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James C. McWilliams

Active 1979–2024

72
Papers
36,851
Citations
65
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Citations

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Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 865 citing papers, 32.3% of this breakdownChina: 269 citing papers, 10.1% of this breakdownFrance: 219 citing papers, 8.2% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 202 citing papers, 7.5% of this breakdownGermany: 166 citing papers, 6.2% of this breakdownAustralia: 88 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownCanada: 74 citing papers, 2.8% of this breakdownJapan: 70 citing papers, 2.6% of this breakdownItaly: 69 citing papers, 2.6% of this breakdownNetherlands: 67 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownSpain: 55 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownNorway: 45 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences52.4%
  • Environmental Science17.3%
  • Engineering11.9%
  • Physics and Astronomy8.1%
  • Computer Science4.7%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.1%
  • Other2.5%

Topics

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes16.4%
  • Climate variability and models10%
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing6.3%
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations6%
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems5.1%
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research4.1%
  • Other52.1%

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  1. The regional oceanic modeling system (ROMS): a split-explicit, free-surface, topography-following-coordinate oceanic model

    Authors: Alexander F. Shchepetkin, James C. McWilliams - Ocean Modelling 2004 cited by 5,227

  2. Submesoscale currents in the ocean

    Authors: James C. McWilliams - Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 2016 cited by 1,073

  3. A New Sea Surface Height–Based Code for Oceanic Mesoscale Eddy Tracking

    Authors: Evan Mason, Ananda Pascual, James C. McWilliams - Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 2014 cited by 345

  4. A Vector Geometry–Based Eddy Detection Algorithm and Its Application to a High-Resolution Numerical Model Product and High-Frequency Radar Surface Velocities in the Southern California Bight

    Authors: Francesco Nencioli, Changming Dong, Tommy D. Dickey, Libe Washburn, James C. McWilliams - Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 2009 cited by 527

  5. Ocean forecasting in terrain-following coordinates: Formulation and skill assessment of the Regional Ocean Modeling System

    Authors: Dale B. Haidvogel, Hernan G. Arango, W. Paul Budgell, Bruce D. Cornuelle, Enrique Curchitser, Emanuele Di Lorenzo, Katja Fennel, W. Rockwell Geyer, Albert J. Hermann, Lyon Lanerolle, Julia Levin, James C. McWilliams, Arthur J. Miller, Andrew M. Moore, Thomas M. Powell, Alexander F. Shchepetkin, Christopher R. Sherwood, Richard P. Signell, John C. Warner, John Wilkin - Journal of Computational Physics, J. Comput. Phys. 2007 cited by 1,419

  6. Global heat and salt transports by eddy movement

    Authors: Changming Dong, James C. McWilliams, Yu Liu, Dake Chen - Nature Communications 2014 cited by 569

  7. Rapidly rotating turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

    Authors: Keith Julien, Sonya Legg, James C. McWilliams, J. Werne - Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1996 cited by 266

  8. An Automated Approach to Detect Oceanic Eddies From Satellite Remotely Sensed Sea Surface Temperature Data

    Authors: Changming Dong, Francesco Nencioli, Yu Liu, James C. McWilliams - IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett. 2011 cited by 134

  9. Oceanic vertical mixing: A review and a model with a nonlocal boundary layer parameterization

    Authors: William G. Large, James C. McWilliams, Scott C. Doney - Reviews of Geophysics 1994 cited by 4,508

  10. Isopycnal Mixing in Ocean Circulation Models

    Authors: Peter R. Gent, James C. McWilliams - Journal of Physical Oceanography 1990 cited by 3,267

  11. The vortices of two-dimensional turbulence

    Authors: James C. McWilliams - Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1990 cited by 357

  12. Statistics of vertical vorticity, divergence, and strain in a developed submesoscale turbulence field

    Authors: Andrey Shcherbina, Eric A. D’Asaro, Craig M. Lee, Jody Klymak, M. Jeroen Molemaker, James C. McWilliams - Geophysical Research Letters 2013 cited by 242

  13. The emergence of isolated coherent vortices in turbulent flow

    Authors: James C. McWilliams - Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1984 cited by 1,127

  14. A method for computing horizontal pressure‐gradient force in an oceanic model with a nonaligned vertical coordinate

    Authors: Alexander F. Shchepetkin, James C. McWilliams - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 2003 cited by 849

  15. Ocean convergence and the dispersion of flotsam

    Authors: Eric A. D’Asaro, Andrey Shcherbina, Jody Klymak, Jeroen Molemaker, Guillaume Novelli, Cédric M. Guigand, Angelique C. Haza, Brian K. Haus, Edward H. Ryan, Gregg Jacobs, Helga S. Huntley, Nathan J. M. Laxague, Shuyi Chen, Falko Judt, James C. McWilliams, Roy Barkan, A. D. Kirwan, Andrew C. Poje, Tamay M. Özgökmen - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2018 cited by 301

  16. North Pacific Gyre Oscillation links ocean climate and ecosystem change

    Authors: Emanuele Di Lorenzo, Niklas Schneider, K. M. Cobb, Peter J. S. Franks, Kettyah C. Chhak, Arthur J. Miller, James C. McWilliams, Steven J. Bograd, Hernan G. Arango, Enrique Curchitser, Thomas M. Powell, Pascal Rivière - Geophysical Research Letters 2008 cited by 1,177

  17. Mesoscale to Submesoscale Transition in the California Current System. Part III: Energy Balance and Flux

    Authors: Xavier Capet, James C. McWilliams, M. Jeroen Molemaker, Alexander F. Shchepetkin - Journal of Physical Oceanography 2008 cited by 328

  18. Eddy-induced reduction of biological production in eastern boundary upwelling systems

    Authors: Nicolas Gruber, Zouhair Lachkar, Hartmut Frenzel, Patrick Marchesiello, Matthias Münnich, James C. McWilliams, Takeyoshi Nagai, Gian‐Kasper Plattner - Nature Geoscience 2011 cited by 420

  19. Correction and commentary for "Ocean forecasting in terrain-following coordinates: Formulation and skill assessment of the regional ocean modeling system" by Haidvogel et al., J. Comp. Phys 227, pp 3595-3624

    Authors: Alexander F. Shchepetkin, James C. McWilliams - Journal of Computational Physics, J. Comput. Phys. 2009 cited by 371

  20. Northwestern Pacific typhoon intensity controlled by changes in ocean temperatures

    Authors: Wei Mei, Shang‐Ping Xie, François Primeau, James C. McWilliams, Claudia Pasquero - Science Advances 2015 cited by 255

  21. Eddy analysis in the subtropical zonal band of the North Pacific Ocean

    Authors: Yu Liu, Changming Dong, Yuping Guan, Dake Chen, James C. McWilliams, Francesco Nencioli - Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers 2012 cited by 211

  22. Critical Magnetic Prandtl Number for Small-Scale Dynamo

    Authors: A. A. Schekochihin, S. C. Cowley, Jason Maron, James C. McWilliams - Physical Review Letters 2004 cited by 104

  23. A Forward Energy Flux at Submesoscales Driven by Frontogenesis

    Authors: Kaushik Srinivasan, Roy Barkan, James C. McWilliams - Journal of Physical Oceanography 2022 cited by 39

  24. Stochastic rectification of fast oscillations on slow manifold closures

    Authors: Mickaël D. Chekroun, Honghu Liu, James C. McWilliams - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021 cited by 18