2026 William Perrie: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	47	5841	5602	249	235	342	7594

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

255
Citations
Mapping sea surface oil slicks using RADARSAT-2 quad-polarization SAR image

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

233
Citations
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

210
Citations
The extratropical transition of tropical cyclones. Part I: Cyclone evolution and direct impacts

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

190
Citations
Wind speed retrieval from RADARSAT-2 quad-polarization images using a new polarization ratio model

Biao Zhang;Will Perrie;Yijun He

175
Citations
Northern Lake Impacts on Local Seasonal Climate

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

173
Citations
Ocean Vector Winds Retrieval From C-Band Fully Polarimetric SAR Measurements

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

173
Citations
A numerical study of nonlinear energy fluxes due to wave-wave interactions Part 1. Methodology and basic results

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158
Citations
Overview of the Arctic Sea State and Boundary Layer Physics Program

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

149
Citations
On the deep‐water fetch laws for wind‐generated surface gravity waves

F. Dobson;W. Perrie;B. Toulany

134
Citations
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

128
Citations
A novel deep learning method for marine oil spill detection from satellite synthetic aperture radar imagery.

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127
Citations
A Hurricane Wind Speed Retrieval Model for C-Band RADARSAT-2 Cross-Polarization ScanSAR Images

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

126
Citations
High-Resolution Hurricane Vector Winds from C-Band Dual-Polarization SAR Observations

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

120
Citations
Emerging trends in the sea state of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas

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

110
Citations
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

110
Citations
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

108
Citations
A C-Band Geophysical Model Function for Determining Coastal Wind Speed Using Synthetic Aperture Radar

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

87
Citations
Depolarized radar return for breaking wave measurement and hurricane wind retrieval

Paul A. Hwang;Biao Zhang;William Perrie

85
Citations
C-FOG: Life of Coastal Fog

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

85
Citations
A new wind vector algorithm for C-band SAR

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

73
Citations
Extratropical storm inundation testbed: Intermodel comparisons in Scituate, Massachusetts

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

72
Citations
Rain effects on the hurricane observations over the ocean by C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar

Guosheng Zhang;Xiaofeng Li;William Perrie;Biao Zhang

72
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Susanne Lehner German Aerospace Center

Alexander Soloviev University of Hawaii at Manoa

Mahmood S. Shivji Nova Southeastern University

Haiyan Li China University of Geosciences

Paul A. Hwang United States Naval Research Laboratory

Changsheng Chen University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Rachel Y.-W. Chang Dalhousie University

Jun A. Zhang University of Miami

Hans C. Graber University of Miami

Alexander V. Babanin University of Melbourne

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