Peter Cornillon

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
117 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Peter Cornillon is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Cornillon has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Oceanography, 49 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 48 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Peter Cornillon's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (85 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (34 papers) and Climate variability and models (33 papers). Peter Cornillon is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (85 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (34 papers) and Climate variability and models (33 papers). Peter Cornillon collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and China. Peter Cornillon's co-authors include Jean-François Cayula, Igor M. Belkin, David Ullman, Kenneth S. Casey, Kenneth Sherman, Lothar Stramma, Kyung‐Ae Park, Qingtao Song, James F. Price and James H. Churchill and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Peter Cornillon

113 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Air–sea interaction over ocean fronts and eddies 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 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. Air–sea interaction over ocean fronts and eddies
    2008 624 citations Peter Cornillon et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Cornillon United States 41 4.1k 2.9k 2.2k 723 255 117 5.3k
Keith Haines United Kingdom 36 2.5k 0.6× 2.4k 0.8× 2.2k 1.0× 277 0.4× 121 0.5× 141 4.0k
Glen Gawarkiewicz United States 36 3.6k 0.9× 1.8k 0.6× 1.8k 0.8× 1.0k 1.4× 257 1.0× 148 4.6k
Patrick Hogan United States 29 2.9k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 395 0.5× 86 0.3× 78 3.9k
Eric P. Chassignet United States 43 5.3k 1.3× 4.0k 1.4× 3.7k 1.7× 486 0.7× 142 0.6× 188 7.1k
Richard P. Signell United States 34 4.0k 1.0× 1.5k 0.5× 2.4k 1.1× 1.4k 1.9× 135 0.5× 106 5.7k
John Wilkin United States 41 4.8k 1.2× 2.5k 0.9× 2.1k 1.0× 935 1.3× 205 0.8× 103 5.9k
Dean Roemmich United States 49 6.6k 1.6× 5.0k 1.7× 3.2k 1.5× 823 1.1× 167 0.7× 105 7.9k
Peter R. Oke Australia 38 3.5k 0.8× 3.1k 1.1× 2.5k 1.1× 528 0.7× 173 0.7× 90 4.8k
Nadia Pinardi Italy 48 6.1k 1.5× 3.4k 1.2× 2.8k 1.2× 1.2k 1.7× 151 0.6× 225 8.0k
Yi Chao United States 42 3.8k 0.9× 2.1k 0.7× 1.7k 0.7× 728 1.0× 161 0.6× 136 5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Cornillon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Cornillon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Cornillon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Cornillon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Cornillon 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 Peter Cornillon. Peter Cornillon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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González‐Haro, Cristina, Jordi Isern‐Fontanet, Antonio Turiel, Christopher J. Merchant, & Peter Cornillon. (2024). Structural and Dynamical Quality Assessment of Gap‐Filled Sea Surface Temperature Products. Earth and Space Science. 11(10). 3 indexed citations
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Gentemann, Chelle, J. P. Scott, Piero L. F. Mazzini, et al.. (2020). Saildrone: Adaptively Sampling the Marine Environment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 101(6). E744–E762. 48 indexed citations
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Ramapriyan, H. K., Jonathan Hobbs, Robert R. Downs, et al.. (2019). Understanding the Various Perspectives of Earth Science Observational Data Uncertainty. Figshare. 2 indexed citations
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Gentemann, Chelle, Peter J. Minnett, Michael Steele, et al.. (2018). Arctic MISST: Multi-sensor Improved Sea Surface Temperature: Continuing the GHRSST Partnership and Improving Arctic data. AGUFM. 2018. 1 indexed citations
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Cornillon, Peter, et al.. (2014). The Submesoscale from VIIRS Imagery-Band (375 m) Sea Surface Temperature Fields. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Buckingham, Christian E., et al.. (2014). Global observations of quasi‐zonal bands in microwave sea surface temperature. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 119(8). 4840–4866. 6 indexed citations
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Cornillon, Peter, M. Benno Blumenthal, Eric P. Chassignet, et al.. (2009). NVODS and the Development of OPeNDAP. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Blower, Jon, Peter Cornillon, P. M. S. Hacker, et al.. (2009). Serving GODAE Data and Products to the Ocean Community. Oceanography. 22(3). 70–79. 14 indexed citations
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Park, Kyung‐Ae, Peter Cornillon, & Daniel L. Codiga. (2006). Modification of surface winds near ocean fronts: Effects of Gulf Stream rings on scatterometer (QuikSCAT, NSCAT) wind observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 111(C3). 92 indexed citations
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Cornillon, Peter. (2005). What is a Data System, Anyway?.. 40(2). 10–11. 2 indexed citations
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Belkin, Igor M. & Peter Cornillon. (2004). SURFACE THERMAL FRONTS OF THE OKHOTSK SEA. 15 indexed citations
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Cornillon, Peter, et al.. (2003). The Open source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol (OPeNDAP): A Discipline Neutral Approach to Interoperability on the Internet. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 1 indexed citations
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Belkin, Igor M., Peter Cornillon, & David Ullman. (2003). OCEAN FRONTS AROUND ALASKA FROM SATELLITE SST DATA. 21 indexed citations
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Casey, Kenneth S. & Peter Cornillon. (2001). Global and Regional Sea Surface Temperature Trends. Journal of Climate. 14(18). 3801–3818. 90 indexed citations
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Casey, Kenneth S. & Peter Cornillon. (1999). A Comparison of Satellite and In Situ–Based Sea Surface Temperature Climatologies. Journal of Climate. 12(6). 1848–1863. 165 indexed citations
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Everson, Richard, et al.. (1996). Empirical eigenfunction analysis of sea surface temperatures in the Western North Atlantic. AIP conference proceedings. 375. 563–590. 3 indexed citations
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Cornillon, Peter, Craig Gilman, Lothar Stramma, et al.. (1987). Processing and analysis of large volumes of satellite‐derived thermal infrared data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 92(C12). 12993–13002. 42 indexed citations
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Cornillon, Peter, et al.. (1986). SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHARTS FOR THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND FISHING COMMUNITY. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 4 indexed citations
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Cornillon, Peter, et al.. (1986). Warm outbreaks of the Gulf Stream into the Sargasso Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 91(C5). 6583–6596. 30 indexed citations

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