Roger Lukas

11.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
114 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Roger Lukas is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Roger Lukas has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Oceanography, 54 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 36 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Roger Lukas's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (89 papers), Climate variability and models (49 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (33 papers). Roger Lukas is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (89 papers), Climate variability and models (49 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (33 papers). Roger Lukas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Japan. Roger Lukas's co-authors include David M. Karl, Eric Lindstrom, Peter Webster, Eric Firing, Alexander Soloviev, Rana A. Fine, Bo Qiu, Matthew J. Church, John E. Dore and Frederick M. Bingham and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Roger Lukas

111 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

TOGA COARE: The Coupled Ocean—Atmosphere Response Experiment

1992 816 citations Roger Lukas et al. profile →
The mixed layer of the western equatorial Pacific Ocean

1991 749 citations Roger Lukas et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roger Lukas United States	45	7.3k	5.1k	3.8k	1.3k	340	114	8.8k
Friedrich Schott Germany	51	9.0k 1.2×	6.5k 1.3×	5.1k 1.3×	1.0k 0.8×	449 1.3×	124	10.7k
Julian P. McCreary United States	55	10.8k 1.5×	9.1k 1.8×	5.6k 1.5×	859 0.7×	267 0.8×	126	12.3k
Ricardo Locarnini United States	25	4.0k 0.6×	2.8k 0.6×	2.7k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	484 1.4×	38	5.5k
Pearn P. Niiler United States	48	6.6k 0.9×	4.4k 0.8×	4.4k 1.1×	459 0.4×	224 0.7×	108	7.7k
J. S. Godfrey Australia	33	4.4k 0.6×	3.5k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	647 0.5×	225 0.7×	66	5.4k
Klaus Wyrtki United States	37	5.9k 0.8×	4.3k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	324 1.0×	87	7.5k
Arne Biastoch Germany	43	5.1k 0.7×	4.5k 0.9×	3.5k 0.9×	748 0.6×	753 2.2×	147	7.0k
Hernan E. Garcia United States	24	3.9k 0.5×	2.7k 0.5×	2.4k 0.6×	936 0.7×	459 1.4×	35	5.2k
Alexey V. Fedorov United States	41	3.2k 0.4×	4.1k 0.8×	4.7k 1.2×	756 0.6×	430 1.3×	122	6.1k
Gilles Reverdin France	44	6.2k 0.9×	4.6k 0.9×	3.9k 1.0×	635 0.5×	353 1.0×	203	7.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Roger Lukas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roger Lukas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roger Lukas

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Soloviev, Alexander, et al.. (2020). Potential effect of bio-surfactants on sea spray generation in tropical cyclone conditions. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 19057–19057. 5 indexed citations

Soloviev, Alexander, Roger Lukas, Mark A. Donelan, Brian K. Haus, & Isaac Ginis. (2017). Is the State of the Air‐Sea Interface a Factor in Rapid Intensification and Rapid Decline of Tropical Cyclones?. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 122(12). 10174–10183. 16 indexed citations

Soloviev, Alexander, Roger Lukas, Mark A. Donelan, Brian K. Haus, & Isaac Ginis. (2014). The air-sea interface and surface stress under tropical cyclones. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 5306–5306. 102 indexed citations

Ardhuin, Fabrice, Mathias Obrebski, Louis Marié, et al.. (2013). A numerical model for ocean ultra-low frequency noise: Wave-generated acoustic-gravity and Rayleigh modes. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 134(4). 3242–3259. 28 indexed citations

Whelan, Sean P. J., Frank Bradley, A. J. Plueddemann, et al.. (2010). WHOI Hawaii Ocean Timeseries Station (WHOTS) : WHOTS-6 2009 mooring turnaround cruise report. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution eBooks. 2 indexed citations

Dore, John E., et al.. (2009). Physical and biogeochemical modulation of ocean acidification in the central North Pacific. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(30). 12235–12240. 373 indexed citations

Hasegawa, Takuya, Kentaro Ando, Keisuke Mizuno, & Roger Lukas. (2009). Coastal upwelling along the north coast of Papua New Guinea and SST cooling over the pacific warm pool: A case study for the 2002/03 El Niño event. Journal of Oceanography. 65(6). 817–833. 16 indexed citations

Stammer, Detlef, et al.. (2008). Causes for Large-Scale Hydrographic Changes at the Hawaii Ocean Time Series Station. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 38(9). 1931–1948. 22 indexed citations

Dore, John E., Ricardo M. Letelier, Matthew J. Church, Roger Lukas, & David M. Karl. (2007). Summer phytoplankton blooms in the oligotrophic North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: Historical perspective and recent observations. Progress In Oceanography. 76(1). 2–38. 177 indexed citations

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Soloviev, Alexander, et al.. (2006). The Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 46 indexed citations

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Weller, Robert A., et al.. (2004). The Interface or Air–Sea Flux Component of the TOGA Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Response Experiment and Its Impact on Subsequent Air–Sea Interaction Studies*. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 21(2). 223–257. 31 indexed citations

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Ioualalen, Mansour, Roger Lukas, Gérard Eldin, & Yves Gouriou. (2003). Some aspects of the southern Pacific subtropical overturning cell (STC) during WESPALIS‐1 cruise in Oct./Nov. 1999. Geophysical Research Letters. 30(7). 1 indexed citations

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Lukas, Roger, et al.. (2001). Cold bottom water events observed in the Hawaii Ocean Time-series: implications for vertical mixing. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 48(4). 995–1021. 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Bin, Renguang Wu, & Roger Lukas. (2000). Annual Adjustment of the Thermocline in the Tropical Pacific Ocean. Journal of Climate. 13(3). 596–616. 81 indexed citations

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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

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Wang, Bin, Renguang Wu, & Roger Lukas. (1999). Roles of the Western North Pacific Wind Variation in Thermocline Adjustment and ENSO Phase Transition. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 77(1). 1–16. 138 indexed citations

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Huyer, Adriana, P. Michael Kosro, Roger Lukas, & Peter Hacker. (1997). Upper ocean thermohaline fields near 2°S, 156°E, during the Tropical Ocean‐Global Atmosphere‐Coupled Ocean‐Atmosphere Response Experiment, November 1992 to February 1993. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 102(C6). 12749–12784. 26 indexed citations

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Soloviev, Alexander & Roger Lukas. (1997). Observation of large diurnal warming events in the near-surface layer of the western equatorial Pacific warm pool. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 44(6). 1055–1076. 121 indexed citations

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Lukas, Roger, Toshio Yamagata, & Julian P. McCreary. (1996). Pacific low‐latitude western boundary currents and the Indonesian throughflow. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 101(C5). 12209–12216. 150 indexed citations

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Lukas, Roger. (1986). The termination of the Equatorial Undercurrent in the eastern Pacific. Progress In Oceanography. 16(2). 63–90. 129 indexed citations

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