Alfred Wüest

12.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
197 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

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Alfred Wüest is a scholar working on Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfred Wüest has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Oceanography, 70 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 62 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Alfred Wüest's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (64 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (59 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (57 papers). Alfred Wüest is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (64 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (59 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (57 papers). Alfred Wüest collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Alfred Wüest's co-authors include Andreas Lorke, Martin Schmid, Beat Müller, Damien Bouffard, Daniel F. McGinnis, Gabriela Friedl, Bernhard Wehrli, Dieter M. Imboden, Andreas Matzinger and Frank Peeters and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alfred Wüest

194 papers receiving 8.4k citations

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Fate of rising methane bubbles in stratified waters: How much methane reaches the atmosphere?

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Spatial Variability of Turbulent Mixing From an Underwater Glider in a Large, Deep, Stratified Lake 2023 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·(unknown), Alexander L. Forrest, (unknown), Bieito Fernández Castro, Sébastien Lavanchy, Alfred Wüest, Damien Bouffard	5
2	Effects of Bubble Plumes on Lake Dynamics, Near‐Bottom Turbulence, and Transfer of Dissolved Oxygen at the Sediment‐Water Interface 2023 ·Water Resources Research ·Binbin Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Lee D. Bryant, John C. Little, Alfred Wüest, Scott A. Socolofsky	2
3	Penetrative Convection Modifies the Dynamics of Downslope Gravity Currents 2023 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown), Hugo N. Ulloa, Cintia L. Ramón, Alfred Wüest, Damien Bouffard	6
4	Seasonality of density currents induced by differential cooling 2022 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·(unknown), Cintia L. Ramón, Hugo N. Ulloa, Alfred Wüest, Damien Bouffard	14
5	Seasonality modulates wind-driven mixing pathways in a large lake 2021 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Bieito Fernández Castro, Damien Bouffard, Cary D. Troy, Hugo N. Ulloa, Sebastiano Piccolroaz, (unknown), Hannah E. Chmiel, (unknown), Sébastien Lavanchy, Alfred Wüest	14
6	Inhibited vertical mixing and seasonal persistence of a thin cyanobacterial layer in a stratified lake 2021 ·Aquatic Sciences ·Bieito Fernández Castro, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Posch, Damien Bouffard, Alfred Wüest	10
7	Primary and Net Ecosystem Production in a Large Lake Diagnosed From High‐Resolution Oxygen Measurements 2021 ·Water Resources Research ·Bieito Fernández Castro, Hannah E. Chmiel, Camille Minaudo, (unknown), (unknown), Séréna Rasconi, Alfred Wüest	18
8	Data assimilation of in situ and satellite remote sensing data to 3D hydrodynamic lake models: a case study using Delft3D-FLOW v4.03 and OpenDA v2.4 2020 ·Geoscientific model development ·(unknown), Philip Chu, Jonas Šukys, Gian-Duri Lieberherr, Stefan Wunderle, Alfred Wüest, Damien Bouffard	35
9	Oxygen consumption in seasonally stratified lakes decreases only below a marginal phosphorus threshold 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Beat Müller, (unknown), Robert Schwefel, René Gächter, Michael Sturm, Alfred Wüest	21
10	Data assimilation of in-situ and satellite remote sensing data to 3D hydrodynamic lake models 2019 ·(unknown), Philip Chu, Jonas Šukys, Gian-Duri Lieberherr, Stefan Wunderle, Alfred Wüest, Damien Bouffard	4
11	The role of double diffusion for the heat and salt balance in Lake Kivu 2018 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·Tobias Sommer, Martin Schmid, Alfred Wüest	5
12	THERMISCHE NUTZUNG VON SEEN UND FLÜSSEN 2018 ·Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) ·(unknown), Martin Schmid, Alfred Wüest	1
13	Increased sediment oxygen flux in lakes and reservoirs: The impact of hypolimnetic oxygenation 2017 ·Water Resources Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Scott A. Socolofsky, Lee D. Bryant, Alfred Wüest, John C. Little	30
14	Characterisation of the Subaquatic Groundwater Discharge That Maintains the Permanent Stratification within Lake Kivu; East Africa 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alfred Wüest, Martin Schmid	25
15	Modeling of temperature and turbidity in a natural lake and a reservoir connected by pumped‐storage operations 2012 ·Water Resources Research ·(unknown), Flavio S. Anselmetti, Alfred Wüest, Martin Schmid	46
16	Assessment on physico-chemical composition of surface karst springs feeding Lake Ohrid 2012 ·(unknown), Trajče Stafilov, Alfred Wüest	4
17	Independent review of the environmental impact assessment for the Merowe Dam Project (Nile River, Sudan) 2006 ·DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)) ·Cristian R. Teodoru, Alfred Wüest, Bernhard Wehrli	7
18	Upward flux of methane in the Black Sea: does it reach the atmosphere? 2005 ·DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)) ·Daniel F. McGinnis, Alfred Wüest, Carsten J. Schubert, (unknown), Andreas Lorke, Rolf Kipfer, (unknown), K. M. Lam	4
19	Green Hydropower: The contribution of aquatic science research to the promotion of sustainable electricity 2003 ·Aquatic Sciences ·Bernhard Truffer, (unknown), Jochen Markard, Armin Peter, Alfred Wüest, Bernhard Wehrli	48
20	Mess-System zur Erfassung dreidimensionaler Tracerverteilungen in Seen 1992 ·DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)) ·Frank Peeters, Alfred Wüest	2

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