Abraham H. Oort

8.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Abraham H. Oort is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Abraham H. Oort has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 31 papers in Atmospheric Science and 24 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Abraham H. Oort's work include Climate variability and models (36 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (24 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (17 papers). Abraham H. Oort is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (36 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (24 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (17 papers). Abraham H. Oort collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and United Kingdom. Abraham H. Oort's co-authors include José P. Peixóto, Karl E. Taylor, Curt Covey, Thomas H. Vonder Haar, J. J. Yienger, Noboru Nakamura, Sydney Levitus, Eugene M. Rasmusson, V. Ramaswamy and David J. Karoly and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

Abraham H. Oort

58 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Physics of Climate

1992 1.5k citations José P. Peixóto, Abraham H. Oort Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
Physics of Climate

1992 951 citations José P. Peixóto, Abraham H. Oort et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Abraham H. Oort United States	34	4.7k	4.6k	1.8k	504	242	59	6.2k
José P. Peixóto United States	17	2.4k 0.5×	2.4k 0.5×	991 0.5×	335 0.7×	215 0.9×	38	3.4k
J. G. Charney United States	20	5.2k 1.1×	5.1k 1.1×	2.1k 1.2×	893 1.8×	152 0.6×	30	7.4k
Curt Covey United States	28	5.1k 1.1×	4.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	578 1.1×	68 0.3×	77	6.8k
A. E. Gill United Kingdom	37	5.5k 1.2×	5.6k 1.2×	5.3k 2.9×	278 0.6×	122 0.5×	64	9.2k
Reginald E. Newell United States	45	5.3k 1.1×	5.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	600 1.2×	33 0.1×	149	6.7k
Peter B. Rhines United States	47	4.6k 1.0×	5.6k 1.2×	6.3k 3.5×	611 1.2×	155 0.6×	90	9.4k
Roy L. Jenne United States	15	4.4k 0.9×	3.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	254 0.5×	31 0.1×	24	5.2k
Trevor J. McDougall Australia	42	3.8k 0.8×	3.6k 0.8×	5.6k 3.1×	145 0.3×	211 0.9×	141	7.9k
Henry Stommel United States	42	3.9k 0.8×	4.3k 0.9×	6.0k 3.3×	176 0.3×	223 0.9×	140	8.5k
Anthony D. Del Genio United States	54	7.4k 1.6×	7.7k 1.7×	1.1k 0.6×	2.0k 3.9×	89 0.4×	154	10.0k

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All Works

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Oort, Abraham H., et al.. (1996). The Climatology of Relative Humidity in the Atmosphere. Journal of Climate. 9(12). 3443–3463. 142 indexed citations

Oort, Abraham H., et al.. (1993). Upper-Air Temperature Trends over the Globe, 1958–1989. Journal of Climate. 6(2). 292–307. 93 indexed citations

Peixóto, José P. & Abraham H. Oort. (1992). Physics of Climate. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1540 indexed citations breakdown →

Oort, Abraham H.. (1989). Angular Momentum Cycle in the Atmosphere-Ocean-Solid Earth System. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 70(10). 1231–1242. 18 indexed citations

Oort, Abraham H., et al.. (1987). Historical trends in the surface temperature over the oceans based on the COADS. Climate Dynamics. 2(1). 29–38. 58 indexed citations

Rosen, Richard D., et al.. (1985). Circulation Statistics Derived from Level III-b and Station-Based Analyses during FGGE. Monthly Weather Review. 113(1). 65–88. 6 indexed citations

Peixóto, José P. & Abraham H. Oort. (1984). Physics of climate. Reviews of Modern Physics. 56(3). 365–429. 109 indexed citations

Wahr, John & Abraham H. Oort. (1984). Friction- and Mountain-Torque Estimates from Global Atmospheric Data. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 41(2). 190–204. 36 indexed citations

Lau, Ngar‐Cheung & Abraham H. Oort. (1982). A Comparative Study of Observed Northern Hemisphere Circulation Statistics Based on GFDL and NMC Analyses. Part II: Transient Eddy Statistics and the Energy Cycle. Monthly Weather Review. 110(8). 889–906. 15 indexed citations

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Lau, Ngar‐Cheung & Abraham H. Oort. (1981). A Comparative Study of Observed Northern Hemisphere Circulation Statistics Based on GFDL and NMC Analyses. Part I: The Time-Mean Fields. Monthly Weather Review. 109(7). 1380–1403. 7 indexed citations

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Oort, Abraham H.. (1978). Adequacy of the Rawinsonde Network for Global Circulation Studies Tested through Numerical Model Output. Monthly Weather Review. 106(2). 174–195. 39 indexed citations

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Oort, Abraham H. & Paul H. Chan. (1977). On the role of the Asian monsoon in the angular momentum and kinetic energy balances of the tropics. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 115(5-6). 1167–1186. 5 indexed citations

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Oort, Abraham H. & Thomas H. Vonder Haar. (1976). On the Observed Annual Cycle in the Ocean-Atmosphere Heat Balance Over the Northern Hemisphere. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 6(6). 781–800. 197 indexed citations

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Oort, Abraham H. & José P. Peixóto. (1976). On the variability of the atmospheric energy cycle within a 5-year period. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 81(21). 3643–3659. 19 indexed citations

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Oort, Abraham H., et al.. (1974). Interannual Variations in Convective Activity Over the GATE Area. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 55(3). 220–226. 2 indexed citations

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Peixóto, José P. & Abraham H. Oort. (1974). The annual distribution of atmospheric energy on a planetary scale. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 79(15). 2149–2159. 74 indexed citations

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Oort, Abraham H.. (1971). The Atmospheric Circulation--The Weather Machine of the Earth.. The Science Teacher. 1 indexed citations

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Oort, Abraham H. & Albion D. Taylor. (1969). ON THE KINETIC ENERGY SPECTRUM NEAR THE GROUND. Monthly Weather Review. 97(9). 623–636. 42 indexed citations

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Oort, Abraham H.. (1964). On the energetics of the mean and eddy circulations in the lower stratosphere. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 16(3). 309–327. 36 indexed citations

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Oort, Abraham H.. (1964). Computations of the eddy heat and density transports across the Gulf Stream. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 16(1). 55–63. 19 indexed citations

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