A. E. Gill

11.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
64 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

A. E. Gill is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, A. E. Gill has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Oceanography, 23 papers in Atmospheric Science and 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in A. E. Gill's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (31 papers), Climate variability and models (19 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (14 papers). A. E. Gill is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (31 papers), Climate variability and models (19 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (14 papers). A. E. Gill collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Tunisia. A. E. Gill's co-authors include G. K. Batchelor, Pearn P. Niller, E. H. Schumann, Peter G. Baines, David L. T. Anderson, A. J. Simmons, Allan J. Clarke, Eugene M. Rasmusson, A. Davey and Carl Wunsch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

A. E. Gill

63 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

Some simple solutions for heat‐induced tropical circulation 1973 2026 1990 2008 1980 1973 1973 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Some simple solutions for heat‐induced tropical circulation
    1980 3.6k citations A. E. Gill Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society profile →
  2. The theory of the seasonal variability in the ocean
    1973 419 citations A. E. Gill et al. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts profile →
  3. Circulation and bottom water production in the Weddell Sea
    1973 366 citations A. E. Gill Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. E. Gill United Kingdom 37 5.6k 5.5k 5.3k 1.5k 703 64 9.2k
F. P. Bretherton United States 31 3.2k 0.6× 2.4k 0.4× 3.3k 0.6× 1.9k 1.3× 1.5k 2.1× 58 9.0k
S. A. Thorpe United Kingdom 44 2.8k 0.5× 1.1k 0.2× 4.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 215 0.3× 138 6.4k
Henry Stommel United States 42 4.3k 0.8× 3.9k 0.7× 6.0k 1.1× 308 0.2× 137 0.2× 140 8.5k
Brian F. Farrell United States 41 3.4k 0.6× 3.6k 0.7× 1.6k 0.3× 2.6k 1.7× 191 0.3× 107 6.6k
R. W. Griffiths Australia 49 2.5k 0.4× 848 0.2× 1.8k 0.3× 1.2k 0.8× 376 0.5× 139 8.5k
J. A. Whitehead United States 39 1.9k 0.3× 716 0.1× 1.9k 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 435 0.6× 133 7.5k
Melvin E. Stern United States 26 1.7k 0.3× 980 0.2× 2.0k 0.4× 639 0.4× 260 0.4× 92 3.5k
O. M. Phillips United States 40 2.9k 0.5× 550 0.1× 6.2k 1.2× 1.5k 1.0× 308 0.4× 81 9.0k
T. Rossby United States 35 1.9k 0.3× 1.7k 0.3× 3.3k 0.6× 469 0.3× 180 0.3× 101 4.2k
Peter G. Baines Australia 33 1.9k 0.3× 1.2k 0.2× 2.2k 0.4× 557 0.4× 146 0.2× 82 3.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by A. E. Gill

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. E. Gill

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gill, A. E.. (1985). An explicit solution of the linear thermocline equations. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 37A(3). 276–285. 4 indexed citations
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Hsieh, William W. & A. E. Gill. (1984). The Rossby Adjustment Problem in a Rotating, Stratified Channel, with and without Topography. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 14(2). 424–437. 15 indexed citations
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Gill, A. E. & Eugene M. Rasmusson. (1983). The 1982–83 climate anomaly in the equatorial Pacific. Nature. 306(5940). 229–234. 184 indexed citations
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Gill, A. E., et al.. (1981). Generation of coastal lows by synoptic‐scale waves. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 107(453). 521–530. 16 indexed citations
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Gill, A. E.. (1979). A simple model for showing effects of geometry on the ocean tides. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 367(1731). 549–571. 3 indexed citations
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Wadhams, Peter, A. E. Gill, & P. F. Linden. (1979). Transects by submarine of the East Greenland Polar Front. Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers. 26(12). 1311–1327. 70 indexed citations
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Gill, A. E.. (1977). The hydraulics of rotating-channel flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 80(4). 641–671. 141 indexed citations
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Gill, A. E.. (1977). Coastally trapped waves in the atmosphere. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 103(437). 431–440. 71 indexed citations
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Anderson, David L. T. & A. E. Gill. (1975). Spin-up of a stratified ocean, with applications to upwelling. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 22(9). 583–596. 194 indexed citations
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Gill, A. E.. (1975). Evidence for mid-ocean eddies in weather ship records. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 22(10). 647–652. 16 indexed citations
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Gill, A. E., et al.. (1975). Reply to Pedlosky. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 22(8). 577–578. 2 indexed citations
12.
Gill, A. E. & E. H. Schumann. (1974). The Generation of Long Shelf Waves by the Wind. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 4(1). 83–90. 208 indexed citations
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Gill, A. E. & Allan J. Clarke. (1974). Wind-induced upwelling, coastal currents and sea-level changes. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 21(5). 325–345. 220 indexed citations
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Gill, A. E., et al.. (1974). Energy partition in the large-scale ocean circulation and the production of mid-ocean eddies. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 21(7). 499–528. 337 indexed citations
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Gill, A. E.. (1971). A discussion on ocean currents and their dynamics - Ocean models. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 270(1206). 391–413. 12 indexed citations
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Gill, A. E., et al.. (1970). A note on the stability of convection in a vertical slot. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 42(1). 125–127. 50 indexed citations
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Gill, A. E.. (1969). A proof that convection in a porous vertical slab is stable. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 35(3). 545–547. 110 indexed citations
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Gill, A. E. & J. S. Turner. (1969). Some New Ideas about the Formation of Antarctic Bottom Water. Nature. 224(5226). 1287–1288. 14 indexed citations
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Longuet‐Higgins, M. S. & A. E. Gill. (1967). Resonant interactions between planetary waves. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 299(1456). 120–144. 104 indexed citations
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Batchelor, G. K. & A. E. Gill. (1962). Analysis of the stability of axisymmetric jets. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 14(4). 529–551. 444 indexed citations

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