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D-Index
47
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7594
World Ranking
5841
National Ranking
249

William Perrie 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 Perrie sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 342 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William Perrie 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 Perrie sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William Perrie is affiliated with the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Canada. Their work spans several principal fields of study, primarily focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these broad areas, their research delves deeply into subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, and Ecology.

Their research interests cover a range of topics related to oceanographic and atmospheric interactions. Key topics include Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, and Coastal and Marine Dynamics.

Among recent notable publications authored or co-authored by William Perrie are the following:

  • "C-FOG: Life of Coastal Fog" (2020), published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "A novel deep learning method for marine oil spill detection from satellite synthetic aperture radar imagery" (2022), published in Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "A Review of Coastal Fog Microphysics During C-FOG" (2021), published in Boundary-Layer Meteorology
  • "Application of DINCAE to Reconstruct the Gaps in Chlorophyll-a Satellite Observations in the South China Sea and West Philippine Sea" (2020), published in Remote Sensing
  • "Boundary Layer Parameterizations to Simulate Fog Over Atlantic Canada Waters" (2020), published in Earth and Space Science

William Perrie frequently collaborates with a number of colleagues in their field. Notable co-authors include Minghong Zhang, Guoqiang Liu, Biao Zhang, Guosheng Zhang, and Rachel Chang, with collaboration counts ranging from 9 to 14 joint publications.

The scientist's work has been disseminated in several prominent venues. The most frequent publication venues include the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, and Frontiers in Marine Science.

Best Publications

  • Cross-Polarized Synthetic Aperture Radar: A New Potential Measurement Technique for Hurricanes

    Biao Zhang;William Perrie

  • Mapping sea surface oil slicks using RADARSAT-2 quad-polarization SAR image

    Biao Zhang;William Perrie;Xiaofeng Li;William G. Pichel

  • An unstructured-grid finite-volume surface wave model (FVCOM-SWAVE): Implementation, validations and applications

    Jianhua Qi;Changsheng Chen;Changsheng Chen;Changsheng Chen;Robert C. Beardsley;Will Perrie

  • The extratropical transition of tropical cyclones. Part I: Cyclone evolution and direct impacts

    Clark Evans;Kimberly M. Wood;Sim D. Aberson;Heather M. Archambault

  • Wind speed retrieval from RADARSAT-2 quad-polarization images using a new polarization ratio model

    Biao Zhang;Will Perrie;Yijun He

  • Northern Lake Impacts on Local Seasonal Climate

    Z. Long;W. Perrie;J. Gyakum;D. Caya

  • Ocean Vector Winds Retrieval From C-Band Fully Polarimetric SAR Measurements

    Biao Zhang;W. Perrie;P. W. Vachon;Xiaofeng Li

  • A numerical study of nonlinear energy fluxes due to wave-wave interactions Part 1. Methodology and basic results

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  • Overview of the Arctic Sea State and Boundary Layer Physics Program

    Jim Thomson;Stephen Ackley;Fanny Girard-Ardhuin;Fabrice Ardhuin

  • On the deep‐water fetch laws for wind‐generated surface gravity waves

    F. Dobson;W. Perrie;B. Toulany

  • Comparison of composite Bragg theory and quad‐polarization radar backscatter from RADARSAT‐2: With applications to wave breaking and high wind retrieval

    Paul A. Hwang;Biao Zhang;Jakov V. Toporkov;William Perrie

  • A novel deep learning method for marine oil spill detection from satellite synthetic aperture radar imagery.

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  • A Hurricane Wind Speed Retrieval Model for C-Band RADARSAT-2 Cross-Polarization ScanSAR Images

    Guosheng Zhang;Xiaofeng Li;William Perrie;Paul A. Hwang

  • High-Resolution Hurricane Vector Winds from C-Band Dual-Polarization SAR Observations

    Biao Zhang;William Perrie;Jun A. Zhang;Eric W. Uhlhorn

  • Emerging trends in the sea state of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas

    James M. Thomson;Yalin Fan;Sharon E. Stammerjohn;Justin Stopa

  • Cross‐polarization geophysical model function for C‐band radar backscattering from the ocean surface and wind speed retrieval

    Paul A. Hwang;Ad Stoffelen;Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff;William Perrie

  • Estimating the energy flux from the wind to ocean inertial motions: The sensitivity to surface wind fields

    Jing Jiang;Jing Jiang;Youyu Lu;Will Perrie

  • A C-Band Geophysical Model Function for Determining Coastal Wind Speed Using Synthetic Aperture Radar

    Yiru Lu;Biao Zhang;William Perrie;Alexis Aurelien Mouche

  • Depolarized radar return for breaking wave measurement and hurricane wind retrieval

    Paul A. Hwang;Biao Zhang;William Perrie

  • C-FOG: Life of Coastal Fog

    H. J. S. Fernando;I. Gultepe;C. Dorman;E. Pardyjak

  • A new wind vector algorithm for C-band SAR

    Yijun He;W. Perrie;Qingping Zou;P.W. Vachon

  • Extratropical storm inundation testbed: Intermodel comparisons in Scituate, Massachusetts

    Changsheng Chen;Changsheng Chen;Robert C. Beardsley;Richard A Luettich;Joannes J. Westerink

  • Rain effects on the hurricane observations over the ocean by C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar

    Guosheng Zhang;Xiaofeng Li;William Perrie;Biao Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Susanne Lehner
Susanne Lehner German Aerospace Center
Alexander Soloviev
Alexander Soloviev University of Hawaii at Manoa
Mahmood S. Shivji
Mahmood S. Shivji Nova Southeastern University
Haiyan Li
Haiyan Li China University of Geosciences
Paul A. Hwang
Paul A. Hwang United States Naval Research Laboratory
Changsheng Chen
Changsheng Chen University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Rachel Y.-W. Chang
Rachel Y.-W. Chang Dalhousie University
Jun A. Zhang
Jun A. Zhang University of Miami
Hans C. Graber
Hans C. Graber University of Miami
Alexander V. Babanin
Alexander V. Babanin University of Melbourne

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