| Sporadic E: Current views and recent progress JD Mathews Journal of atmospheric and solar-terrestrial physics 60 (4), 413-435, 1998 | 553 | 1998 |
| Electrical discharge from a thundercloud top to the lower ionosphere VP Pasko, MA Stanley, JD Mathews, US Inan, TG Wood Nature 416 (6877), 152-154, 2002 | 376 | 2002 |
| The micrometeoroid mass flux into the upper atmosphere: Arecibo results and a comparison with prior estimates JD Mathews, D Janches, DD Meisel, QH Zhou Geophysical Research Letters 28 (10), 1929-1932, 2001 | 183 | 2001 |
| Upper atmosphere tides and the vertical motion of ionospheric sporadic layers at Arecibo JD Mathews, FS Bekeny Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 84 (A6), 2743-2750, 1979 | 147 | 1979 |
| Very high resolution studies of micrometeors using the Arecibo 430 MHz radar JD Mathews, DD Meisel, KP Hunter, VS Getman, Q Zhou Icarus 126 (1), 157-169, 1997 | 138 | 1997 |
| Micrometeor observations using the Arecibo 430 MHz radar: I. Determination of the ballistic parameter from measured Doppler velocity and deceleration results D Janches, JD Mathews, DD Meisel, QH Zhou Icarus 145 (1), 53-63, 2000 | 130 | 2000 |
| Lidar, radar and airglow observations of a prominent sporadic Na/sporadic E layer event at Arecibo during AIDA-89 TJ Kane, CS Gardner, Q Znou, JD Mathews, CA Tepley Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics 55 (3), 499-511, 1993 | 119 | 1993 |
| Measurements of the diurnal tides in the 80‐to 100‐km altitude range at Arecibo JD Mathews Journal of Geophysical Research 81 (25), 4671-4677, 1976 | 104 | 1976 |
| A continuum of gravity waves in the Arecibo thermosphere? FT Djuth, MP Sulzer, SA Gonzales, JD Mathews, JH Elder, ... Geophysical Research Letters 31 (16), 2004 | 93 | 2004 |
| On the geocentric micrometeor velocity distribution D Janches, MC Nolan, DD Meisel, JD Mathews, QH Zhou, DE Moser Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 108 (A6), 2003 | 86 | 2003 |
| The effect of negative ions on collision‐dominated Thomson scattering JD Mathews Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 83 (A2), 505-512, 1978 | 82 | 1978 |
| Observations of ion layer motions during the AIDA campaign JD Mathews, YT Morton, Q Zhou Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics 55 (3), 447-457, 1993 | 81 | 1993 |
| Radio science issues surrounding HF/VHF/UHF radar meteor studies JD Mathews Journal of atmospheric and solar-terrestrial physics 66 (3-4), 285-299, 2004 | 78 | 2004 |
| Implications of meteor observations by the MU radar QH Zhou, JD Mathews, T Nakamura Geophysical research letters 28 (7), 1399-1402, 2001 | 75 | 2001 |
| Incoherent scatter radar probing of the 60-100-km atmosphere and ionosphere JD Mathews IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, 765-776, 1986 | 73 | 1986 |
| Extrasolar micrometeors radiating from the vicinity of the local interstellar bubble DD Meisel, D Janches, JD Mathews The Astrophysical Journal 567 (1), 323, 2002 | 66 | 2002 |
| A proposed temperature dependent mechanism for the formation of sporadic sodium layers Q Zhou, JD Mathews, CA Tepley Journal of atmospheric and terrestrial physics 55 (3), 513-521, 1993 | 66 | 1993 |
| The incoherent scatter radar as a tool for studying the ionospheric D-region JD Mathews Journal of atmospheric and terrestrial physics 46 (11), 975-986, 1984 | 65 | 1984 |
| The measurement of diurnal variations of electron concentration in the 60–100 km ionosphere at Arecibo JD Mathews, JK Breakall, S Ganguly Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics 44 (5), 441-448, 1982 | 63 | 1982 |
| Arecibo's thermospheric gravity waves and the case for an ocean source FT Djuth, LD Zhang, DJ Livneh, I Seker, SM Smith, MP Sulzer, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 115 (A8), 2010 | 59 | 2010 |
