Albert J. Semtner

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

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Albert J. Semtner is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Albert J. Semtner has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Oceanography, 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 28 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Albert J. Semtner's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (32 papers), Climate variability and models (30 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (17 papers). Albert J. Semtner is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (32 papers), Climate variability and models (30 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (17 papers). Albert J. Semtner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Germany. Albert J. Semtner's co-authors include Robert M. Chervin, Warren M. Washington, Gerald A. Meehl, Wieslaw Maslowski, Yale Mintz, Anthony P Craig, Robin Tokmakian, Julie M. Arblaster, John W. Weatherly and Gary Strand and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

Albert J. Semtner

47 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Model for the Thermodynamic Growth of Sea Ice in Numerical Investigations of Climate

1976 961 citations Albert J. Semtner Journal of Physical Oceanography profile →
Parallel climate model (PCM) control and transient simulations

2000 525 citations Warren M. Washington, Gerald A. Meehl et al. Climate Dynamics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Albert J. Semtner United States	24	2.5k	2.0k	1.9k	362	111	49	3.6k
Josef M. Oberhuber Germany	23	1.9k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	132 0.4×	81 0.7×	47	2.7k
Anthony C. Hirst Australia	29	2.9k 1.2×	3.8k 1.8×	3.2k 1.7×	142 0.4×	169 1.5×	38	4.6k
Keith Haines United Kingdom	36	2.2k 0.9×	2.4k 1.2×	2.5k 1.3×	170 0.5×	277 2.5×	141	4.0k
Helmuth Haak Germany	28	3.6k 1.4×	3.9k 1.9×	2.4k 1.3×	275 0.8×	193 1.7×	56	5.0k
Eric B. Kraus United States	20	1.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	111 0.3×	116 1.0×	43	2.5k
Kristian Mogensen United Kingdom	20	2.2k 0.9×	2.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.0×	77 0.2×	68 0.6×	32	3.2k
Motoyoshi Ikeda Japan	26	975 0.4×	866 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	154 0.4×	143 1.3×	110	1.8k
Jin‐Song von Storch Germany	24	2.1k 0.8×	2.5k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	83 0.2×	98 0.9×	77	3.3k
Rosemary Morrow France	30	1.2k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	3.0k 1.5×	89 0.2×	168 1.5×	83	3.3k
Hideyuki Nakano Japan	27	1.6k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	160 0.4×	259 2.3×	81	2.8k

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Pierce, David W., T. P. Barnett, Robin Tokmakian, et al.. (2004). The ACPI Project, Element 1: Initializing a Coupled Climate Model from Observed Conditions. Climatic Change. 62(1-3). 13–28. 42 indexed citations

Semtner, Albert J.. (2000). Ocean and climate modeling. Communications of the ACM. 43(4). 80–89. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Yuxia, Wieslaw Maslowski, & Albert J. Semtner. (1999). Impact of mesoscale ocean currents on sea ice in high‐resolution Arctic ice and ocean simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 104(C8). 18409–18429. 42 indexed citations

Maltrud, Mathew, Richard D. Smith, Albert J. Semtner, & R. C. Malone. (1998). Global eddy‐resolving ocean simulations driven by 1985–1995 atmospheric winds. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 103(C13). 30825–30853. 129 indexed citations

Semtner, Albert J.. (1997). Introduction to “A Numerical Method for the Study of the Circulation of the World Ocean”. Journal of Computational Physics. 135(2). 149–153. 7 indexed citations

Ramp, Steven R., et al.. (1997). Observations and modeling of the 1991–1992 El Niño signal off central California. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 102(C3). 5553–5582. 60 indexed citations

Mccann, Michael, Albert J. Semtner, & Robert M. Chervin. (1994). Transports and budgets of volume, heat, and salt from a global eddy-resolving ocean model. Climate Dynamics. 10(1-2). 59–80. 23 indexed citations

Chiu, Ching‐Sang, et al.. (1994). A ray variability analysis of sound transmission from Heard Island to California. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 96(4). 2380–2388. 7 indexed citations

Semtner, Albert J., et al.. (1991). A numerical study of interannual ocean forcing on Arctic ice. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 96(C3). 4589–4603. 21 indexed citations

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Semtner, Albert J.. (1984). Modeling the Ocean in Climate Studies. Annals of Glaciology. 5. 133–140. 4 indexed citations

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Semtner, Albert J.. (1984). Modeling the Ocean in Climate Studies. Annals of Glaciology. 5. 133–140. 1 indexed citations

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Phillips, Thomas J. & Albert J. Semtner. (1984). The Seasonal Response of the Held-Suarez Climate Model to Prescribed Ocean Temperature Anomalies. Part I: Results of Decadal Integrations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 41(17). 2605–2619. 4 indexed citations

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Semtner, Albert J.. (1984). The Climatic Response of the Arctic Ocean to Soviet River Diversions (Abstract). Annals of Glaciology. 5. 229–229. 1 indexed citations

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Washington, Warren M., et al.. (1980). A General Circulation Experiment with a Coupled Atmosphere, Ocean and Sea Ice Model. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 10(12). 1887–1908. 54 indexed citations

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Semtner, Albert J. & William R. Holland. (1980). Numerical Simulation of Equatorial Ocean Circulation. Part I: A Basic Case in Turbulent Equilibrium. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 10(5). 667–693. 31 indexed citations

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Robinson, Allan R., D. E. Harrison, Yale Mintz, & Albert J. Semtner. (1977). Eddies and the General Circulation of an Idealized oceanic Gyre: A Wind and Thermally Driven Primitive Equation Numerical Experiment. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 7(2). 182–207. 32 indexed citations

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Semtner, Albert J. & Yale Mintz. (1977). Numerical Simulation of the Gulf Stream and Mid-Ocean Eddies. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 7(2). 208–230. 109 indexed citations

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Semtner, Albert J.. (1976). Numerical Simulation of the Arctic Ocean Circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 6(4). 409–425. 43 indexed citations

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Semtner, Albert J.. (1976). A Model for the Thermodynamic Growth of Sea Ice in Numerical Investigations of Climate. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 6(3). 379–389. 961 indexed citations breakdown →

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Semtner, Albert J.. (1968). Polynomial smoothing formulas and derivative formulas for one or two independent variables. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 2 indexed citations

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