Alejandro H. Orsi

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Alejandro H. Orsi is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro H. Orsi has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Oceanography, 19 papers in Atmospheric Science and 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Alejandro H. Orsi's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (19 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (11 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (11 papers). Alejandro H. Orsi is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (19 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (11 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (11 papers). Alejandro H. Orsi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Australia. Alejandro H. Orsi's co-authors include Thomas Whitworth, Worth D. Nowlin, John L. Bullister, Gregory C. Johnson, William M. Smethie, Arnold L. Gordon, Yong Sun Kim, Robin D. Muench, Martin Visbeck and Laurie Padman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro H. Orsi

26 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

On the meridional extent and fronts of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

1995 2.2k citations Alejandro H. Orsi, Thomas Whitworth et al. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers profile →
Circulation, mixing, and production of Antarctic Bottom Water

1999 822 citations Alejandro H. Orsi, Gregory C. Johnson et al. Progress In Oceanography profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alejandro H. Orsi United States	20	3.5k	3.4k	1.6k	1.1k	466	26	5.1k
Worth D. Nowlin United States	27	4.3k 1.2×	3.2k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	446 1.0×	70	5.5k
Matthias Tomczak Australia	28	3.2k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	1.8k 1.1×	753 0.7×	409 0.9×	98	4.1k
Eberhard Fahrbach Germany	40	3.1k 0.9×	3.8k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	968 2.1×	128	5.4k
Thomas Whitworth United States	25	3.6k 1.0×	2.8k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	367 0.8×	33	4.8k
Shenn‐Yu Chao United States	38	4.2k 1.2×	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	795 0.7×	414 0.9×	90	5.1k
J. S. Godfrey Australia	33	4.4k 1.3×	2.4k 0.7×	3.5k 2.1×	647 0.6×	225 0.5×	66	5.4k
J. L. Russell United States	29	1.4k 0.4×	2.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	636 0.6×	466 1.0×	61	3.6k
Braddock K. Linsley United States	36	1.4k 0.4×	3.1k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	2.0k 1.8×	465 1.0×	77	4.2k
Adriana Huyer United States	40	4.1k 1.2×	1.5k 0.4×	2.1k 1.3×	968 0.9×	289 0.6×	90	4.8k
Agnieszka Beszczyńska-Möller Poland	33	2.1k 0.6×	2.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	1.4k 3.1×	67	4.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Orsi, Alejandro H., et al.. (2022). Impact of Sea Ice Production off Sabrina Coast, East Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(5). 4 indexed citations

Orsi, Alejandro H., et al.. (2015). Direct evidence of warm water access to the Totten Glacier sub-ice shelf cavity. AGUFM. 2015. 1 indexed citations

Swift, James H. & Alejandro H. Orsi. (2012). Sixty-Four Days of Hydrography and Storms: RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer's 2011 S04P Cruise. Oceanography. 25(3). 54–55. 24 indexed citations

Arneborg, Lars, Anna Wåhlin, Göran Björk, Bengt Liljebladh, & Alejandro H. Orsi. (2012). Persistent inflow of warm water onto the central Amundsen shelf. Nature Geoscience. 5(12). 876–880. 78 indexed citations

Ducklow, Hugh W., Alejandro H. Orsi, & Julia S. Wellner. (2012). Introduction to the Special Issue on Antarctic Oceanography in a Changing World. Oceanography. 25(3). 14–17. 5 indexed citations

Downes, Stephanie M., Robert M. Key, Alejandro H. Orsi, Kevin Speer, & James H. Swift. (2012). Tracing Southwest Pacific Bottom Water Using Potential Vorticity and Helium-3. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 42(12). 2153–2168. 3 indexed citations

Smith, Walker O, Peter N. Sedwick, Kevin R. Arrigo, David G. Ainley, & Alejandro H. Orsi. (2012). The Ross Sea in a Sea of Change. Oceanography. 25(3). 90–103. 96 indexed citations

Garzoli, Silvia L., Rana A. Fine, С. В. Гладышев, et al.. (2010). Progressing Towards Global Sustained Deep Ocean Observations. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 354–365. 16 indexed citations

Orsi, Alejandro H.. (2010). Recycling bottom waters. Nature Geoscience. 3(5). 307–309. 13 indexed citations

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Gordon, Arnold L., Alejandro H. Orsi, Robin D. Muench, et al.. (2008). Western Ross Sea continental slope gravity currents. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 56(13-14). 796–817. 134 indexed citations

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Muench, Robin D., Laurie Padman, Arnold L. Gordon, & Alejandro H. Orsi. (2008). A dense water outflow from the Ross Sea, Antarctica: Mixing and the contribution of tides. Journal of Marine Systems. 77(4). 369–387. 55 indexed citations

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Whitworth, Thomas & Alejandro H. Orsi. (2006). Antarctic Bottom Water production and export by tides in the Ross Sea. Geophysical Research Letters. 33(12). 85 indexed citations

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Orsi, Alejandro H. & Thomas Whitworth. (2005). Hydrographic Atlas of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Volume 1: Southern Ocean. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 41 indexed citations

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Orsi, Alejandro H., William M. Smethie, & John L. Bullister. (2002). On the total input of Antarctic waters to the deep ocean: A preliminary estimate from chlorofluorocarbon measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107(C8). 226 indexed citations

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Orsi, Alejandro H., Stanley S. Jacobs, Arnold L. Gordon, & Martin Visbeck. (2001). Cooling and ventilating the Abyssal Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. 28(15). 2923–2926. 87 indexed citations

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Orsi, Alejandro H., Gregory C. Johnson, & John L. Bullister. (1999). Circulation, mixing, and production of Antarctic Bottom Water. Progress In Oceanography. 43(1). 55–109. 822 indexed citations breakdown →

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Johnson, Gregory C. & Alejandro H. Orsi. (1997). Southwest Pacific Ocean Water-Mass Changes between 1968/69 and 1990/91*†. Journal of Climate. 10(2). 306–316. 68 indexed citations

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Orsi, Alejandro H., Thomas Whitworth, & Worth D. Nowlin. (1995). On the meridional extent and fronts of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 42(5). 641–673. 2240 indexed citations breakdown →

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Whitworth, Thomas, Worth D. Nowlin, Alejandro H. Orsi, Ricardo Locarnini, & Shantelle Smith. (1994). Weddell Sea shelf water in the Bransfield Strait and Weddell-Scotia Confluence. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 41(4). 629–641. 139 indexed citations

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Orsi, Alejandro H., Worth D. Nowlin, & Thomas Whitworth. (1993). On the circulation and stratification of the Weddell Gyre. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 40(1). 169–203. 275 indexed citations

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