David A. Schecter

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

David A. Schecter is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, David A. Schecter has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Atmospheric Science, 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 15 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in David A. Schecter's work include Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (25 papers), Climate variability and models (18 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (17 papers). David A. Schecter is often cited by papers focused on Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (25 papers), Climate variability and models (18 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (17 papers). David A. Schecter collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. David A. Schecter's co-authors include Michael T. Montgomery, D. H. E. Dubin, Satya N. Majumdar, S. N. Coppersmith, Onuttom Narayan, Thomas A. Witten, Sidney R. Nagel, C. F. Driscoll, T. M. O’Neil and Paul D. Reasor and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

David A. Schecter

45 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Force Fluctuations in Bead Packs 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Force Fluctuations in Bead Packs
    1995 606 citations David A. Schecter et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David A. Schecter United States 20 708 599 431 383 228 47 1.6k
Marc Rabaud France 30 175 0.2× 1.5k 2.5× 292 0.7× 78 0.2× 174 0.8× 58 2.5k
Marius Ungarish Israel 22 449 0.6× 582 1.0× 400 0.9× 43 0.1× 57 0.3× 131 1.9k
B. Gjevik Norway 20 596 0.8× 333 0.6× 639 1.5× 249 0.7× 16 0.1× 59 1.4k
Kung‐Hau Ding United States 16 836 1.2× 81 0.1× 219 0.5× 205 0.5× 30 0.1× 43 2.5k
Stéphane Le Dizès France 25 339 0.5× 1.4k 2.3× 373 0.9× 75 0.2× 503 2.2× 83 2.1k
Michael H. Meylan Australia 37 2.1k 2.9× 1.2k 2.1× 1.5k 3.6× 56 0.1× 28 0.1× 187 4.3k
J. B. Johnson United States 31 462 0.7× 37 0.1× 136 0.3× 126 0.3× 182 0.8× 107 3.1k
Michaël Berhanu France 20 165 0.2× 295 0.5× 243 0.6× 42 0.1× 465 2.0× 50 1.2k
Stefano Dietrich Italy 25 1.3k 1.8× 83 0.1× 95 0.2× 738 1.9× 159 0.7× 111 1.8k
Stefan G. Llewellyn Smith United States 25 704 1.0× 575 1.0× 1.1k 2.5× 400 1.0× 128 0.6× 111 2.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David A. Schecter

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schecter, David A.. (2023). Intensification Rates of Tropical Cyclone–Like Vortices in a Model with Downtilt Diabatic Forcing and Oceanic Surface Drag. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 80(7). 1787–1814. 3 indexed citations
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Schecter, David A.. (2021). Intensification of Tilted Tropical Cyclones over Relatively Cool and Warm Oceans in Idealized Numerical Simulations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 79(2). 485–512. 21 indexed citations
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Schecter, David A.. (2018). On the instabilities of tropical cyclones generated by cloud resolving models. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 70(1). 1525245–1525245. 4 indexed citations
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Schecter, David A.. (2015). Development and Nondevelopment of Binary Mesoscale Vortices into Tropical Cyclones in Idealized Numerical Experiments. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 73(3). 1223–1254. 8 indexed citations
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Schecter, David A.. (2011). A Brief Critique of a Theory Used to Interpret the Infrasound of Tornadic Thunderstorms. Monthly Weather Review. 140(7). 2080–2089. 10 indexed citations
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Schecter, David A.. (2010). Hurricane intensity in the Ooyama (1969) paradigm. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 136(652). 1920–1926. 3 indexed citations
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Schecter, David A. & Melville E. Nicholls. (2009). Generation of Infrasound by Evaporating Hydrometeors in a Cloud Model. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 49(4). 664–675. 8 indexed citations
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Schecter, David A. & Timothy J. Dunkerton. (2009). Hurricane formation in diabatic Ekman turbulence. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 135(641). 823–838. 27 indexed citations
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Schecter, David A. & Michael T. Montgomery. (2006). Conditions That Inhibit the Spontaneous Radiation of Spiral Inertia–Gravity Waves from an Intense Mesoscale Cyclone. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 63(2). 435–456. 53 indexed citations
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Schecter, David A. & Michael T. Montgomery. (2004). Damping and pumping of a vortex Rossby wave in a monotonic cyclone: Critical layer stirring versus inertia–buoyancy wave emission. Physics of Fluids. 16(5). 1334–1348. 67 indexed citations
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Schecter, David A.. (2003). Maximum entropy theory and the rapid relaxation of three-dimensional quasi-geostrophic turbulence. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 68(6). 66309–66309. 3 indexed citations
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Schecter, David A. & Michael T. Montgomery. (2003). On the symmetrization rate of an intense geophysical vortex. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans. 37(1). 55–88. 51 indexed citations
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Schecter, David A., John Boyd, & Peter A. Gilman. (2001). “Shallow-Water” Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in the Solar Tachocline. The Astrophysical Journal. 551(2). L185–L188. 45 indexed citations
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Schecter, David A., et al.. (2000). Inviscid damping of asymmetries on a two-dimensional vortex. Physics of Fluids. 12(10). 2397–2412. 104 indexed citations
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Driscoll, C. F., Dezhe Z. Jin, David A. Schecter, Éric Moreau, & D. H. E. Dubin. (2000). Dynamics, Statistics and Vortex Crystals in the Relaxation of 2D Turbulence. Physica Scripta. T84(1). 76–76. 4 indexed citations
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Schecter, David A.. (1999). On the dynamics of inviscid relaxation in 2D fluids and nonneutral plasmas. PhDT. 5586. 4 indexed citations
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Driscoll, C. F., et al.. (1999). Relaxation of 2D turbulence of vortex crystals. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 263(1-4). 284–292. 9 indexed citations
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O’Neil, T. M., et al.. (1997). A Theory of Vortex Merger. Physical Review Letters. 79(8). 1479–1482. 29 indexed citations
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Schecter, David A. & D. H. E. Dubin. (1996). Dynamics of a Single Vortex in a Nonneutral Plasma.. APS. 1 indexed citations
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O’Neil, T. M., et al.. (1996). A Theory of Vortex Merger.. APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

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