George L. Mellor

23.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
129 papers, 15.4k citations indexed

About

George L. Mellor is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, George L. Mellor has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 15.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Oceanography, 52 papers in Atmospheric Science and 38 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in George L. Mellor's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (57 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (28 papers) and Climate variability and models (28 papers). George L. Mellor is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (57 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (28 papers) and Climate variability and models (28 papers). George L. Mellor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Netherlands. George L. Mellor's co-authors include Tetsuji Yamada, Tal Ezer, Alan F. Blumberg, Lakshmi Kantha, Lie‐Yauw Oey, R. M. C. So, H. J. Herring, Paul A. Durbin, Tommy D. Dickey and Boris Galperin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

George L. Mellor

126 papers receiving 13.8k citations

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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.

Development of a turbulence closure model for geophysical fluid problems

1982 5.6k citations George L. Mellor, Tetsuji Yamada Reviews of Geophysics profile →
A Hierarchy of Turbulence Closure Models for Planetary Boundary Layers

1974 1.9k citations George L. Mellor, Tetsuji Yamada Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences profile →
USERS GUIDE for A THREE-DIMENSIONAL, PRIMITIVE EQUATION, NUMERICAL OCEAN MODEL

1998 722 citations George L. Mellor profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
George L. Mellor United States	51	9.4k	8.7k	6.9k	2.2k	2.0k	129	15.4k
E. F. Bradley Australia	30	5.9k 0.6×	4.5k 0.5×	5.5k 0.8×	2.3k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	64	9.8k
C. W. Fairall United States	66	12.8k 1.4×	8.5k 1.0×	10.5k 1.5×	1.6k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	272	17.1k
L. Mahrt United States	66	11.3k 1.2×	1.9k 0.2×	10.9k 1.6×	6.3k 2.9×	1.3k 0.7×	242	16.0k
Peter P. Sullivan United States	50	5.6k 0.6×	3.9k 0.4×	3.5k 0.5×	2.8k 1.3×	1.5k 0.7×	145	8.9k
Joseph Smagorinsky United States	14	4.2k 0.5×	2.3k 0.3×	3.1k 0.5×	2.9k 1.3×	982 0.5×	18	12.4k
Edgar L. Andreas United States	47	6.5k 0.7×	2.2k 0.3×	3.7k 0.5×	940 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	153	7.8k
G. T. Csanady United States	41	2.0k 0.2×	3.2k 0.4×	1.1k 0.2×	988 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	133	5.6k
J. C. Wyngaard United States	54	9.7k 1.0×	1.5k 0.2×	7.9k 1.1×	7.8k 3.6×	1.3k 0.6×	116	15.7k
J. A. Businger United States	30	4.5k 0.5×	1.7k 0.2×	3.6k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	744 0.4×	90	6.6k
Clinton D. Winant United States	43	2.1k 0.2×	3.7k 0.4×	1.6k 0.2×	303 0.1×	1.2k 0.6×	86	5.8k

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Purwin, Timothy J., Panyu Chen, Somenath Chowdhury, et al.. (2025). Targeting TAZ-TEAD in minimal residual disease enhances the duration of targeted therapy in melanoma models. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9655–9655.

Marsooli, Reza, Philip Orton, George L. Mellor, Nickitas Georgas, & Alan F. Blumberg. (2017). A Coupled Circulation–Wave Model for Numerical Simulation of Storm Tides and Waves. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 34(7). 1449–1467. 32 indexed citations

Mellor, George L.. (1998). Sigma coordinate gradient errors and the seamount problem. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 12. 1122–1131. 2 indexed citations

Mellor, George L. & Xiao Hua Wang. (1996). Pressure Compensation and the Bottom Boundary Layer. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 26(10). 2214–2222. 24 indexed citations

Mellor, George L., et al.. (1995). A Numerical Study of the Mediterranean Sea Circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 25(6). 1384–1414. 178 indexed citations

Ezer, Tal & George L. Mellor. (1994). Continuous Assimilation of Geosat Altimeter Data into a Three-Dimensional Primitive Equation Gulf Stream Model. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 24(4). 832–847. 81 indexed citations

Ezer, Tal & George L. Mellor. (1994). Diagnostic and prognostic calculations of the North Atlantic circulation and sea level using a sigma coordinate ocean model. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 99(C7). 14159–14171. 101 indexed citations

Kantha, Lakshmi, Alan F. Blumberg, & George L. Mellor. (1990). Computing Phase Speeds at Open Boundary. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 116(4). 592–597. 11 indexed citations

Blumberg, Alan F., H. J. Herring, Lakshmi Kantha, & George L. Mellor. (1985). 3-D Orthogonal Curvilinear Circulation Modelling. 1088–1094. 1 indexed citations

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Mellor, George L. & Tetsuji Yamada. (1982). Development of a turbulence closure model for geophysical fluid problems. Reviews of Geophysics. 20(4). 851–875. 5573 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kantha, Lakshmi, George L. Mellor, & Alan F. Blumberg. (1982). A Diagnostic Calculation of the General Circulation in the South Atlantic Bight. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 12(8). 805–819. 13 indexed citations

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Dickey, Tommy D. & George L. Mellor. (1980). Decaying turbulence in neutral and stratified fluids. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 99(1). 13–31. 96 indexed citations

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Balsa, Thomas F. & George L. Mellor. (1975). The Simulation of Axial Compressor Performance Using an Annulus Wall Boundary Layer Theory. Journal of Engineering for Power. 97(3). 305–317. 1 indexed citations

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Bissonnette, Luc & George L. Mellor. (1974). Experiments on the behaviour of an axisymmetric turbulent boundary layer with a sudden circumferential strain. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 63(2). 369–413. 57 indexed citations

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Mellor, George L. & Tetsuji Yamada. (1974). A Hierarchy of Turbulence Closure Models for Planetary Boundary Layers. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 31(7). 1791–1806. 1912 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mellor, George L. & H. J. Herring. (1973). A survey of the mean turbulent field closure models.. AIAA Journal. 11(5). 590–599. 178 indexed citations

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So, R. M. C. & George L. Mellor. (1972). An experimental investigation of turbulent boundary layers along curved surfaces. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 54 indexed citations

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Herring, H. J. & George L. Mellor. (1970). A computer program to calculate incompressible laminar and turbulent boundary layer development. 8 indexed citations

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Herring, H. J. & George L. Mellor. (1968). A method of calculating compressible turbulent boundary layers. NASSP. 216(10). 27–200. 32 indexed citations

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Mellor, George L., et al.. (1961). Generalized Multistage Axial Compressor Characteristics. Journal of Basic Engineering. 83(4). 709–718. 1 indexed citations

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