David R. Legates
Impact in
- Global and Planetary Change top 0.1%
- Climate variability and models
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Water Science and Technology top 0.1%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Papers in
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- Climate variability and models 38
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 13
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis 13
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 8
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- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations 22
- Cryospheric studies and observations 9
- Precipitation Measurement and Analysis 8
- Co-authors
- Gregory J. McCabe (6 shared papers)Cort J. Willmott (7 shared papers)C. J. Willmott (2 shared papers)Robert E. Davis (4 shared papers)Pavel Groisman (3 shared papers)Johannes J. Feddema (1 shared paper)Katherine Klink (1 shared paper)Clinton M. Rowe (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- International Journal of Climatology (12 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (4 papers)Physical Geography (3 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (3 papers)The Professional Geographer (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesMexicoGermany
In The Last Decade
David R. Legates
80 papers receiving 10.9k citations
David R. Legates's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 168
- Global and Planetary Change 6.5k
- Water Science and Technology 3.3k
- Atmospheric Science 4.3k
- Environmental Engineering 2.9k
- Soil Science 1.2k
Countries citing papers authored by David R. Legates
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Fields of papers citing papers by David R. Legates
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evaluating the use of “goodness‐of‐fit” Measures in hydrologic and hydroclimatic model validation Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 3824 |
| 2 | Statistics for the evaluation and comparison of models Hit paper breakdown → | 1985 | 1687 |
| 3 | Mean seasonal and spatial variability in gauge‐corrected, global precipitation Hit paper breakdown → | 1990 | 1340 |
| 4 | Land cover changes and their biogeophysical effects on climate Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 595 |
| 5 | Mean seasonal and spatial variability in global surface air temperature Hit paper breakdown → | 1990 | 554 |
| 6 | 1994 | 347 | |
| 7 | 2010 | 313 | |
| 8 | Harmonic analysis of time-series AVHRR NDVI data | 2001 | 272 |
| 9 | 2005 | 252 | |
| 10 | 2002 | 248 | |
| 11 | 2020 | 227 | |
| 12 | 2012 | 165 | |
| 13 | 1993 | 105 | |
| 14 | a Climatology of Global Precipitation. | 1987 | 100 |
| 15 | 1997 | 84 | |
| 16 | 2013 | 84 | |
| 17 | 2003 | 66 | |
| 18 | 1995 | 58 | |
| 19 | 1999 | 57 | |
| 20 | 2005 | 57 |
About David R. Legates
David R. Legates is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Plant Science, having authored 81 papers that have together received 11.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate variability and models (38 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (22 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (13 papers), Hydrology and Drought Analysis (13 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (9 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (8 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (8 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (6.5k citations), Water Science and Technology (3.3k citations), Atmospheric Science (4.3k citations), Environmental Engineering (2.9k citations) and Soil Science (1.2k citations). David R. Legates has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Gregory J. McCabe, Cort J. Willmott, C. J. Willmott, Robert E. Davis, Pavel Groisman, Johannes J. Feddema, Katherine Klink, Clinton M. Rowe, James O’Donnell and Steven G. Ackleson. Their work appears in journals such as International Journal of Climatology, Geophysical Research Letters, Physical Geography, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Professional Geographer.
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