H. Tennekes

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
51 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

H. Tennekes is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Environmental Engineering and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, H. Tennekes has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Computational Mechanics, 23 papers in Environmental Engineering and 17 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in H. Tennekes's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (30 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (23 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (16 papers). H. Tennekes is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (30 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (23 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (16 papers). H. Tennekes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. H. Tennekes's co-authors include J. C. Wyngaard, H. A. Panofsky, Donald H. Lenschow, A. G. M. Driedonks, Alfred Blackadar, Otto Zeman, F. T. M. Nieuwstadt, C.M. Sheih, J. L. Lumley and Chester F. Ropelewski and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences and Journal of Applied Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

H. Tennekes

51 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

A Model for the Dynamics of the Inversion Above a Convect... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1973 1977 100 200 300 400 500
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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. A Model for the Dynamics of the Inversion Above a Convective Boundary Layer
    1973 528 citations H. Tennekes Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences profile →
  2. The characteristics of turbulent velocity components in the surface layer under convective conditions
    1977 472 citations H. A. Panofsky, H. Tennekes et al. Boundary-Layer Meteorology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
H. Tennekes United States 21 1.6k 1.6k 1.4k 1.3k 370 51 3.1k
Owen R. Coté United States 12 2.1k 1.3× 2.2k 1.4× 1.8k 1.3× 1.5k 1.1× 485 1.3× 26 4.1k
G. E. Willis United States 24 1.2k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 719 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 249 0.7× 26 2.4k
W. S. Lewellen United States 29 1.1k 0.7× 855 0.5× 760 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 437 1.2× 70 2.2k
S. J. Caughey United Kingdom 21 1.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 680 0.5× 224 0.6× 52 2.4k
Yutaka Izumi United States 11 3.5k 2.1× 2.9k 1.9× 2.9k 2.2× 1.8k 1.4× 706 1.9× 14 6.1k
R. I. Sykes United Kingdom 28 999 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 657 0.5× 884 0.7× 368 1.0× 60 2.2k
Ulf Högström Sweden 32 2.1k 1.3× 1.4k 0.9× 1.7k 1.3× 836 0.6× 421 1.1× 75 3.6k
Carl A. Friehe United States 31 2.1k 1.3× 753 0.5× 1.6k 1.2× 659 0.5× 338 0.9× 77 3.7k
John A. Dutton United States 18 919 0.6× 677 0.4× 818 0.6× 417 0.3× 243 0.7× 62 1.9k
J. A. Businger United States 30 4.5k 2.8× 2.0k 1.3× 3.6k 2.7× 1.2k 0.9× 457 1.2× 90 6.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Carbone, E., et al.. (1990). Report of the critical review panel--lower tropospheric profiling symposium: Needs and technologies. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 71(5). 680–690. 6 indexed citations
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Tennekes, H.. (1990). A sideways look at CLIMATE RESEARCH. Weather. 45(2). 67–68. 7 indexed citations
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Tennekes, H.. (1988). NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION: Illusions of security, tales of imperfection*. Weather. 43(4). 165–170. 7 indexed citations
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Driedonks, A. G. M. & H. Tennekes. (1984). Entrainment effects in the well-mixed atmospheric boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 30(1-4). 75–105. 93 indexed citations
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Tennekes, H. & A. G. M. Driedonks. (1981). Basic entrainment equations for the atmospheric boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 20(4). 515–531. 134 indexed citations
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Lau, Ngar‐Cheung, H. Tennekes, & John M. Wallace. (1978). Maintenance of the Momentum Flux by Transient Eddies in the Upper Troposphere. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 35(1). 139–147. 7 indexed citations
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Tennekes, H.. (1977). The General Circulation of Two-Dimensional Turbulent Flow on a Beta Plane. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 34(5). 702–712. 6 indexed citations
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Tennekes, H.. (1976). Fourier-Transform Ambiguity in Turbulence Dynamics. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 33(8). 1660–1663. 13 indexed citations
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Tennekes, H.. (1975). Eulerian and Lagrangian time microscales in isotropic turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 67(3). 561–567. 284 indexed citations
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Busch, N. E., H. Tennekes, & H. A. Panofsky. (1973). Turbulence structure in the planetary boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 4(1-4). 211–211. 7 indexed citations
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Mahoney, Andrew R., K. S. Gage, Hans Óttersten, & H. Tennekes. (1973). The interaction between atmospheric microstructure and acoustic and electromagnetic waves. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 5(1-2). 219–226. 2 indexed citations
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Chawla, T.C. & H. Tennekes. (1973). Turbulent boundary layers with negligible wall stress: A singular-perturbation theory. International Journal of Engineering Science. 11(1). 45–64. 7 indexed citations
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Tennekes, H. & J. C. Wyngaard. (1972). The intermittent small-scale structure of turbulence: data-processing hazards. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 55(1). 93–103. 73 indexed citations
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Sheih, C.M., H. Tennekes, & J. L. Lumley. (1970). Further studies on the Wyngaard-Lumley anemometer. Journal of Physics E Scientific Instruments. 3(12). 1023–1025. 3 indexed citations
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Tennekes, H.. (1968). Simple Approximations to Turbulent Energy Transfer in the Universal Equilibrium Range. The Physics of Fluids. 11(1). 246–247. 5 indexed citations
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Tennekes, H.. (1968). Simple Model for the Small-Scale Structure of Turbulence. The Physics of Fluids. 11(3). 669–671. 168 indexed citations
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Wyngaard, J. C., et al.. (1968). Structure of Turbulence in a Curved Mixing Layer. The Physics of Fluids. 11(6). 1251–1253. 19 indexed citations
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Tennekes, H.. (1966). Wall Region in Turbulent Shear Flow of Non-Newtonian Fluids. The Physics of Fluids. 9(5). 872–878. 4 indexed citations
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Tennekes, H.. (1965). Similarity laws for turbulent boundary layers with suction or injection. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 21(4). 689–703. 31 indexed citations
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Ingen, J. L. van & H. Tennekes. (1960). Reisverslag: AGARD - Wind tunnel and model testing panel boundary layer research meeting Londen, Engeland, 25 tm. 29 april 1960. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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