L. Mahrt

22.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
242 papers, 16.0k citations indexed

About

L. Mahrt is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Mahrt has authored 242 papers receiving a total of 16.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 188 papers in Atmospheric Science, 137 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 115 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in L. Mahrt's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (167 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (112 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (81 papers). L. Mahrt is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (167 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (112 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (81 papers). L. Mahrt collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Canada. L. Mahrt's co-authors include Dean Vickers, Ib Troen, Jielun Sun, Hua Pan, Michael Ek, Donald H. Lenschow, Robert M. Banta, Jim Howell, Yelena L. Pichugina and Reina Nakamura and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

L. Mahrt

238 papers receiving 15.1k citations

Hit Papers

Quality Control and Flux ... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1997 1986 2013 1999 2013 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Quality Control and Flux Sampling Problems for Tower and Aircraft Data
    1997 1.3k citations Dean Vickers, L. Mahrt Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology profile →
  2. A simple model of the atmospheric boundary layer; sensitivity to surface evaporation
    1986 961 citations L. Mahrt et al. Boundary-Layer Meteorology profile →
  3. On the Exchange of Momentum over the Open Ocean
    2013 564 citations James B. Edson, Venkata Jampana et al. Journal of Physical Oceanography profile →
  4. Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layers
    1999 500 citations L. Mahrt Boundary-Layer Meteorology profile →
  5. Stably Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layers
    2013 350 citations L. Mahrt Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
L. Mahrt 11.3k 10.9k 6.3k 2.8k 1.9k 242 16.0k
A.A.M. Holtslag 9.8k 0.9× 11.2k 1.0× 6.5k 1.0× 1.5k 0.5× 818 0.4× 220 16.0k
Roland B. Stull 7.9k 0.7× 7.1k 0.6× 4.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.4× 718 0.4× 113 11.6k
J. C. Wyngaard 9.7k 0.9× 7.9k 0.7× 7.8k 1.2× 5.7k 2.0× 1.5k 0.8× 116 15.7k
Donald H. Lenschow 8.7k 0.8× 7.7k 0.7× 3.8k 0.6× 1.8k 0.6× 764 0.4× 207 11.3k
J. W. Deardorff 6.8k 0.6× 5.2k 0.5× 5.2k 0.8× 4.5k 1.6× 968 0.5× 99 11.8k
Ronald B. Smith 6.2k 0.5× 5.1k 0.5× 2.6k 0.4× 527 0.2× 1.2k 0.6× 157 9.5k
Joseph B. Klemp 13.5k 1.2× 10.6k 1.0× 2.8k 0.4× 1.6k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 87 15.8k
E. F. Bradley 5.9k 0.5× 5.5k 0.5× 2.3k 0.4× 1.3k 0.4× 4.5k 2.3× 64 9.8k
William C. Skamarock 11.2k 1.0× 8.6k 0.8× 2.3k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 1.5k 0.8× 99 13.3k
Wilfried Brutsaert 4.5k 0.4× 8.9k 0.8× 5.2k 0.8× 845 0.3× 505 0.3× 195 13.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. Mahrt

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sun, Jielun, David A. R. Kristovich, Junming Wang, et al.. (2025). Impacts of Terrain Slope and Surface Roughness Variations on Turbulence Generation in the Nighttime Stable Boundary Layer. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 130(6).
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Mahrt, L.. (2024). Surface Fluxes and Flow Structure for Stably Stratified Near-Calm Conditions. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 190(10).
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Mahrt, L.. (2024). Heat Transport by Turbulence and Submeso Structures in the Stable Boundary Layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 190(3). 1 indexed citations
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Lapo, Karl, et al.. (2019). Classifying the nocturnal atmospheric boundary layer into temperature and flow regimes. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 145(721). 1515–1534. 23 indexed citations
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Mahrt, L., S. D. Miller, Tihomir Hristov, & James B. Edson. (2018). On Estimating the Surface Wind Stress over the Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 48(7). 1533–1541. 14 indexed citations
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Nilsson, Erik, Fabienne Lohou, Marie Lothon, et al.. (2016). Turbulence kinetic energy budget during the afternoontransition – Part 1: Observed surface TKE budget and boundary layerdescription for 10 intensive observation period days. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(14). 8849–8872. 27 indexed citations
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Román‐Cascón, Carlos, Carlos Yagüe, L. Mahrt, et al.. (2015). Interactions among drainage flows, gravity waves and turbulence: a BLLAST case study. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(15). 9031–9047. 27 indexed citations
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Mahrt, L.. (2015). Edgar “Ed” L Andreas 1946–2015. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 159(1). 1–2. 2 indexed citations
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Mahrt, L., Edgar L. Andreas, James B. Edson, et al.. (2015). Coastal Zone Surface Stress with Stable Stratification. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 46(1). 95–105. 19 indexed citations
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Edson, James B., Venkata Jampana, Robert A. Weller, et al.. (2013). On the Exchange of Momentum over the Open Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 43(8). 1589–1610. 564 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mahrt, L.. (2013). Stably Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layers. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 46(1). 23–45. 350 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mahrt, L., Dean Vickers, Edgar L. Andreas, & D. Khelif. (2012). Sensible Heat Flux in Near-Neutral Conditions over the Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 42(7). 1134–1142. 12 indexed citations
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Kim, Kyung-Eak, et al.. (2010). Quality Control and Tilt Correction Effects on the Turbulent Fluxes Observed at an Ocean Platform. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 50(3). 700–712. 10 indexed citations
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Vickers, Dean & L. Mahrt. (2006). Evaluation of the air‐sea bulk formula and sea‐surface temperature variability from observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 111(C5). 29 indexed citations
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Desjardins, R. L., J. I. MacPherson, L. Mahrt, et al.. (1997). Scaling up flux measurements for the boreal forest using aircraft‐tower combinations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 102(D24). 29125–29133. 90 indexed citations
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Vickers, Dean & L. Mahrt. (1997). Quality Control and Flux Sampling Problems for Tower and Aircraft Data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 14(3). 512–526. 1294 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Jielun & L. Mahrt. (1995). Relationship of surface heat flux to microscale temperature variations: Application to boreas. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 76(3). 291–301. 50 indexed citations
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Mahrt, L.. (1991). Boundary‐layer moisture regimes. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 117(497). 151–176. 112 indexed citations
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Mahrt, L.. (1986). Nocturnal topoclimatology : World Climate Applications Programme. 1 indexed citations
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Mahrt, L.. (1981). Circulations in a Sheared Inversion Layer at the Mixed Layer Top. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 59(2). 238–241. 5 indexed citations

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