Kirk Bryan

6.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
64 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Kirk Bryan is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kirk Bryan has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Oceanography, 42 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 30 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Kirk Bryan's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (39 papers), Climate variability and models (35 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (12 papers). Kirk Bryan is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (39 papers), Climate variability and models (35 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (12 papers). Kirk Bryan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Canada. Kirk Bryan's co-authors include Syukuro Manabe, Michael D. Cox, Michael J. Spelman, S. Pond, Stephen M. Griffies, Herbert E. Huppert, Isidoro Orlanski, R. C. Pacanowski, Young‐Gyu Park and Eli Tziperman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Kirk Bryan

63 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

A numerical method for the study of the circulation of the world ocean

1969 776 citations Kirk Bryan profile →
A Numerical Method for the Study of the Circulation of the World Ocean

1997 523 citations Kirk Bryan profile →
A Global Ocean-Atmosphere Climate Model. Part II. The Oceanic Circulation

1975 191 citations Kirk Bryan et al. Journal of Physical Oceanography profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kirk Bryan United States	32	3.5k	3.1k	3.0k	386	268	64	4.9k
Rainer Bleck United States	31	3.8k 1.1×	3.5k 1.1×	3.6k 1.2×	225 0.6×	319 1.2×	76	5.9k
Lawrence A. Mysak Canada	38	3.0k 0.9×	4.2k 1.3×	3.0k 1.0×	714 1.8×	543 2.0×	165	6.3k
R. C. Pacanowski United States	30	4.1k 1.2×	3.3k 1.0×	3.7k 1.2×	270 0.7×	271 1.0×	36	5.2k
T. Rossby United States	35	3.3k 0.9×	1.9k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	205 0.5×	402 1.5×	101	4.2k
Jean‐Michel Campin United States	33	2.6k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	527 1.4×	211 0.8×	62	4.3k
Abraham H. Oort United States	34	1.8k 0.5×	4.6k 1.5×	4.7k 1.5×	165 0.4×	96 0.4×	59	6.2k
Nelson G. Hogg United States	33	2.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	180 0.5×	500 1.9×	76	2.9k
Jürgen Willebrand Germany	28	3.0k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	245 0.6×	166 0.6×	50	3.5k
Dale B. Haidvogel United States	39	4.8k 1.4×	2.7k 0.9×	2.8k 0.9×	260 0.7×	528 2.0×	91	6.0k
Thomas B. Sanford United States	44	5.9k 1.7×	4.3k 1.4×	2.3k 0.8×	245 0.6×	842 3.1×	113	6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Kirk Bryan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kirk Bryan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kirk Bryan

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All Works

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Park, Young‐Gyu & Kirk Bryan. (2001). Comparison of Thermally Driven Circulations from a Depth-Coordinate Model and an Isopycnal-Layer Model. Part II: The Difference and Structure of the Circulations. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 31(9). 2612–2624. 10 indexed citations

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Park, Young‐Gyu & Kirk Bryan. (2000). Comparison of Thermally Driven Circulations from a Depth-Coordinate Model and an Isopycnal-Layer Model. Part I: Scaling-Law Sensitivity to Vertical Diffusivity. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 30(3). 590–605. 83 indexed citations

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Bryan, Kirk, John K. Dukowicz, & Richard D. Smith. (1999). On the Mixing Coefficient in the Parameterization of Bolus Velocity. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 29(9). 2442–2456. 60 indexed citations

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Bryan, Kirk. (1996). The steric component of sea level rise associated with enhanced greenhouse warming: a model study. Climate Dynamics. 12(8). 545–555. 32 indexed citations

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Bryan, Kirk. (1996). The role of mesoscale eddies in the poleward transport of heat by the oceans: a review. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 98(2-4). 249–257. 22 indexed citations

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Tziperman, Eli, J. R. Toggweiler, Kirk Bryan, & Yizhak Feliks. (1994). Instability of the Thermohaline Circulation with Respect to Mixed Boundary Conditions: Is It Really a Problem for Realistic Models?. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 24(2). 217–232. 107 indexed citations

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Bryan, Kirk. (1991). Poleward heat transport in the ocean.. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 43(4). 104–115. 18 indexed citations

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Bryan, Kirk. (1991). Poleward heat transport in the ocean: A review of a hierarchy of models of increasing resolution. Tellus B. 43(4). 104–104. 23 indexed citations

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Bryan, Kirk. (1987). Potential vorticity in models of the ocean circulation. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 113(477). 713–734. 2 indexed citations

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Huang, Rui Xin, et al.. (1986). Verification Experiments with an Isopycnal Coordinate Ocean Model. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 16(5). 985–990. 5 indexed citations

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Bryan, Kirk. (1986). Poleward Buoyancy Transport in the Ocean and Mesoscale Eddies. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 16(5). 927–933. 31 indexed citations

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Bryan, Kirk. (1984). Accelerating the Convergence to Equilibrium of Ocean-Climate Models. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 14(4). 666–673. 251 indexed citations

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Bryan, Kirk. (1978). The Ocean Heat Balance.. 21(4). 18–26. 1 indexed citations

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Bryan, Kirk & P. Ripa. (1978). The vertical structure of North Pacific temperature anomalies. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 83(C5). 2419–2429. 12 indexed citations

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Pond, S. & Kirk Bryan. (1976). Numerical models of the ocean circulation. Reviews of Geophysics. 14(2). 243–263. 189 indexed citations

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Stegen, G. R., et al.. (1975). Dropped horizontal coherence based on temperature profiles in the upper thermocline. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 80(27). 3841–3847. 6 indexed citations

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Bryan, Kirk & Michael D. Cox. (1972). An Approximate Equation of State for Numerical Models of Ocean Circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2(4). 510–514. 99 indexed citations

18.

Bryan, Kirk. (1969). CLIMATE AND THE OCEAN CIRCULATION. Monthly Weather Review. 97(11). 806–827. 128 indexed citations

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Bryan, Kirk & Michael D. Cox. (1967). A numerical investigation of the oceanic general circulation. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 19(1). 54–54. 115 indexed citations

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Bryan, Kirk, et al.. (1960). SEASONAL HEAT STORAGE IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. Journal of Meteorology. 17(6). 670–674. 16 indexed citations

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