Werner Alpers
Impact in
- Oceanography top 0.1%
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Earth-Surface Processes top 0.2%
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
Papers in
- Oceanography 163
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing 153
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes 107
- Underwater Acoustics Research 21
- Marine and coastal ecosystems 14
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- Coastal and Marine Dynamics 55
- Co-authors
- Heinrich Hühnerfuß (24 shared papers)Clifford L. Rufenach (5 shared papers)Martin Gade (15 shared papers)Klaus Hasselmann (7 shared papers)Roland Romeiser (12 shared papers)Ingo Hennings (6 shared papers)D. B. Ross (1 shared paper)Volkmar R. Wismann (11 shared papers)
- Journals
- Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (39 papers)International Journal of Remote Sensing (15 papers)IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (9 papers)Remote Sensing of Environment (7 papers)Monthly Weather Review (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- GermanyUnited StatesChina
In The Last Decade
Werner Alpers
163 papers receiving 6.4k citations
Werner Alpers's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 101
- Oceanography 6.5k
- Earth-Surface Processes 2.1k
- Pollution 1.7k
- Atmospheric Science 2.1k
- Aerospace Engineering 844
Countries citing papers authored by Werner Alpers
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Fields of papers citing papers by Werner Alpers
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Werner Alpers, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On the detectability of ocean surface waves by real and synthetic aperture radar Hit paper breakdown → | 1981 | 555 |
| 2 | 1985 | 429 | |
| 3 | Theory of synthetic aperture radar ocean imaging: A MARSEN view Hit paper breakdown → | 1985 | 415 |
| 4 | 1984 | 315 | |
| 5 | 1989 | 303 | |
| 6 | 1998 | 234 | |
| 7 | 1979 | 234 | |
| 8 | 2017 | 228 | |
| 9 | 1997 | 208 | |
| 10 | 1994 | 188 | |
| 11 | 1978 | 183 | |
| 12 | 1997 | 158 | |
| 13 | 2010 | 129 | |
| 14 | 1988 | 125 | |
| 15 | 1996 | 123 | |
| 16 | 1998 | 109 | |
| 17 | 1983 | 106 | |
| 18 | 1999 | 105 | |
| 19 | 1998 | 105 | |
| 20 | 1983 | 104 |
About Werner Alpers
Werner Alpers is a scholar working on Oceanography, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Pollution and Aerospace Engineering, having authored 176 papers that have together received 7.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (153 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (107 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (55 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (27 papers), Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation (24 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (21 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (20 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (6.5k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (2.1k citations), Pollution (1.7k citations), Atmospheric Science (2.1k citations) and Aerospace Engineering (844 citations). Werner Alpers has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Frequent co-authors include Heinrich Hühnerfuß, Clifford L. Rufenach, Martin Gade, Klaus Hasselmann, Roland Romeiser, Ingo Hennings, D. B. Ross, Volkmar R. Wismann, Kan Zeng and Burghard Brümmer. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, International Journal of Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing of Environment and Monthly Weather Review.
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