Pearn P. Niiler

9.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
108 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Pearn P. Niiler is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Pearn P. Niiler has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Oceanography, 60 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 57 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Pearn P. Niiler's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (97 papers), Climate variability and models (50 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (30 papers). Pearn P. Niiler is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (97 papers), Climate variability and models (50 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (30 papers). Pearn P. Niiler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and United Kingdom. Pearn P. Niiler's co-authors include Dong‐Kyu Lee, Luca Centurioni, Jeffrey D. Paduan, Gary T. Mitchum, Eric A. D’Asaro, Pierre‐Marie Poulain, Eric Terrill, Thomas B. Sanford, J. Carter Ohlmann and James Stevenson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Pearn P. Niiler

108 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Tropical Ocean‐Global Atmosphere observing system: A decade of progress

1998 836 citations Gary T. Mitchum, Pearn P. Niiler et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
Air–Sea Exchange in Hurricanes: Synthesis of Observations from the Coupled Boundary Layer Air–Sea Transfer Experiment

2007 470 citations Pearn P. Niiler et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pearn P. Niiler United States	48	6.6k	4.4k	4.4k	482	459	108	7.7k
Robert A. Weller United States	47	7.4k 1.1×	5.3k 1.2×	5.9k 1.4×	471 1.0×	373 0.8×	199	9.4k
Philip L. Richardson United States	43	4.7k 0.7×	2.3k 0.5×	2.8k 0.6×	600 1.2×	693 1.5×	115	5.7k
Terrence M. Joyce United States	43	4.7k 0.7×	2.8k 0.6×	2.9k 0.7×	359 0.7×	407 0.9×	122	5.4k
Friedrich Schott Germany	51	9.0k 1.4×	5.1k 1.2×	6.5k 1.5×	605 1.3×	1.0k 2.2×	124	10.7k
Sarah T. Gille United States	41	5.5k 0.8×	3.5k 0.8×	3.7k 0.9×	287 0.6×	557 1.2×	185	6.9k
Thomas B. Sanford United States	44	5.9k 0.9×	4.3k 1.0×	2.3k 0.5×	842 1.7×	220 0.5×	113	6.7k
Patrick Marchesiello France	42	5.4k 0.8×	3.0k 0.7×	3.5k 0.8×	638 1.3×	796 1.7×	99	6.4k
Dean Roemmich United States	49	6.6k 1.0×	3.2k 0.7×	5.0k 1.2×	213 0.4×	823 1.8×	105	7.9k
Roger Lukas United States	45	7.3k 1.1×	3.8k 0.9×	5.1k 1.2×	278 0.6×	1.3k 2.9×	114	8.8k
James R. Ledwell United States	32	5.0k 0.8×	2.6k 0.6×	2.6k 0.6×	493 1.0×	497 1.1×	58	5.9k

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Vélez‐Belchí, P., Luca Centurioni, Dong‐Kyu Lee, Sen Jan, & Pearn P. Niiler. (2013). Eddy induced Kuroshio intrusions onto the continental shelf of the East China Sea. Journal of Marine Research. 71(1). 83–107. 44 indexed citations

Centurioni, Luca, J. Carter Ohlmann, & Pearn P. Niiler. (2008). Permanent Meanders in the California Current System. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 38(8). 1690–1710. 79 indexed citations

Maximenko, Nikolai & Pearn P. Niiler. (2006). Mean Surface Circulation of the Global Ocean Inferred from Satellite Altimeter and Drifter Data. ESASP. 614. 113. 13 indexed citations

Lorbacher, Katja, Dietmar Dommenget, Pearn P. Niiler, & Armin Köhl. (2006). Ocean mixed layer depth: A subsurface proxy of ocean‐atmosphere variability. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 111(C7). 196 indexed citations

Schneider, Niklas, Emanuele Di Lorenzo, & Pearn P. Niiler. (2005). Salinity Variations in the Southern California Current*. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 35(8). 1421–1436. 31 indexed citations

Kennan, Sean C. & Pearn P. Niiler. (2003). Estimating Sea Level Slope on the Equator. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 33(12). 2627–2642. 3 indexed citations

Lagerloef, Gary, Gary T. Mitchum, Roger Lukas, & Pearn P. Niiler. (1999). Tropical Pacific near‐surface currents estimated from altimeter, wind, and drifter data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 104(C10). 23313–23326. 290 indexed citations

Lee, Dong‐Kyu & Pearn P. Niiler. (1998). The inertial chimney: The near‐inertial energy drainage from the ocean surface to the deep layer. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 103(C4). 7579–7591. 142 indexed citations

Flatau, Maria, Piotr J. Flatau, Patricia A. Phoebus, & Pearn P. Niiler. (1997). The Feedback between Equatorial Convection and Local Radiative and Evaporative Processes: The Implications for Intraseasonal Oscillations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 54(19). 2373–2386. 200 indexed citations

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Flament, Pierre, Sean C. Kennan, Robert A. Knox, Pearn P. Niiler, & Robert L. Bernstein. (1996). The three-dimensional structure of an upper ocean vortex in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Nature. 383(6601). 610–613. 139 indexed citations

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Niiler, Pearn P., Jean H. Filloux, W. T. Liu, et al.. (1993). Wind‐forced variability of the deep eastern North Pacific: Observations of seafloor pressure and abyssal currents. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 98(C12). 22589–22602. 27 indexed citations

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Swenson, Mark S., Pearn P. Niiler, K. H. Brink, & Mark R. Abbott. (1992). Drifter observations of a cold filament off Point Arena, California, in July 1988. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 97(C3). 3593–3610. 40 indexed citations

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Ramp, Steven R., et al.. (1991). The physical structure of cold filaments near Point Arena, California, during June 1987. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 96(C8). 14859–14883. 57 indexed citations

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Paduan, Jeffrey D. & Pearn P. Niiler. (1990). A Lagrangian description of motion in Northern California coastal transition filaments. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 95(C10). 18095–18109. 46 indexed citations

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Mackas, David L., William R. Crawford, & Pearn P. Niiler. (1989). A performance comparison for two lagrangian drifter designs. ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN. 27(2). 443–456. 19 indexed citations

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Poulain, Pierre‐Marie & Pearn P. Niiler. (1989). Statistical Analysis of the Surface Circulation in the California Current System Using Satellite-Tracked Drifters. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 19(10). 1588–1603. 119 indexed citations

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Niiler, Pearn P. & C. J. Koblinsky. (1985). A Local Time-Dependent Sverdrup Balance in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean. Science. 229(4715). 754–756. 54 indexed citations

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Niiler, Pearn P., et al.. (1971). A Two-Layer Model of the North Atlantic Thermocline. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 1(4). 271–277. 5 indexed citations

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Schmitz, William J. & Pearn P. Niiler. (1969). A note on the kinetic energy exchange between fluctuations and mean flow in the surface layer of the Florida current. Tellus. 21(6). 814–819. 15 indexed citations

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Niiler, Pearn P.. (1965). Performance of a Thermistor Anemometer in Constant Density Shear Flow. Review of Scientific Instruments. 36(7). 921–924. 5 indexed citations

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