G. E. Willis

3.2k total citations
26 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

G. E. Willis is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, G. E. Willis has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Computational Mechanics, 15 papers in Atmospheric Science and 15 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in G. E. Willis's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (19 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (15 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (11 papers). G. E. Willis is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (19 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (15 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (11 papers). G. E. Willis collaborates with scholars based in United States. G. E. Willis's co-authors include J. W. Deardorff, Douglas K. Lilly and Richard C. J. Somerville and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

In The Last Decade

G. E. Willis

26 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
G. E. Willis United States 24 1.3k 1.2k 1.2k 719 249 26 2.4k
W. S. Lewellen United States 29 855 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 1.0k 0.9× 760 1.1× 437 1.8× 70 2.2k
H. Tennekes United States 21 1.6k 1.2× 1.6k 1.3× 1.3k 1.1× 1.4k 1.9× 370 1.5× 51 3.1k
S. J. Caughey United Kingdom 21 1.2k 0.9× 1.6k 1.3× 680 0.6× 1.2k 1.7× 224 0.9× 52 2.4k
D. A. Haugen United States 14 897 0.7× 907 0.7× 526 0.5× 684 1.0× 188 0.8× 20 1.5k
A. M. Obukhov United States 10 448 0.3× 691 0.6× 511 0.4× 637 0.9× 134 0.5× 24 1.5k
B. L. Sawford Australia 34 1.8k 1.4× 846 0.7× 1.8k 1.6× 719 1.0× 179 0.7× 70 3.2k
Fabien Anselmet France 30 1.0k 0.8× 525 0.4× 2.3k 2.0× 815 1.1× 580 2.3× 101 3.3k
Kenneth V. Beard United States 32 932 0.7× 2.8k 2.2× 523 0.4× 1.8k 2.5× 455 1.8× 69 4.1k
L. Kristensen Denmark 22 866 0.7× 772 0.6× 455 0.4× 697 1.0× 409 1.6× 63 1.6k
Z. Warhaft United States 33 1.6k 1.2× 878 0.7× 3.6k 3.0× 1.1k 1.6× 486 2.0× 67 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by G. E. Willis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. E. Willis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of G. E. Willis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of G. E. Willis 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 G. E. Willis. G. E. Willis 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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Willis, G. E. & J. W. Deardorff. (1987). Buoyant plume dispersion and inversion entrapment in and above a laboratory mixed layer. Atmospheric Environment (1967). 21(8). 1725–1735. 26 indexed citations
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Deardorff, J. W. & G. E. Willis. (1985). Further results from a laboratory model of the convective planetary boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 32(3). 205–236. 151 indexed citations
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Deardorff, J. W. & G. E. Willis. (1984). Groundlevel concentration fluctuations from a buoyant and a non-buoyant source within a laboratory convectively mixed layer. Atmospheric Environment (1967). 18(7). 1297–1309. 63 indexed citations
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Willis, G. E. & J. W. Deardorff. (1983). On plume rise within a convective boundary layer. Atmospheric Environment (1967). 17(12). 2435–2447. 44 indexed citations
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Deardorff, J. W. & G. E. Willis. (1982). Dependence of mixed-layer entrainment on shear stress and velocity jump. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 115. 123–149. 49 indexed citations
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Deardorff, J. W. & G. E. Willis. (1982). Ground-level concentrations due to fumigation into an entraining mixed layer. Atmospheric Environment (1967). 16(5). 1159–1170. 45 indexed citations
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Deardorff, J. W. & G. E. Willis. (1982). Investigation of the frozen-turbulence hypothesis for temperature spectra in a convectively mixed layer. The Physics of Fluids. 25(1). 21–28. 6 indexed citations
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Willis, G. E. & J. W. Deardorff. (1981). A laboratory study of dispersion from a source in the middle of the convectively mixed layer. Atmospheric Environment (1967). 15(2). 109–117. 139 indexed citations
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Deardorff, J. W., et al.. (1980). Laboratory studies of the entrainment zone of a convectively mixed layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 100(1). 41–64. 228 indexed citations
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Willis, G. E. & J. W. Deardorff. (1978). A laboratory study of dispersion from an elevated source within a modeled convective planetary boundary layer. Atmospheric Environment (1967). 12(6-7). 1305–1311. 167 indexed citations
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Willis, G. E. & J. W. Deardorff. (1976). On the use of Taylor's translation hypothesis for diffusion in the mixed layer. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 102(434). 817–822. 79 indexed citations
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Deardorff, J. W. & G. E. Willis. (1975). A Parameterization of Diffusion into the Mixed Layer. Journal of applied meteorology. 14(8). 1451–1458. 102 indexed citations
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Deardorff, J. W., G. E. Willis, & Douglas K. Lilly. (1974). Comment on the paper by A. K. Betts ‘Non‐precipitating cumulus convection and its parameterization’. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 100(423). 122–123. 25 indexed citations
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Willis, G. E., J. W. Deardorff, & Richard C. J. Somerville. (1972). Roll-diameter dependence in Rayleigh convection and its effect upon the heat flux. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 54(2). 351–367. 91 indexed citations
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Deardorff, J. W., G. E. Willis, & Douglas K. Lilly. (1969). Laboratory investigation of non-steady penetrative convection. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 35(1). 7–31. 222 indexed citations
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Willis, G. E. & J. W. Deardorff. (1967). Confirmation and Renumbering of the Discrete Heat Flux Transitions of Malkus. The Physics of Fluids. 10(9). 1861–1866. 38 indexed citations
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Deardorff, J. W. & G. E. Willis. (1967). The free‐convection temperature profile. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 93(396). 166–175. 19 indexed citations
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Willis, G. E. & J. W. Deardorff. (1967). Development of Short-Period Temperature Fluctuations in Thermal Convection. The Physics of Fluids. 10(5). 931–937. 33 indexed citations
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Deardorff, J. W. & G. E. Willis. (1965). The effect of two-dimensionality on the suppression of thermal turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 23(2). 337–353. 46 indexed citations
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Willis, G. E. & J. W. Deardorff. (1965). Measurements on the Development of Thermal Turbulence in Air between Horizontal Plates. The Physics of Fluids. 8(12). 2225–2229. 29 indexed citations

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