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D-Index
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Citations
10355
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4941
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1820

William S. Olson 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 S. Olson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 129 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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William S. Olson 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 S. Olson sits on this spectrum.

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50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

William S. Olson is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with an extensive emphasis on Atmospheric Science alongside contributions to Environmental Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Oceanography.

Olson's work spans several key topics within these fields, including:

  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Cryospheric Studies and Observations
  • Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics
  • Icing and De-icing Technologies
  • Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics

Their recent publications reflect these research interests, with studies published in notable scientific venues. Selected papers include:

  • "A Comprehensive Machine Learning Study to Classify Precipitation Type over Land from Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Imager (GPM-GMI) Measurements," 2022, Remote Sensing
  • "An Ice Microphysics-Based Machine Learning Approach to Classify Precipitation Type over Land from Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Imager (GPM-GMI) Measurements," 2022, Preprints.org
  • "A Physically Based, Meshless Lagrangian Approach to Simulate Melting Precipitation," 2022, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • "A Machine Learning Approach to Mitigate Ground Clutter Effects in the GPM Combined Radar-Radiometer Algorithm (CORRA) Precipitation Estimates," 2024, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

These publications often involve collaborations with frequent co-authors, among them Mircea Grecu, Yiding Wang, Jie Gong, Lei Ding, and Chenxi Wang.

The prominent publication venues for Olson's work include:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Preprints.org
  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Olson's research contributions include developing machine learning methodologies to classify precipitation types and mitigate errors in radar-radiometer algorithms, alongside physically based modeling techniques relevant to atmospheric phenomena. Their work integrates data from global precipitation measurement platforms and addresses complex environmental processes relevant to both the atmosphere and cryosphere.

Best Publications

  • The status of the tropical rainfall measuring mission (TRMM) after two years in orbit

    C. Kummerow;J. Simpson;O. Thiele;W. Barnes

  • The Evolution of the Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF) for Rainfall Estimation from Passive Microwave Sensors

    Christian Kummerow;Y. Hong;W. S. Olson;S. Yang

  • The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission for Science and Society

    Gail Skofronick-Jackson;Walter A Petersen;Wesley Berg;Chris Kidd

  • A simplified scheme for obtaining precipitation and vertical hydrometeor profiles from passive microwave sensors

    C. Kummerow;W.S. Olson;L. Giglio

  • The Observed State of the Water Cycle in the Early Twenty-First Century

    M. Rodell;H. K. Beaudoing;H. K. Beaudoing;T. S. L'Ecuyer;W. S. Olson;W. S. Olson

  • The TRMM 'Day-1' Radar/Radiometer Combined Rain-Profiling Algorithm

    Ziad S. Haddad;Eric A. Smith;Christian D. Kummerow;Toshio Iguchi

  • The Observed State of the Energy Budget in the Early Twenty-First Century

    Tristan S. L'Ecuyer;H. K. Beaudoing;H. K. Beaudoing;M. Rodell;W. Olson

  • Results of WetNet PIP-2 Project

    E. A. Smith;J. E. Lamm;R. Adler;J. Alishouse

  • Atmospheric Latent Heating Distributions in the Tropics Derived from Satellite Passive Microwave Radiometer Measurements

    William S. Olson;Christian D. Kummerow;Ye Hong;Wei-Kuo Tao

  • A Method for Combined Passive-Active Microwave Retrievals of Cloud and Precipitation Profiles.

    William S. Olson;Christian D. Kummerow;Gerald M. Heymsfield;Louis Giglio

  • Improving Simulations of Convective Systems from TRMM LBA: Easterly and Westerly Regimes

    S. Lang;W-K. Tao;J. Simpson;R. Cifelli

  • Retrieval of Latent Heating from TRMM Measurements

    W. K. Tao;E. A. Smith;R. F. Adler;Z. S. Haddad

  • The GPM Combined Algorithm

    Mircea Grecu;Mircea Grecu;William S. Olson;William S. Olson;Stephen Joseph Munchak;Sarah Ringerud;Sarah Ringerud

  • Algorithms for the retrieval of rainfall from passive microwave measurements

    T. Wilheit;R. F. Adler;S. Avery;E. Barrett

  • The Effect of Assimilating Rain Rates Derived from Satellites and Lightning on Forecasts of the 1993 Superstorm

    G. David Alexander;James A. Weinman;V. Mohan Karyampudi;William S. Olson

  • Separation of Convective and Stratiform Precipitation Using Microwave Brightness Temperature

    Ye Hong;Christian D. Kummerow;William S. Olson

  • Satellite Data Simulator Unit: A Multisensor, Multispectral Satellite Simulator Package

    Hirohiko Masunaga;Toshihisa Matsui;Wei-kuo Tao;Arthur Y. Hou

  • Precipitation and Latent Heating Distributions from Satellite Passive Microwave Radiometry. Part I: Improved Method and Uncertainties

    William S. Olson;Christian D. Kummerow;Song Yang;Grant W. Petty

  • Retrieved Vertical Profiles of Latent Heat Release Using TRMM Rainfall Products for February 1998

    W. K. Tao;S. Lang;W. S. Olson;R. Meneghini

  • Real-time multianalysis-multimodel superensemble forecasts of precipitation using TRMM and SSM/I products

    T. N. Krishnamurti;Sajani Surendran;D. W. Shin;Ricardo J. Correa-Torres

  • A simplified scheme for obtaining precipitation and vertical hydrometeor profiles from passive microwave sensors

    C. Kummerov;W. S. Olson;L. Giglio

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian D. Kummerow
Christian D. Kummerow Colorado State University
Wei-Kuo Tao
Wei-Kuo Tao Goddard Space Flight Center
Arthur Y. Hou
Arthur Y. Hou Goddard Space Flight Center
Tristan L'Ecuyer
Tristan L'Ecuyer University of Wisconsin–Madison
Joanne Simpson
Joanne Simpson Goddard Space Flight Center
Robert Meneghini
Robert Meneghini Goddard Space Flight Center
Robert F. Adler
Robert F. Adler University of Maryland, College Park
Song Yang
Song Yang Guizhou University
Eric A. Smith
Eric A. Smith Florida State University
Duane E. Waliser
Duane E. Waliser Jet Propulsion Lab

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