Otis B. Brown

8.4k citations

67 papers · 6.6k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 40

Oceanography top 0.1%
Global and Planetary Change top 0.5%
Atmospheric Science top 1%
Ecology top 2%
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering top 0.5%

Co-authors: Howard R. Gordon Robert H. Evans Dennis Clark James W. Brown Karen S. Baker Raymond C. Smith Donald B. Olson Guillermo Podestá
Topics: Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (37 papers)Marine and coastal ecosystems (24 papers)Climate variability and models (15 papers)
Cited by: Oceanography Atmospheric Science Global and Planetary Change
Journals: Nature Science Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Partner nations: United States Australia United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Otis B. Brown

67 papers receiving 5.9k citations

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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 semianalytic radiance model of ocean color

1988 1.1k citations Howard R. Gordon, Otis B. Brown et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
On the limiting aerodynamic roughness of the ocean in very strong winds

2004 686 citations Mark A. Donelan, Brian K. Haus et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →
Phytoplankton pigment concentrations in the Middle Atlantic Bight: comparison of ship determinations and CZCS estimates

1983 656 citations Howard R. Gordon, Dennis Clark et al. Applied Optics profile →
Computed Relationships Between the Inherent and Apparent Optical Properties of a Flat Homogeneous Ocean

1975 598 citations Howard R. Gordon, Otis B. Brown et al. Applied Optics profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	NOAA Open Data Dissemination: Petabyte-scale Earth system data in the cloud 2023 ·Science Advances ·Denis S. Willett,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Otis B. Brown,(unknown)	5
2	Understanding the Various Perspectives of Earth Science Observational Data Uncertainty 2019 ·Figshare ·(unknown),H. K. Ramapriyan,(unknown),Jonathan Hobbs,(unknown),Robert R. Downs,Robert E. Wolfe,Chung‐Lin Shie,Christopher J. Merchant,Mark A. Bourassa,Jessica L. Matthews,Peter Cornillon,Lucy Bastin,(unknown),(unknown),J. L. Privette,Aneesh C. Subramanian,Otis B. Brown,(unknown)	2
3	A Conceptual Enterprise Framework for Managing Scientific Data Stewardship 2018 ·Data Science Journal ·Ge Peng,J. L. Privette,Curt Tilmes,(unknown),Thomas K. Maycock,John J. Bates,(unknown),Otis B. Brown,Edward J. Kearns	10
4	Tidal variations of flow convergence, shear, and stratification at the Rio de la Plata estuary turbidity front 2008 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·(unknown),Arnoldo Valle–Levinson,Héctor H. Sepúlveda,Otis B. Brown	17
5	Sea-surface temperature measurements from the moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) on aqua and terra 2004 ·Peter J. Minnett,Otis B. Brown,Robert H. Evans,Erica Key,Edward J. Kearns,K. A. Kilpatrick,Ajoy Kumar,(unknown),(unknown)	65
6	On the limiting aerodynamic roughness of the ocean in very strong windsbreakdown → 2004 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Mark A. Donelan,Brian K. Haus,Nicolás Reul,William J. Plant,Michael Stiassnie,Hans C. Graber,Otis B. Brown,E. S. Saltzman	686
7	An overview of MODIS capabilities for ocean science observations 1998 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Wayne E. Esaias,Mark R. Abbott,I. J. Barton,Otis B. Brown,J. W. Campbell,Kendall L. Carder,Dennis Clark,Robert H. Evans,Frank E. Hoge,Howard R. Gordon,William M. Balch,Ricardo M. Letelier,Peter J. Minnett	417
8	Agulhas ring dynamics from TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite altimeter data 1997 ·Journal of Marine Research ·Gustavo Goñi,Silvia L. Garzoli,(unknown),Donald B. Olson,Otis B. Brown	92
9	Assimilation of Sea Surface Height Data into an Isopycnic Ocean Model 1996 ·Journal of Physical Oceanography ·Cristina Forbes,Otis B. Brown	4
10	Observations of the Infrared Radiative Properties of the Ocean—Implications for the Measurement of Sea Surface Temperature via Satellite Remote Sensing 1996 ·Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·William L. Smith,Robert O. Knuteson,Henry E. Revercomb,Wayne F. Feltz,Nicholas R. Nalli,H. B. Howell,W. Paul Menzel,Otis B. Brown,James M. Brown,Peter J. Minnett,(unknown)	127
11	Observations of offshore shelf-water transport induced by a warm-core ring 1992 ·Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers ·Terrence M. Joyce,James K. B. Bishop,Otis B. Brown	56
12	Satellite-derived global sea surface temperature fields: 1982-1989 1990 ·Journal of Media Literacy Education ·Peter Cornillon,Otis B. Brown,Robert H. Evans	1
13	Processing and analysis of large volumes of satellite‐derived thermal infrared data 1987 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Peter Cornillon,Craig Gilman,Lothar Stramma,Otis B. Brown,Robert H. Evans,James W. Brown	42
14	Phytoplankton Blooming Off the U.S. East Coast: A Satellite Description 1985 ·Science ·Otis B. Brown,Robert H. Evans,Jim Brown,Howard R. Gordon,Raymond C. Smith,Karen S. Baker	88
15	Remote Sensing of Shelf Sea Hydrodynamics 1985 ·Eos ·Otis B. Brown	34
16	Rapid evolution of a Gulf Stream warm-core ring 1984 ·Nature ·Terrence M. Joyce,Richard H. Backus,Karen S. Baker,Patricia Blackwelder,Otis B. Brown,Timothy J. Cowles,Robert H. Evans,Greta A. Fryxell,David Mountain,Donald B. Olson,Ronald Schlitz,Raymond W. Schmitt,Peter Smith,Raymond C. Smith,Peter H. Wiebe	79
17	Phytoplankton pigment concentrations in the Middle Atlantic Bight: comparison of ship determinations and CZCS estimatesbreakdown → 1983 ·Applied Optics ·Howard R. Gordon,Dennis Clark,James W. Brown,Otis B. Brown,Robert H. Evans,William W. Broenkow	656
18	Satellite infrared observations of the kinematics of a warm-core ring 1983 ·Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Otis B. Brown,Donald B. Olson,James W. Brown,(unknown)	49
19	Development of Near-Surface Flow Pattern and Water Mass Distribution in the Somali Basin in Response to the Southwest Monsoon of 1979 1983 ·Journal of Physical Oceanography ·J. C. Swallow,Robert L. Molinari,J. G. Bruce,Otis B. Brown,Robert H. Evans	71
20	Influence of Bottom Depth and Albedo on the Diffuse Reflectance of a Flat Homogeneous Ocean 1974 ·Applied Optics ·Howard R. Gordon,Otis B. Brown	56

About Otis B. Brown

Otis B. Brown is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science, having authored 67 papers that have together received 6.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (37 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (24 papers) and Climate variability and models (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (5.3k citations), Atmospheric Science (2.2k citations) and Global and Planetary Change (2.6k citations). Otis B. Brown has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Howard R. Gordon, Robert H. Evans, Dennis Clark, James W. Brown, Karen S. Baker, Raymond C. Smith, Donald B. Olson, Guillermo Podestá, Peter J. Minnett and William W. Broenkow. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

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