Rex E. Britter

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

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Rex E. Britter is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Rex E. Britter has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Environmental Engineering, 17 papers in Computational Mechanics and 17 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rex E. Britter's work include Wind and Air Flow Studies (42 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (11 papers) and Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research (10 papers). Rex E. Britter is often cited by papers focused on Wind and Air Flow Studies (42 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (11 papers) and Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research (10 papers). Rex E. Britter collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Singapore. Rex E. Britter's co-authors include Steven R. Hanna, John Simpson, J. C. R. Hunt, P. F. Linden, Ashok K. Luhar, J. E. Simpson, Steven R. H. Barrett, Kelvin J Richards, Ian A. Waitz and E. J. Hopfinger and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Rex E. Britter

64 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

FLOW ANDDISPERSION INURBANAREAS

2002 687 citations Rex E. Britter, Steven R. Hanna Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rex E. Britter United Kingdom	36	2.4k	1.4k	1.2k	876	815	64	4.6k
S. E. Belcher United Kingdom	32	2.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	656 0.6×	761 0.9×	539 0.7×	53	3.8k
Harindra J. S. Fernando United States	38	2.2k 0.9×	2.6k 1.8×	416 0.4×	1.0k 1.2×	457 0.6×	207	5.0k
P.G. Mestayer France	31	1.7k 0.7×	938 0.7×	260 0.2×	370 0.4×	423 0.5×	68	2.6k
Edward G. Patton United States	31	1.2k 0.5×	1.8k 1.3×	474 0.4×	862 1.0×	278 0.3×	89	3.3k
Sven‐Erik Gryning Denmark	35	2.3k 1.0×	2.3k 1.7×	228 0.2×	466 0.5×	827 1.0×	124	3.7k
Jeffrey Weil United States	27	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	191 0.2×	624 0.7×	265 0.3×	56	3.1k
Gerhard H. Jirka United States	37	915 0.4×	749 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	1.7k 2.0×	871 1.1×	147	5.2k
Erich J. Plate Germany	28	1.1k 0.5×	774 0.6×	412 0.4×	256 0.3×	348 0.4×	96	3.1k
Robert M. Banta United States	46	3.0k 1.3×	5.0k 3.6×	379 0.3×	881 1.0×	852 1.0×	120	6.6k
B. B. Hicks United States	39	1.3k 0.5×	3.9k 2.8×	490 0.4×	437 0.5×	154 0.2×	166	6.0k

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Li, Xian‐Xiang, Rex E. Britter, & Leslie K. Norford. (2014). Transport processes in and above two-dimensional urban street canyons under different stratification conditions: results from numerical simulation. Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 15(2). 399–417. 38 indexed citations

Neophytou, Marina, et al.. (2012). City breathability as quantified by the exchange velocity and its spatial variation in real inhomogeneous urban geometries: An example from central London urban area. The Science of The Total Environment. 442. 466–477. 117 indexed citations

Garmory, Andrew, et al.. (2008). Simulations of the dispersion of reactive pollutants in a street canyon, considering different chemical mechanisms and micromixing. Atmospheric Environment. 43(31). 4670–4680. 47 indexed citations

Hanna, Steven R. & Rex E. Britter. (2002). Wind Flow and Vapor Cloud Dispersion at Industrial and Urban Sites. 40 indexed citations

Britter, Rex E. & Steven R. Hanna. (2002). FLOW ANDDISPERSION INURBANAREAS. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 35(1). 469–496. 687 indexed citations breakdown →

Briggs, Gary A., Rex E. Britter, Steven R. Hanna, et al.. (2001). Dense gas vertical diffusion over rough surfaces: results of wind-tunnel studies. Atmospheric Environment. 35(13). 2265–2284. 36 indexed citations

Britter, Rex E., et al.. (2000). SMEDIS: scientific model evaluation of dense gas dispersion models. International Journal of Environment and Pollution. 14(1/2/3/4/5/6). 39–39. 18 indexed citations

Hankin, Robin K. S. & Rex E. Britter. (1999). twodee: The Health and Safety Laboratory's shallow layer model for heavy gas dispersion Part 2: Outline and validation of the computational scheme. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 66(3). 227–237. 15 indexed citations

Hankin, Robin K. S. & Rex E. Britter. (1999). twodee: the Health and Safety Laboratory's shallow layer model for heavy gas dispersion Part 3: Experimental validation (Thorney Island). Journal of Hazardous Materials. 66(3). 239–261. 18 indexed citations

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Hankin, Robin K. S. & Rex E. Britter. (1999). twodee: the Health and Safety Laboratory's shallow layer model for heavy gas dispersion Part 1. Mathematical basis and physical assumptions. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 66(3). 211–226. 35 indexed citations

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Britter, Rex E., et al.. (1996). CFD simulations of a tunnel fire—Part I. Fire Safety Journal. 26(1). 35–62. 63 indexed citations

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Huq, Pablo & Rex E. Britter. (1995). Mixing due to grid-generated turbulence of a two-layer scalar profile. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 285. 17–40. 23 indexed citations

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Chew, T. C. & Rex E. Britter. (1992). Effect of flame-induced geometrical straining on turbulence levels in explosions and common burner configurations. International Journal of Engineering Science. 30(8). 983–1002. 6 indexed citations

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Huppert, Herbert E. & Rex E. Britter. (1984). Closure to “ Separation of Hydraulic Flow Over Topography ” by Herbert E. Huppert and Rex E. Britter (December, 1982). Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 110(3). 362–363. 1 indexed citations

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Lawson, Robert E. & Rex E. Britter. (1983). A note on the measurement of transverse velocity fluctuations with heated cylindrical sensors at small mean velocities. Journal of Physics E Scientific Instruments. 16(6). 563–567. 14 indexed citations

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Britter, Rex E., et al.. (1983). The effects of stable stratification on turbulent diffusion and the decay of grid turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 127. 27–44. 62 indexed citations

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Britter, Rex E. & R.F. Griffiths. (1982). The role of dense gases in the assessment of industrial hazards. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 6(1-2). 3–12. 7 indexed citations

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Hopfinger, E. J., et al.. (1981). Gravitational convection from instantaneous sources on inclined boundaries. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 107. 407–422. 147 indexed citations

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Britter, Rex E. & J. C. R. Hunt. (1979). Velocity measurements and order of magnitude estimates of the flow between two buildings in a simulated atmospheric boundary layer. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 4(2). 165–182. 31 indexed citations

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Britter, Rex E. & John Simpson. (1978). Experiments on the dynamics of a gravity current head. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 88(2). 223–240. 292 indexed citations

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