OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Meteorological Applications is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
A comparative study of convolutional neural network models for wind field downscaling	53
Using machine learning to predict fire‐ignition occurrences from lightning forecasts	30
Climatic zoning of Ghana using selected meteorological variables for the period 1976–2018	27
Response of surface ozone concentration to emission reduction and meteorology during the COVID‐19 lockdown in Europe	24
Hydrometeorological analysis of a flash flood event in an ungauged Mediterranean watershed under an operational forecasting and monitoring context	23
Responses of extreme high temperatures to urbanization in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei urban agglomeration in the context of a changing climate	23
Projected changes in extreme rainfall and temperature events and possible implications for Cameroon's socio‐economic sectors	20
Past and future drought trends, duration, and frequency in the semi‐arid Urmia Lake Basin under a changing climate	18
How well do atmospheric reanalyses reproduce observed winds in coastal regions of Mexico?	17
Spatio‐temporal rainfall variability and trend analysis in the Tekeze‐Atbara river basin, northwestern Ethiopia	17
Drought characteristics over Nepal Himalaya and their relationship with climatic indices	16
Pattern‐based conditioning enhances sub‐seasonal prediction skill of European national energy variables	15
Calibration of non‐catching precipitation measurement instruments: A review	14
Historical analysis (2001–2019) of low‐level wind shear at the Hong Kong International Airport	13
Comparison of the BMA and EMOS statistical methods for probabilistic quantitative precipitation forecasting	13
A seasonally blended and regionally integrated drought index using Bayesian network theory	13
Deep learning‐based precipitation bias correction approach for Yin–He global spectral model	13
An open workflow to gain insights about low‐likelihood high‐impact weather events from initialized predictions	13
Simulation of potential evapotranspiration values based on vine copula	13
Estimation of precipitation induced by tropical cyclones based on machine‐learning‐enhanced analogue identification of numerical prediction	13
Comparison of rainfall microphysics characteristics derived by numerical weather prediction modelling and dual‐frequency precipitation radar	12
How skilful are Nowcasting Satellite Applications Facility products for tropical Africa?	11
High‐resolution (40 m) simulation of a severe case of low‐level windshear at the Hong Kong International Airport—Comparison with observations and skills in windshear alerting	11
Characterizing renewable energy compound events across Europe using a logistic regression‐based approach	11
How useful are crowdsourced air temperature observations? An assessment of Netatmo stations and quality control schemes over the United Kingdom	11

Greenland ice sheet rainfall climatology, extremes and atmospheric river rapids	10
Assessing the risk of windshear occurrence at HKIA using rare‐event logistic regression	10
Towards operational impact forecasting of building damage from winter windstorms in Switzerland	10
Long‐term hydrological assessment of remote sensing precipitation from multiple sources over the lower Yangtze River basin, China	10
An investigation into trends in frequency and proportion of different durations of various types of extreme precipitation in Iran	9
The application of predefined weather patterns over India within probabilistic medium‐range forecasting tools for high‐impact weather	9
Impact of radar data assimilation on a squall line over the Yangtze–Huaihe River Basin with a radar reflectivity operator accounting for ice‐phase hydrometeors	9
Modelling extreme rainfall events in Kigali city using generalized Pareto distribution	9
Impacts of temperature and humidity changes on air‐conditioning design load under the climate change conditions in different climate zones of China	8
Over a century evidence of historical and recent dryness/wetness in sub‐humid areas: A Uganda, East African case	8
Machine learning in calibrating tropical cyclone intensity forecast of ECMWF EPS	8
Climate zones in Iran	8
Fog probabilistic forecasting using an ensemble prediction system at six airports in Iran for 10 fog events	8
High‐resolution climate characteristics of the Arabian Gulf based on a validated regional reanalysis	8
Characterizing the variability and meteorological drivers of wind power and solar power generation over Africa	8
Comparison of TROPOMI NO₂, CO, HCHO, and SO₂ data against ground‐level measurements in close proximity to large anthropogenic emission	8
Nonlinear modulation ofCOVID‐19 transmission by climate conditions	8
The Italian open data meteorological portal: MISTRAL	8
The impact of time‐varying sea surface temperature on UK regional atmosphere forecasts	8
A transformer neural network for predicting near‐surface temperature	8
How reliable are TIGGE daily deterministic precipitation forecasts over different climate and topographic conditions of Iran?	8
Possible influence of the convection schemes in regional climate model RegCM4.6 for climate services over Central Africa	8
Analysis and numerical simulation of a supercell tornado at the Hong Kong adjacent waters	7
Predicting origins of coherent air mass trajectories using a neural network—the case of dry intrusions	7
Future changes in temperature extremes in climate variability over Iran	7
Development of objective forecast guidance on tropical cyclone rapid intensity change	7
Meteorological conditions during periods of low wind speed and insolation in Germany: The role of weather regimes	7
The role of global reanalyses in climate services for health: Insights from the Lancet Countdown	7
High‐resolution flood precipitation and streamflow relationships in two US river basins	7
Comparison of irradiance forecasts from operational NWP model and satellite‐based estimates over Fennoscandia	6
Intercomparison of atmospheric forcing datasets and twoPBLschemes for precipitation modelling over a coastal valley in northern British Columbia, Canada	6
The iCOLT climate service: Seasonal predictions of irrigation for Emilia‐Romagna, Italy	6
Wisteria trellises and tents as tools for improved thermal comfort and heat stress mitigation: Meteorological, physiological, and psychological analyses considering the relaxation effect of greenery	6
Teleconnection patterns in the Southern Hemisphere represented by ECMWF and NCEP S2S project models and influences on South America precipitation	6
A decision‐making experiment under wind power forecast uncertainty	6
A hybrid statistical‐dynamical prediction scheme for summer monthly precipitation over Northeast China	6
The effect of anomalous weather on the seasonal clothing market in New York	6
How many offshore wind turbines does New England need?	6
How urban growth changes the heat island effect and human thermal sensations over the last 100 years and towards the future in a European city?	5
Towards a convection‐permitting regional reanalysis over the Italian domain	5
Verification of operational numerical weather prediction model forecasts of precipitation using satellite rainfall estimates over Africa	5
Local temperature forecasts based on statistical post‐processing of numerical weather prediction data	5
Low‐cost air quality monitoring networks for long‐term field campaigns: A review	5
Forecasting extreme precipitation in the central Mediterranean: Changes in predictors' strength with prediction lead time	5
Quality management system and design of an integrated mesoscale meteorological network in Central Italy	5
Impact of assimilating Mode‐S EHS winds in the Met Office's high‐resolution NWP model	5
Numerical simulation study of the effects of foehn winds on white head incidences in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan	5
Temperature error‐correction method for surface air temperature data	5
Evaluating modelled winds over an urban area using ground‐based Doppler lidar observations	5
Multivariate drought analysis for the temperature homogeneous regions of India: Lessons from the Gomati River basin	5

The application of sub‐seasonal to seasonal (S2S) predictions for hydropower forecasting	5
Dealing with trend uncertainty in empirical estimates of European rainfall climate for insurance risk management	5
Assimilation of data from the MWHS‐II onboard the first early morning satellite FY‐3E into the CMA global 4D‐Var system	5