N. Robb McDonald

690 total citations
73 papers, 513 citations indexed

About

N. Robb McDonald is a scholar working on Oceanography, Computational Mechanics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, N. Robb McDonald has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 513 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Oceanography, 25 papers in Computational Mechanics and 25 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in N. Robb McDonald's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (32 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (21 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (17 papers). N. Robb McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (32 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (21 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (17 papers). N. Robb McDonald collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. N. Robb McDonald's co-authors include E. R. Johnson, Peter D. Killworth, Jörg Imberger, Duncan E. Farrow, J. G. Esler, Baowen Xue, Gregory N. Ivey, Mark Mineev-Weinstein, Roman Stocker and David Straub and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

N. Robb McDonald

69 papers receiving 483 citations

Peers

N. Robb McDonald
Achim Wirth France
Hideshi Hanazaki Japan
A. M. Rogerson United States
Judith Y. Holyer United Kingdom
T. G. L. Shirtcliffe New Zealand
A. Babiano France
Jean N. Reinaud United Kingdom
Armando Babiano France
Jan‐Bert Flór France
Shane R. Keating Australia
Achim Wirth France
N. Robb McDonald
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McDonald, N. Robb, et al.. (2025). Vortex equilibria using least-squares methods. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics. 39(4). 27–27.
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McDonald, N. Robb, et al.. (2024). Modelling wildfire spread and spotfire merger using conformal mapping and AAA-least squares methods. Environmental Modelling & Software. 185. 106303–106303. 1 indexed citations
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McDonald, N. Robb, et al.. (2024). Exact and numerical solutions of a free boundary problem with a reciprocal growth law. IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics. 89(2). 374–386. 1 indexed citations
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McDonald, N. Robb, et al.. (2024). Erosion of surfaces by trapped vortices. Journal of Engineering Mathematics. 148(1).
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McDonald, N. Robb, et al.. (2023). Penguin Huddling: A Continuum Model. Acta Applicandae Mathematicae. 185(1). 4 indexed citations
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McDonald, N. Robb. (2020). Application of the Schwarz-Christoffel map to the Laplacian growth of needles and fingers. Physical review. E. 101(1). 13101–13101.
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Johnson, E. R., et al.. (2017). The long-wave vorticity dynamics of rotating buoyant outflows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 822. 418–443. 7 indexed citations
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Esler, J. G., et al.. (2013). Statistical mechanics of a neutral point-vortex gas at low energy. Physical Review E. 88(1). 12109–12109. 12 indexed citations
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McDonald, N. Robb. (2010). Computation of Hele-Shaw free boundary problems near obstacles. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics. 24(6). 537–550. 4 indexed citations
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McDonald, N. Robb, et al.. (2009). Finite area vortex motion on a sphere with impenetrable boundaries. Physics of Fluids. 21(1). 4 indexed citations
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Johnson, E. R., et al.. (2007). Interactions of two vortices near step topography. Physics of Fluids. 19(12). 1 indexed citations
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McDonald, N. Robb. (2003). A new translating quasigeostrophic V-state. European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids. 23(4). 633–644. 5 indexed citations
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McDonald, N. Robb. (2002). Steady, Non-radiating Geophysical Flow Past A Cylinder With Circulation. UCL Discovery (University College London). 687. 1 indexed citations
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McDonald, N. Robb, et al.. (2002). The evolution of an initially circular vortex near an escarpment. Part I: analytical results. European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids. 21(6). 657–675. 1 indexed citations
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Farrow, Duncan E. & N. Robb McDonald. (2002). Coriolis effects and the thermal bar. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107(C5). 13 indexed citations
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McDonald, N. Robb. (2000). The interaction of two baroclinic geostrophic vortices on the β–plane. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 456(1997). 1029–1049. 2 indexed citations
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McDonald, N. Robb, et al.. (1999). Some interactions of a vortex with a seamount. Environmental Research. 22(6). 885–898. 5 indexed citations
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McDonald, N. Robb. (1993). Topographic Dispersal of Bottom Water. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 23(5). 954–969. 4 indexed citations
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McDonald, N. Robb & Jörg Imberger. (1991). A line sink in a rotating stratified fluid. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 233. 349–368. 7 indexed citations
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Jehenson, P., et al.. (1989). The major results of the PISC II RRT. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 115(1). 7–21. 5 indexed citations

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