Eric Firing

5.3k total citations
71 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Eric Firing is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Firing has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Oceanography, 31 papers in Atmospheric Science and 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Eric Firing's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (61 papers), Climate variability and models (21 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (17 papers). Eric Firing is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (61 papers), Climate variability and models (21 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (17 papers). Eric Firing collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Australia. Eric Firing's co-authors include Roger Lukas, Peter Hacker, Rana A. Fine, T. K. Chereskin, Julia M. Hummon, Eric Kunze, Gregory C. Johnson, Susan Wijffels, Mizuki Tsuchiya and Eric Lindstrom and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Eric Firing

66 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric Firing United States 35 3.4k 2.1k 1.7k 301 164 71 3.8k
Jürgen Fischer Germany 39 3.0k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 1.8k 1.1× 247 0.8× 198 1.2× 68 3.4k
V. S. N. Murty India 33 3.4k 1.0× 2.5k 1.2× 2.2k 1.3× 258 0.9× 143 0.9× 99 3.9k
Chau‐Ron Wu Taiwan 29 2.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 288 1.0× 138 0.8× 68 2.8k
William J. Schmitz United States 28 2.6k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 1.8k 1.1× 248 0.8× 391 2.4× 62 3.1k
Bernadette M. Sloyan Australia 30 2.6k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 352 1.2× 95 0.6× 83 3.1k
Toshiyuki Awaji Japan 32 1.9k 0.6× 1.8k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 383 1.3× 136 0.8× 95 2.9k
Sen Jan Taiwan 34 2.6k 0.8× 949 0.4× 1.3k 0.8× 631 2.1× 274 1.7× 111 3.2k
T. Y. Tang Taiwan 23 2.0k 0.6× 702 0.3× 935 0.6× 313 1.0× 179 1.1× 33 2.3k
Silvia L. Garzoli United States 34 3.0k 0.9× 2.1k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 261 0.9× 268 1.6× 93 3.4k
Robert L. Molinari United States 28 2.6k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 233 0.8× 175 1.1× 79 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eric Firing

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Firing

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Eric Firing. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Eric Firing 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 Eric Firing. Eric Firing is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Perelman, Jessica N., et al.. (2023). Eddies and fronts influence pelagic communities across the eastern Pacific ocean. Progress In Oceanography. 211. 102967–102967. 9 indexed citations
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Merrifield, M. A., Eric Firing, Jennifer MacKinnon, et al.. (2019). Observations of Near-Inertial Surface Currents at Palau. Oceanography. 32(4). 74–83. 5 indexed citations
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Cravatte, Sophie, Élodie Kestenare, Frédéric Marin, Pierre Dutrieux, & Eric Firing. (2017). Subthermocline and Intermediate Zonal Currents in the Tropical Pacific Ocean: Paths and Vertical Structure. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 47(9). 2305–2324. 46 indexed citations
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Thompson, P. R., Christopher G. Piecuch, M. A. Merrifield, Julian P. McCreary, & Eric Firing. (2016). Forcing of recent decadal variability in the Equatorial and North Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 121(9). 6762–6778. 55 indexed citations
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Richards, Kelvin J, et al.. (2012). Mixing in the western equatorial Pacific and its modulation by ENSO. Geophysical Research Letters. 39(2). 30 indexed citations
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Stramma, Lothar, Gregory C. Johnson, Eric Firing, & Sunke Schmidtko. (2010). Eastern Pacific oxygen minimum zones: Supply paths and multidecadal changes. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115(C9). 125 indexed citations
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Lenn, Yueng‐Djern, T. K. Chereskin, Janet Sprintall, & Eric Firing. (2007). Mean jets, mesoscale variability and eddy momentum fluxes in the surface layer of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage. Journal of Marine Research. 65(1). 27–58. 41 indexed citations
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Firing, Eric, Yuji Kashino, & Peter Hacker. (2005). Energetic subthermocline currents observed east of Mindanao. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 52(3-4). 605–613. 48 indexed citations
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Donohue, Kathleen, Eric Firing, & Shuiming Chen. (2001). Absolute geostrophic velocity within the Subantarctic Front in the Pacific Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 106(C9). 19869–19882. 19 indexed citations
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Johnson, Gregory C., Michael J. McPhaden, & Eric Firing. (2001). Equatorial Pacific Ocean Horizontal Velocity, Divergence, and Upwelling*. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 31(3). 839–849. 144 indexed citations
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Donohue, Kathleen, Eric Firing, & Lisa M. Beal. (2000). Comparison of three velocity sections of the Agulhas Current and Agulhas Undercurrent. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 105(C12). 28585–28593. 34 indexed citations
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Wijffels, Susan, Melinda M. Hall, Terrence M. Joyce, et al.. (1998). Multiple deep gyres of the western North Pacific: A WOCE section along 149°E. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 103(C6). 12985–13009. 76 indexed citations
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Hacker, Peter, Eric Firing, Doug Wilson, & Robert L. Molinari. (1996). Direct observations of the current structure east of the Bahamas. Geophysical Research Letters. 23(10). 1127–1130. 31 indexed citations
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Kunze, Eric, et al.. (1994). The Potential Vorticity Structure of Equatorial Deep Jets. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 24(2). 418–428. 19 indexed citations
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Firing, Eric & Richard Gordon. (1990). Deep ocean acoustic Doppler current profiling. 192–201. 63 indexed citations
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Firing, Eric. (1989). Mean zonal currents below 1500 m near the equator, 159°W. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 94(C2). 2023–2028. 18 indexed citations
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Chereskin, T. K., et al.. (1989). Identifying and Screening Filter Skew and Noise Bias in Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Measurements. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 6(6). 1040–1054. 29 indexed citations
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Firing, Eric. (1987). Deep zonal currents in the central equatorial Pacific. Journal of Marine Research. 45(4). 791–812. 99 indexed citations
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Freitag, Howard Paul & Eric Firing. (1984). Comparison of profiling and moored current measurements in the equatorial Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 89(C3). 3724–3728. 6 indexed citations

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