David E. Cartwright

9.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
83 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

David E. Cartwright is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, David E. Cartwright has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Oceanography, 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 15 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in David E. Cartwright's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (42 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (32 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (12 papers). David E. Cartwright is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (42 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (32 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (12 papers). David E. Cartwright collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and United Kingdom. David E. Cartwright's co-authors include M. S. Longuet‐Higgins, Richard D. Ray, Walter Munk, H.E. Carlson, K. Richter, E. Bouws, J. A. Ewing, P. Müller, Dieter Hasselmann and H. Walden and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

David E. Cartwright

77 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Measurements of wind-wave growth and swell decay during the Joint North Sea Wave Project (JONSWAP)

1973 2.8k citations David E. Cartwright et al. profile →
The statistical distribution of the maxima of a random function

1956 637 citations David E. Cartwright, M. S. Longuet‐Higgins Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences profile →
Tidal spectroscopy and prediction

1966 556 citations Walter Munk, David E. Cartwright Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David E. Cartwright United States	27	4.6k	2.0k	1.8k	896	775	83	6.5k
Dirk Olbers Germany	28	3.8k 0.8×	2.5k 1.3×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	637 0.8×	100	5.3k
O. M. Phillips United States	40	6.2k 1.4×	2.9k 1.5×	3.7k 2.0×	550 0.6×	632 0.8×	81	9.0k
R. W. Stewart Canada	24	2.9k 0.6×	2.3k 1.2×	2.7k 1.5×	552 0.6×	320 0.4×	59	5.0k
Willard J. Pierson United States	19	2.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	209 0.2×	735 0.9×	50	3.8k
W. Kendall Melville United States	51	6.4k 1.4×	3.0k 1.5×	4.1k 2.2×	533 0.6×	682 0.9×	146	8.2k
David M. Farmer Canada	48	5.3k 1.2×	2.6k 1.3×	1.5k 0.8×	977 1.1×	480 0.6×	149	6.6k
P. Müller United States	13	2.3k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	168 0.2×	661 0.9×	25	3.8k
Robert G. Dean United States	37	2.9k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	6.3k 3.4×	337 0.4×	1.3k 1.7×	182	8.3k
R. K. Moore United States	28	1.3k 0.3×	3.7k 1.9×	407 0.2×	418 0.5×	760 1.0×	172	6.8k
Robert R. Long United States	29	1.5k 0.3×	1.2k 0.6×	738 0.4×	447 0.5×	193 0.2×	93	3.4k

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Cartwright, David E., Philip Woodworth, & Richard D. Ray. (2017). Manuel Johnson's tide record at St. Helena. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 8(1). 9–19. 1 indexed citations

Janaway, Christopher, et al.. (2015). On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason and other writings. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations

Ray, Richard D. & David E. Cartwright. (2013). Satellite Altimeter Observations of the Mf and Mm Ocean Tides, With Simultaneous Orbit Corrections. Geophysical monograph. 82. 69–78.

Cartwright, David E. & Richard D. Ray. (1991). Energetics of global ocean tides from Geosat altimetry. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 96(C9). 16897–16912. 141 indexed citations

Cartwright, David E., et al.. (1989). The Philosophy of Schopenhauer in its Intellectual Context Thinker Against the Tide. 14(1). 65–65. 2 indexed citations

Cartwright, David E.. (1988). Schopenhauer's Compassion and Nietzsche's Pity. 69. 557–567. 15 indexed citations

Cartwright, David E., Robert Spencer, J. M. Vassie, & Philip Woodworth. (1988). The tides of the Atlantic Ocean, 60° N to 30° S. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 324(1581). 513–563. 40 indexed citations

Cartwright, David E., et al.. (1988). Tidal estimation in the pacific with application to SEASAT altimetry. Marine Geodesy. 12(2). 81–115. 12 indexed citations

Cartwright, David E.. (1983). Detection of large-scale ocean circulation and tides. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 309(1508). 361–370. 7 indexed citations

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Cartwright, David E., et al.. (1980). The tides of the northeast Atlantic Ocean. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 298(1436). 87–139. 61 indexed citations

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Cartwright, David E.. (1977). Oceanographic applications of ranging to artificial satellites. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 284(1326). 537–546. 3 indexed citations

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Cartwright, David E., et al.. (1974). Seiches and tidal ringing in the sea near Shetland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 338(1613). 111–128. 15 indexed citations

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Cartwright, David E., et al.. (1971). Tides and waves in the vicinity of Saint Helena. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 270(1210). 603–646. 33 indexed citations

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Cartwright, David E., et al.. (1968). A unified analysis of tides and surges round North and East Britain. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 263(1134). 1–55. 99 indexed citations

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Munk, Walter & David E. Cartwright. (1966). Tidal spectroscopy and prediction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 259(1105). 533–581. 556 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cartwright, David E. & J. Crease. (1963). A comparison of the geodetic reference levels of England and France by means of the sea surface. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 273(1355). 558–580. 24 indexed citations

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Cartwright, David E.. (1959). On submarine sand-waves and tidal lee-waves. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 253(1273). 218–241. 48 indexed citations

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Cartwright, David E.. (1958). On estimating the mean energy of sea waves from the highest waves in a record. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 247(1248). 22–48. 28 indexed citations

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Cartwright, David E. & M. S. Longuet‐Higgins. (1956). The statistical distribution of the maxima of a random function. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 237(1209). 212–232. 637 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cartwright, David E.. (1956). On determining the directions of waves from a ship at sea. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 234(1198). 382–387. 5 indexed citations

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