V. R. Lamb

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 423 citations indexed

About

V. R. Lamb is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Atmospheric Science and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, V. R. Lamb has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 423 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Computational Mechanics, 3 papers in Atmospheric Science and 0 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in V. R. Lamb's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (3 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (2 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (2 papers). V. R. Lamb is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (3 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (2 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (2 papers). V. R. Lamb collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. V. R. Lamb's co-authors include Akio Arakawa, Rex E. Britter, G. S. Janowitz, D. Williamson, A. Gilchrist, William Bourke, Kamal Puri, Akira Kasahara, G. A. Corby and P. R. Rowntree and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Monthly Weather Review and NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA).

In The Last Decade

V. R. Lamb

4 papers receiving 382 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 Potential Enstrophy and Energy Conserving Scheme for the Shallow Water Equations

1981 402 citations Akio Arakawa, V. R. Lamb Monthly Weather Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
V. R. Lamb United States	3	249	179	169	105	41	5	423
David L. Williamson United States	13	486 2.0×	411 2.3×	101 0.6×	97 0.9×	11 0.3×	21	609
Frederick G. Shuman United States	9	289 1.2×	221 1.2×	93 0.6×	68 0.6×	18 0.4×	20	412
John Henderson Canada	3	275 1.1×	213 1.2×	66 0.4×	47 0.4×	10 0.2×	4	338
Ziv Sirkes Israel	10	209 0.8×	226 1.3×	295 1.7×	30 0.3×	34 0.8×	15	403
Ali R. Mohebalhojeh Iran	11	285 1.1×	164 0.9×	175 1.0×	89 0.8×	26 0.6×	39	396
Ragnar Fjørtoft Denmark	5	224 0.9×	165 0.9×	174 1.0×	157 1.5×	20 0.5×	7	465
W. T. M. Verkley Netherlands	11	161 0.6×	143 0.8×	140 0.8×	71 0.7×	9 0.2×	26	329
James J. O’Brien United States	4	335 1.3×	265 1.5×	129 0.8×	16 0.2×	23 0.6×	10	450
Frank B. Lipps United States	12	248 1.0×	158 0.9×	124 0.7×	196 1.9×	19 0.5×	25	503
Binson Joseph United States	8	239 1.0×	179 1.0×	87 0.5×	28 0.3×	6 0.1×	15	328

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of V. R. Lamb

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

All Works

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Lamb, V. R. & G. S. Janowitz. (1985). Shallow rotating flow over an isolated obstacle. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 158. 1–22. 1 indexed citations

2.

Lamb, V. R. & Rex E. Britter. (1984). Shallow flow over an isolated obstacle. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 147. 291–313. 14 indexed citations

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Arakawa, Akio & V. R. Lamb. (1981). A Potential Enstrophy and Energy Conserving Scheme for the Shallow Water Equations. Monthly Weather Review. 109(1). 18–36. 402 indexed citations breakdown →

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Arakawa, Akio & V. R. Lamb. (1979). An energy and potential enstrophy conserving scheme for the shallow water equations. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 4 indexed citations

5.

Kasahara, Akira, G. A. Corby, A. Gilchrist, et al.. (1977). Methods in computational physics. Vol._17: General circulation models of the atmosphere.. 2 indexed citations

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