Norman A. Phillips

7.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
56 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Norman A. Phillips is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Norman A. Phillips has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Atmospheric Science, 24 papers in Oceanography and 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Norman A. Phillips's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (22 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (13 papers) and Climate variability and models (13 papers). Norman A. Phillips is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (22 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (13 papers) and Climate variability and models (13 papers). Norman A. Phillips collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Korea. Norman A. Phillips's co-authors include Lewis Fry Richardson, Yoshimitsu Ogura, J. G. Charney, Walter Munk, F. N. Alyea, D. M. Cunnold, Ronald G. Prinn, J. Shukla, A. Ibbetson and Geoffrey J. DiMego and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics and Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Norman A. Phillips

52 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Weather Prediction by Numerical Process 1954 2026 1978 2002 1966 1957 1962 1954 1956 200 400 600
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. Weather Prediction by Numerical Process
    1966 709 citations Norman A. Phillips, Lewis Fry Richardson Mathematics of Computation profile →
  2. A COORDINATE SYSTEM HAVING SOME SPECIAL ADVANTAGES FOR NUMERICAL FORECASTING
    1957 569 citations Norman A. Phillips Journal of Meteorology profile →
  3. Scale Analysis of Deep and Shallow Convection in the Atmosphere
    1962 486 citations Yoshimitsu Ogura, Norman A. Phillips Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences profile →
  4. Energy Transformations and Meridional Circulations associated with simple Baroclinic Waves in a two-level, Quasi-geostrophic Model
    1954 399 citations Norman A. Phillips Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography profile →
  5. The general circulation of the atmosphere: A numerical experiment
    1956 385 citations Norman A. Phillips profile →
  6. Energy Transformations and Meridional Circulations associated with simple Baroclinic Waves in a two-level, Quasi-geostrophic Model
    1954 350 citations Norman A. Phillips Tellus profile →

Peers

Norman A. Phillips
J. G. Charney United States
Akio Arakawa United States
William Blumen United States
A. E. Gill United Kingdom
Melvin E. Stern United States
C. E. Leith United States
R. Sadourny France
Robert R. Long United States
Olivier Talagrand France
Peter G. Baines Australia
J. G. Charney United States
Norman A. Phillips
Citations per year, relative to Norman A. Phillips Norman A. Phillips (= 1×) peers J. G. Charney

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Fields of papers citing papers by Norman A. Phillips

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Norman A. Phillips. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Norman A. Phillips based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Norman A. Phillips. Norman A. Phillips is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Phillips, Norman A.. (2012). Elementary Rossby waves. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 17(3). 296–296. 2 indexed citations
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Phillips, Norman A., Joel Susskind, & Larry M. McMillin. (1988). Results of a Joint NOAA/NASA Sounder Simulation Study. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 5(1). 44–56. 10 indexed citations
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Phillips, Norman A.. (1988). The effects of turbulent mixing near the ground in the nested grid model. 1 indexed citations
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Phillips, Norman A.. (1981). A simpler way to initiate condensation at relative humidities below 100 percent. 1 indexed citations
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Cunnold, D. M., F. N. Alyea, Norman A. Phillips, & Ronald G. Prinn. (1975). A Three-Dimensional Dynamical-Chemical Model of Atmospheric Ozone. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 32(1). 170–194. 121 indexed citations
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Cunnold, D. M., F. N. Alyea, Norman A. Phillips, & R. Prinn. (1974). First results of a general circulation model applied to the SST-NOx problem. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 8 indexed citations
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Phillips, Norman A.. (1971). Numerical weather prediction. Eos. 52(6). 105 indexed citations
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Phillips, Norman A.. (1970). Reply. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 27(3). 506–507. 1 indexed citations
9.
Ibbetson, A. & Norman A. Phillips. (1967). Some laboratory experiments on Rossby waves in a rotating annulus. Tellus. 19(1). 81–87. 9 indexed citations
10.
Phillips, Norman A. & Lewis Fry Richardson. (1966). Weather Prediction by Numerical Process. Mathematics of Computation. 20(96). 633–633. 709 indexed citations breakdown →
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Phillips, Norman A.. (1966). Large-scale eddy motion in the western Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 71(16). 3883–3891. 53 indexed citations
12.
Ogura, Yoshimitsu & Norman A. Phillips. (1962). Scale Analysis of Deep and Shallow Convection in the Atmosphere. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 19(2). 173–179. 486 indexed citations breakdown →
13.
Phillips, Norman A.. (1960). On the Problem of Initial Data for the Primitive Equations. Tellus. 12(2). 121–126. 39 indexed citations
14.
Phillips, Norman A., William Blumen, & Owen R. Coté. (1960). Numerical Weather Prediction in the Soviet Union. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 41(11). 599–617. 11 indexed citations
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Phillips, Norman A.. (1957). A Map Projection System Suitable for Large-scale Numerical Weather Prediction. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 35A(0). 262–267. 26 indexed citations
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Phillips, Norman A.. (1954). Energy Transformations and Meridional Circulations associated with simple Baroclinic Waves in a two-level, Quasi-geostrophic Model. Tellus. 6(3). 273–286. 350 indexed citations breakdown →
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Charney, J. G. & Norman A. Phillips. (1953). NUMERICAL INTEGRATION OF THE QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC EQUATIONS FOR BAROTROPIC AND SIMPLE BAROCLINIC FLOWS. Journal of Meteorology. 10(2). 71–99. 239 indexed citations
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Phillips, Norman A.. (1951). A SIMPLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL FOR THE STUDY OF LARGE-SCALE EXTRATROPICAL FLOW PATTERNS. Journal of Meteorology. 8(6). 381–394. 142 indexed citations
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Newton, Chester W., et al.. (1951). Structure of Shear Lines near the Tropopause in Summer. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 3(3). 154–171. 6 indexed citations
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Newton, Chester W., et al.. (1951). Structure of Shear Lines near the Tropopause in Summer. Tellus. 3(3). 154–171. 8 indexed citations

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