| Evaluating the use of “goodness‐of‐fit” measures in hydrologic and hydroclimatic model validation DR Legates, GJ McCabe Jr Water resources research 35 (1), 233-241, 1999 | 5081 | 1999 |
| Statistics for the evaluation and comparison of models CJ Willmott, SG Ackleson, RE Davis, JJ Feddema, KM Klink, DR Legates, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 90 (C5), 8995-9005, 1985 | 2501 | 1985 |
| Mean seasonal and spatial variability in gauge‐corrected, global precipitation DR Legates, CJ Willmott International Journal of Climatology 10 (2), 111-127, 1990 | 1981 | 1990 |
| Mean seasonal and spatial variability in global surface air temperature DR Legates, CJ Willmott Theoretical and applied climatology 41 (1-2), 11-21, 1990 | 821 | 1990 |
| Land cover changes and their biogeophysical effects on climate R Mahmood, RA Pielke, KG Hubbard, D Niyogi, PA Dirmeyer, C McAlpine, ... International Journal of Climatology 34 (4), 929-953, 2014 | 654 | 2014 |
| The accuracy of United States precipitation data PY Groisman, DR Legates Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 75 (2), 215-228, 1994 | 535 | 1994 |
| Harmonic analysis of time-series AVHRR NDVI data ME Jakubauskas, DR Legates, JH Kastens Photogrammetric engineering and remote sensing 67 (4), 461-470, 2001 | 435 | 2001 |
| Soil moisture: A central and unifying theme in physical geography DR Legates, R Mahmood, DF Levia, TL DeLiberty, SM Quiring, C Houser, ... Progress in Physical Geography 35 (1), 65-86, 2011 | 383 | 2011 |
| Crop identification using harmonic analysis of time-series AVHRR NDVI data ME Jakubauskas, DR Legates, JH Kastens Computers and electronics in agriculture 37 (1-3), 127-139, 2002 | 371 | 2002 |
| Impacts of land use/land cover change on climate and future research priorities R Mahmood, RA Pielke Sr, KG Hubbard, D Niyogi, G Bonan, P Lawrence, ... Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 91 (1), 37-46, 2010 | 328 | 2010 |
| Bias corrections of long‐term (1973–2004) daily precipitation data over the northern regions D Yang, D Kane, Z Zhang, D Legates, B Goodison Geophysical Research Letters 32 (19), 2005 | 304 | 2005 |
| A refined index of model performance: a rejoinder DR Legates, GJ McCabe International Journal of Climatology 33 (4), 1053-1056, 2013 | 184 | 2013 |
| Reconstructing climatic and environmental changes of the past 1000 years: a reappraisal W Soon, S Baliunas, C Idso, S Idso, DR Legates Energy & Environment 14 (2-3), 233-296, 2003 | 181 | 2003 |
| A climatology of global precipitation. DR Legates | 166 | 1988 |
| PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT BIASES IN THE UNITED STATES1 DR Legates, TL DeLiberty JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association 29 (5), 855-861, 1993 | 154 | 1993 |
| The continuing search for an anthropogenic climate change signal: Limitations of correlation‐based approaches DR Legates, RE Davis Geophysical Research Letters 24 (18), 2319-2322, 1997 | 100 | 1997 |
| Comments on “Evidence for global runoff increase related to climate warming” by Labat et al. DR Legates, HF Lins, GJ McCabe Advances in Water Resources 28 (12), 1310-1315, 2005 | 97 | 2005 |
| Documenting and detecting long-term precipitation trends: where we are and what should be done PY Groisman, DR Legates Climatic change 31 (2-4), 601-622, 1995 | 93 | 1995 |
| Global and terrestrial precipitation: A comparative assessment of existing climatologies DR Legates International journal of Climatology 15 (3), 237-258, 1995 | 89 | 1995 |
| Real‐time calibration of radar precipitation estimates DR Legates The Professional Geographer 52 (2), 235-246, 2000 | 86 | 2000 |
