Chris Wilson

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Chris Wilson is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Wilson has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Oceanography, 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 27 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Chris Wilson's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (31 papers), Climate variability and models (21 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (9 papers). Chris Wilson is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (31 papers), Climate variability and models (21 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (9 papers). Chris Wilson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Chris Wilson's co-authors include Kevin Horsburgh, Christopher W. Hughes, Richard G. Williams, Jeffrey R. Blundell, Andrew McC. Hogg, Michael P. Meredith, P. Michael Kosro, S. D. Pierce, Robert L. Smith and John A. Barth and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Chris Wilson

49 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Evidence suggests potential transformation of the Pacific... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200
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. Evidence suggests potential transformation of the Pacific Arctic ecosystem is underway
    2020 219 citations Henry P. Huntington, Seth L. Danielson et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

Peers

Chris Wilson
Katherine Hedstrom United States
Wei Cheng United States
Curtis A. Collins United States
W. Paul Budgell Norway
Hjálmar Hátún Norway
Peter Winsor United States
Odd Helge Otterå Norway
Bablu Sinha United Kingdom
Paul G. Myers Canada
Jürgen Bader Germany
Katherine Hedstrom United States
Chris Wilson
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Countries citing papers authored by Chris Wilson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Wilson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Chris Wilson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Chris Wilson. The network helps show where Chris Wilson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Wilson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris Wilson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris Wilson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chris Wilson. Chris Wilson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Foukal, Nicholas P., et al.. (2024). Lagrangian Decomposition of the Atlantic Ocean Heat Transport at 26.5°N. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(14). 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, H. L., et al.. (2023). Seasonal overturning variability in the eastern North Atlantic subpolar gyre: a Lagrangian perspective. Ocean science. 19(3). 769–791. 5 indexed citations
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Jackson, Laura, Clotilde Dubois, Gaël Forget, et al.. (2020). The mean state and variability of the North Atlantic circulation: a perspective from ocean reanalyses. 3 indexed citations
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Huntington, Henry P., Seth L. Danielson, Francis K. Wiese, et al.. (2020). Evidence suggests potential transformation of the Pacific Arctic ecosystem is underway. Nature Climate Change. 10(4). 342–348. 219 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hogarth, Peter J., Christopher W. Hughes, Simon Williams, & Chris Wilson. (2020). Improved and extended tide gauge records for the British Isles leading to more consistent estimates of sea level rise and acceleration since 1958. Progress In Oceanography. 184. 102333–102333. 26 indexed citations
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Jackson, Laura, Clotilde Dubois, Gaël Forget, et al.. (2019). The Mean State and Variability of the North Atlantic Circulation: A Perspective From Ocean Reanalyses. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 124(12). 9141–9170. 64 indexed citations
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Gentemann, Chelle, Peter J. Minnett, Michael Steele, et al.. (2018). Arctic MISST: Multi-sensor Improved Sea Surface Temperature: Continuing the GHRSST Partnership and Improving Arctic data. AGUFM. 2018. 1 indexed citations
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Wilson, Chris. (2016). Does the wind systematically energize or damp ocean eddies?. Geophysical Research Letters. 43(24). 6 indexed citations
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Wilson, Chris, et al.. (2013). Retrieval of structure functions of air temperature and refractive index from large eddy simulations of the atmospheric boundary layer. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8874. 887408–887408. 1 indexed citations
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Stansby, Peter, David Apsley, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, et al.. (2012). An integrated model system for coastal flood prediction with a case history forWalcott,UK, on 9November 2007. Journal of Flood Risk Management. 6(3). 229–252. 12 indexed citations
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Wilson, Chris, Bablu Sinha, & Richard G. Williams. (2010). The shaping of storm tracks by mountains and ocean dynamics. Weather. 65(12). 320–323. 2 indexed citations
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Wilson, Chris, Bablu Sinha, & Richard G. Williams. (2009). The Effect of Ocean Dynamics and Orography on Atmospheric Storm Tracks. Journal of Climate. 22(13). 3689–3702. 39 indexed citations
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Hughes, Christopher W. & Chris Wilson. (2008). Wind work on the geostrophic ocean circulation: An observational study of the effect of small scales in the wind stress. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(C2). 87 indexed citations
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Horsburgh, Kevin, Chris Wilson, Brian Baptie, et al.. (2008). Impact of a Lisbon‐type tsunami on the U.K. coastline and the implications for tsunami propagation over broad continental shelves. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(C4). 17 indexed citations
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Horsburgh, Kevin & Chris Wilson. (2007). Tide‐surge interaction and its role in the distribution of surge residuals in the North Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 112(C8). 336 indexed citations
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Agostini, Vera N., et al.. (2007). Climate–ocean variability and Pacific hake: A geostatistical modeling approach. Journal of Marine Systems. 71(3-4). 237–248. 32 indexed citations
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Wilson, Chris & Richard G. Williams. (2006). When Are Eddy Tracer Fluxes Directed Downgradient?. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 36(2). 189–201. 20 indexed citations
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Wilson, Chris & Gilles Pison. (2004). La majorité de l’humanité vit dans un pays où la fécondité est basse. Population & Sociétés. N° 405(9). 1–4. 5 indexed citations
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Wilson, Chris & Richard G. Williams. (2004). Why Are Eddy Fluxes of Potential Vorticity Difficult to Parameterize?. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 34(1). 142–155. 21 indexed citations
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Pierce, S. D., Robert L. Smith, P. Michael Kosro, John A. Barth, & Chris Wilson. (2000). Continuity of the poleward undercurrent along the eastern boundary of the mid-latitude north Pacific. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 47(5-6). 811–829. 120 indexed citations

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