Colin Y. Shen

565 total citations
36 papers, 433 citations indexed

About

Colin Y. Shen is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Y. Shen has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 433 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Oceanography, 15 papers in Atmospheric Science and 9 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Colin Y. Shen's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (29 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (13 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (7 papers). Colin Y. Shen is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (29 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (13 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (7 papers). Colin Y. Shen collaborates with scholars based in United States. Colin Y. Shen's co-authors include Thomas E. Evans, Richard P. Mied, George Veronis, S. R. Chubb, Wei Chen, James C. McWilliams, Curtis C. Ebbesmeyer, Bruce A. Taft, C. L. Trump and Steven Finette and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Journal of Computational Physics.

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Colin Y. Shen

35 papers receiving 358 citations

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Colin Y. Shen United States 14 336 181 73 72 49 36 433
Judith Y. Holyer United Kingdom 10 207 0.6× 114 0.6× 116 1.6× 33 0.5× 90 1.8× 10 351
Alan Brandt United States 12 223 0.7× 113 0.6× 77 1.1× 28 0.4× 91 1.9× 32 394
Hideshi Hanazaki Japan 14 228 0.7× 167 0.9× 112 1.5× 51 0.7× 332 6.8× 32 568
B. A. Hughes United States 11 546 1.6× 174 1.0× 271 3.7× 51 0.7× 104 2.1× 20 714
Julian Simeonov United States 11 139 0.4× 85 0.5× 80 1.1× 52 0.7× 103 2.1× 27 338
Johan Kristian Sveen Norway 11 482 1.4× 154 0.9× 311 4.3× 87 1.2× 153 3.1× 17 774
Jan‐Bert Flór France 13 327 1.0× 222 1.2× 51 0.7× 51 0.7× 313 6.4× 37 683
Y. D. Afanasyev Canada 18 454 1.4× 357 2.0× 82 1.1× 143 2.0× 319 6.5× 50 848
Matias Duran‐Matute Netherlands 10 178 0.5× 125 0.7× 146 2.0× 70 1.0× 69 1.4× 37 399
Roman E. Glazman United States 13 476 1.4× 221 1.2× 209 2.9× 63 0.9× 14 0.3× 43 590

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shen, Colin Y., et al.. (2009). Three‐dimensional hindcast simulation of internal soliton propagation in the Asian Seas International Acoustics Experiment area. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114(C1). 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, Richard P. Mied, & Colin Y. Shen. (2008). Near‐surface ocean velocity from infrared images: Global Optimal Solution to an inverse model. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(C10). 26 indexed citations
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Shen, Colin Y., Thomas E. Evans, Richard P. Mied, & S. R. Chubb. (2008). A velocity projection framework for inferring shallow water currents from surface tracer fields. Continental Shelf Research. 28(7). 849–864. 6 indexed citations
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Shen, Colin Y. & Thomas E. Evans. (2002). Dynamically constrained projection for subsurface current velocity. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107(C11). 7 indexed citations
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Shen, Colin Y. & Thomas E. Evans. (2002). Inertial instability and sea spirals. Geophysical Research Letters. 29(23). 19 indexed citations
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Shen, Colin Y. & Thomas E. Evans. (2001). Surface‐to‐subsurface velocity projection for shallow water currents. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 106(C4). 6973–6984. 16 indexed citations
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Jansen, Robert W., et al.. (1998). Subsurface, surface, and radar modeling of a Gulf Stream current convergence. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 103(C9). 18723–18743. 23 indexed citations
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Shen, Colin Y. & George Veronis. (1997). Numerical simulation of two‐dimensional salt fingers. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 102(C10). 23131–23143. 17 indexed citations
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Mied, Richard P., et al.. (1996). Frontogenesis with ageostrophic vertical shears and horizontal density gradients: Gulf Stream meanders onto the continental shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 101(C8). 18079–18104. 15 indexed citations
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Shen, Colin Y.. (1995). Equilibrium salt-fingering convection. Physics of Fluids. 7(4). 706–717. 29 indexed citations
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Shen, Colin Y.. (1994). The Acceleration Field Associated with Vorticity Flux Convergence. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 24(5). 1070–1076. 2 indexed citations
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Shen, Colin Y. & Thomas E. Evans. (1994). On vorticity shedding by unstable jets. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans. 21(2-3). 105–135. 3 indexed citations
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Shen, Colin Y. & George Veronis. (1991). Scale transition of double-diffusive finger cells. Physics of Fluids A Fluid Dynamics. 3(1). 58–68. 13 indexed citations
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Shen, Colin Y.. (1989). The evolution of the double-diffusive instability: Salt fingers. Physics of Fluids A Fluid Dynamics. 1(5). 829–844. 30 indexed citations
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Shen, Colin Y., James C. McWilliams, Bruce A. Taft, Curtis C. Ebbesmeyer, & Eric Lindstrom. (1986). The Mesoscale Spatial Structure and Evolution of Dynamical and Scalar Properties Observed in the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean during the POLYMODE Local Dynamics Experiment. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 16(3). 454–482. 7 indexed citations
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Ebbesmeyer, Curtis C., Bruce A. Taft, James C. McWilliams, et al.. (1986). Detection, Structure, and Origin of Extreme Anomalies in a Western Atlantic Oceanographic Section. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 16(3). 591–612. 30 indexed citations
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Shen, Colin Y. & Greg Holloway. (1986). A numerical study of the frequency and the energetics of nonlinear internal gravity waves. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 91(C1). 953–973. 11 indexed citations
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Shen, Colin Y.. (1981). On the dynamics of a solitary vortex. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans. 5(4). 239–267. 5 indexed citations
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McWilliams, James C. & Colin Y. Shen. (1980). Mesoscale Modal Coupling. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 10(5). 741–752. 4 indexed citations

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