Joël Sommeria

6.3k total citations
107 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Joël Sommeria is a scholar working on Oceanography, Computational Mechanics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Joël Sommeria has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Oceanography, 36 papers in Computational Mechanics and 32 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Joël Sommeria's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (41 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (32 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (22 papers). Joël Sommeria is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (41 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (32 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (22 papers). Joël Sommeria collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Joël Sommeria's co-authors include Raoul Robert, Pierre-Henri Chavanis, Chantal Staquet, R. Moreau, S. Cioni, S. Ciliberto, Harry L. Swinney, D. Benielli, Steven D. Meyers and Frans‐Peter A. Lam and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Joël Sommeria

105 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joël Sommeria France	35	1.9k	1.2k	1.1k	997	818	107	4.3k
Gregory Falkovich Israel	40	3.1k 1.6×	954 0.8×	699 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	142	7.1k
P. G. Drazin United Kingdom	29	2.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	824 0.7×	989 1.0×	1.4k 1.7×	73	6.5k
Victor S. L’vov Israel	38	2.1k 1.1×	919 0.8×	537 0.5×	687 0.7×	714 0.9×	174	5.8k
F. H. Busse Germany	25	2.1k 1.1×	612 0.5×	724 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	295 0.4×	54	4.3k
Robert E. Ecke United States	37	2.4k 1.2×	530 0.4×	258 0.2×	550 0.6×	502 0.6×	126	4.2k
David G. Dritschel United Kingdom	38	1.8k 1.0×	2.4k 2.0×	2.2k 1.9×	1.2k 1.2×	328 0.4×	181	4.9k
George Veronis United States	27	1.3k 0.7×	690 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	450 0.5×	261 0.3×	95	3.4k
Edward R. Benton United States	17	1.2k 0.6×	886 0.7×	933 0.8×	445 0.4×	224 0.3×	43	3.5k
B. Dubrulle France	29	1.4k 0.7×	561 0.5×	256 0.2×	1.7k 1.7×	478 0.6×	153	3.7k
F. H. Busse Germany	46	4.0k 2.1×	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	2.0k 2.0×	695 0.8×	195	8.6k

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All Works

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Hopfinger, E. J., et al.. (2025). Laboratory experiments of rotating stratified exchange flows over a sediment bed. Advances in Water Resources. 200. 104959–104959. 3 indexed citations

Barthélemy, Éric, et al.. (2024). Space–time statistics of 2D soliton gas in shallow water studied by stereoscopic surface mapping. Experiments in Fluids. 65(6). 5 indexed citations

Augier, Pierre, et al.. (2023). From Internal Waves to Turbulence in a Stably Stratified Fluid. Physical Review Letters. 131(26). 264101–264101. 2 indexed citations

Augier, Pierre, et al.. (2022). Observation of a regime of weak internal wave turbulence in stratified turbulence forced by waves in the Coriolis facility. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 11 indexed citations

Han, Guoqing, Changming Dong, Jingsong Yang, et al.. (2021). Strain Evolution and Instability of an Anticyclonic Eddy From a Laboratory Experiment. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8. 6 indexed citations

Adduce, Claudia, et al.. (2021). Experimental study of uni- and bi-directional exchange flows in a large-scale rotating trapezoidal channel. Physics of Fluids. 33(3). 24 indexed citations

Gačić, Miroslav, Laura Ursella, Vedrana Kovačević, et al.. (2021). Impact of dense-water flow over a sloping bottom on open-sea circulation: laboratory experiments and an Ionian Sea (Mediterranean) example. Ocean science. 17(4). 975–996. 16 indexed citations

Rubino, Angelo, Miroslav Gačić, Manuel Bensi, et al.. (2020). Experimental evidence of long-term oceanic circulation reversals without wind influence in the North Ionian Sea. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 1905–1905. 34 indexed citations

Viboud, Samuel, et al.. (2019). Identifying four wave resonant interactions in a surface gravity wave turbulence experiment. arXiv (Cornell University). 9 indexed citations

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Praud, Olivier, Adam Fincham, & Joël Sommeria. (2005). Decaying grid turbulence in a strongly stratified fluid. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 522. 1–33. 68 indexed citations

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Orr, Andrew, et al.. (2005). Coriolis effects on wind jets and cloudiness along coasts. Weather. 60(10). 291–299. 22 indexed citations

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Sommeria, Joël, et al.. (2003). Data assimilation applied to laboratory experiments in a rotating, stratified fluid. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 2894. 1 indexed citations

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Sommeria, Joël, et al.. (2002). An Experimental Investigation of Heton Instability In A Rotating, Two-layer Fluid. EGSGA. 1012. 1 indexed citations

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Emerich, C., L. Ben Jaffel, J. T. Clarke, et al.. (2001). Hot Atomic Hydrogen in the Upper Jovian Atmosphere confirmed with Ly-α High Resolution STIS Observations. 33. 1 indexed citations

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Emerich, C., L. Ben Jaffel, J. T. Clarke, et al.. (2000). Hot Hydrogen Belt Detected with Ly-α High Resolution Observations of Jovian Atmosphere. 32. 1 indexed citations

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Benielli, D. & Joël Sommeria. (1998). Excitation and breaking of internal gravity waves by parametric instability. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 374. 117–144. 71 indexed citations

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Barge, P. & Joël Sommeria. (1995). Did planet formation begin inside persistent gaseous vortices. CERN Bulletin. 295. 35 indexed citations

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Jaffel, L. Ben, Joël Sommeria, & R. Prangé. (1992). A new model for the Lyman alpha bulge of Jupiter.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 24(3). 1033–1034. 1 indexed citations

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Sommeria, Joël, Caroline Nore, Thierry Dumont, & Raoul Robert. (1991). Statistical theory of the Great Red Spot of Jupiter.. 312(9). 999–1005. 2 indexed citations

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Villermaux, Emmanuel, Joël Sommeria, Y. Gagne, & E. J. Hopfinger. (1991). Oscillatory instability and genesis of turbulence behind a high solidity grid. European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids. 10(4). 427–439. 9 indexed citations

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