W. Rockwell Geyer

13.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
129 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

W. Rockwell Geyer is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Rockwell Geyer has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Oceanography, 62 papers in Atmospheric Science and 56 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in W. Rockwell Geyer's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (80 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (43 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (40 papers). W. Rockwell Geyer is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (80 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (43 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (40 papers). W. Rockwell Geyer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. W. Rockwell Geyer's co-authors include James A. Lerczak, Parker MacCready, David K. Ralston, Richard P. Signell, Derek A. Fong, Peter Traykovski, John C. Warner, John Trowbridge, Gail C. Kineke and Melissa Bowen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

W. Rockwell Geyer

128 papers receiving 9.7k 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 Estuarine Circulation

2013 437 citations W. Rockwell Geyer, Parker MacCready Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Rockwell Geyer United States	56	6.6k	4.6k	4.6k	3.9k	1.9k	129	10.2k
Robert C. Beardsley United States	62	10.7k 1.6×	2.6k 0.6×	6.5k 1.4×	2.5k 0.6×	4.4k 2.3×	252	13.9k
Hans Burchard Germany	49	5.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.4×	3.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.4×	2.2k 1.1×	156	7.6k
John C. Warner United States	35	4.1k 0.6×	2.7k 0.6×	3.2k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	113	6.3k
Arnoldo Valle–Levinson United States	40	3.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.4×	2.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	230	5.3k
Christopher R. Sherwood United States	30	2.8k 0.4×	2.0k 0.4×	1.8k 0.4×	1.9k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	114	5.1k
David A. Jay United States	46	3.5k 0.5×	2.1k 0.4×	2.5k 0.5×	2.2k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	108	6.1k
Xavier Durrieu de Madron France	48	3.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.4×	2.0k 0.4×	2.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	115	5.9k
Gregory N. Ivey Australia	41	3.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.3×	2.2k 0.5×	933 0.2×	1.2k 0.6×	168	5.8k
K.R. Dyer United Kingdom	35	2.0k 0.3×	3.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.3×	3.3k 0.8×	735 0.4×	78	5.7k
M. A. Merrifield United States	47	4.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.4×	3.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.3×	2.6k 1.4×	165	6.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Geyer, W. Rockwell. (2023). Tidal Intrusion Front JGR supporting data. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

Scully, Malcolm E., et al.. (2022). Unprecedented summer hypoxia in southern Cape Cod Bay: an ecological response to regional climate change?. Biogeosciences. 19(14). 3523–3536. 11 indexed citations

Ralston, David K., et al.. (2021). High and Variable Drag in a Sinuous Estuary With Intermittent Stratification. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 126(10). 6 indexed citations

Warner, John C., W. Rockwell Geyer, David K. Ralston, & Tarandeep S. Kalra. (2020). Using Tracer Variance Decay to Quantify Variability of Salinity Mixing in the Hudson River Estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 125(12). 14 indexed citations

Corlett, W. Bryce & W. Rockwell Geyer. (2020). Frontogenesis at Estuarine Junctions. Estuaries and Coasts. 43(4). 722–738. 11 indexed citations

Kalra, Tarandeep S., Xiangyu Li, John C. Warner, W. Rockwell Geyer, & Hui Wu. (2019). Comparison of Physical to Numerical Mixing with Different Tracer Advection Schemes in Estuarine Environments. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 7(10). 338–338. 16 indexed citations

Olabarrieta, Maitane, et al.. (2018). Effects of Density‐Driven Flows on the Long‐Term Morphodynamic Evolution of Funnel‐Shaped Estuaries. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 123(11). 2901–2924. 37 indexed citations

Yu, Xiao, et al.. (2017). On nonhydrostatic coastal model simulations of shear instabilities in a stratified shear flow at high Reynolds number. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 122(4). 3081–3105. 10 indexed citations

Ralston, David K., Geoffrey W. Cowles, W. Rockwell Geyer, & Rusty C. Holleman. (2016). Turbulent and numerical mixing in a salt wedge estuary: Dependence on grid resolution, bottom roughness, and turbulence closure. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 122(1). 692–712. 58 indexed citations

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Geyer, W. Rockwell, et al.. (2016). Flow dynamics and variability in the Delaware Estuary. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Geyer, W. Rockwell & Parker MacCready. (2013). The Estuarine Circulation. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 46(1). 175–197. 437 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hunt, Carlton D., et al.. (2010). Plume tracking and dilution of effluent from the Boston sewage outfall. Marine Environmental Research. 70(2). 150–161. 49 indexed citations

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Ralston, David K., W. Rockwell Geyer, James A. Lerczak, & Malcolm E. Scully. (2010). Turbulent mixing in a strongly forced salt wedge estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115(C12). 52 indexed citations

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Geyer, W. Rockwell, Robert J. Chant, & Robert W. Houghton. (2008). Tidal and spring‐neap variations in horizontal dispersion in a partially mixed estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(C7). 31 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Daniel G. & W. Rockwell Geyer. (2005). Hydraulic Control of a Highly Stratified Estuarine Front*. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 35(3). 374–387. 40 indexed citations

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Geyer, W. Rockwell, B. L. Mullenbach, Gail C. Kineke, et al.. (2004). Downwelling dynamics of the western Adriatic Coastal Current. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 1 indexed citations

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Kineke, Gail C., Christopher R. Sherwood, W. Rockwell Geyer, & B. L. Mullenbach. (2004). Fine Sediment Distribution in the Western Adriatic Coastal Current. AGUFM. 2004. 2 indexed citations

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Geyer, W. Rockwell & Najem Moussa. (1991). Hot-surface ignition and fire-suppression tests in an aircraft engine bay. 27th Joint Propulsion Conference. 1 indexed citations

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Geyer, W. Rockwell. (1989). Field Calibration of Mixed-Layer Drifters. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 6(2). 333–342. 29 indexed citations

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Trowbridge, John, W. Rockwell Geyer, Cheryl Ann Butman, & R. J. Chapman. (1989). The 17-meter flume at the Coastal Research Laboratory. Part II, Flow characteristics : technical report. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution eBooks. 8 indexed citations

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