W. S. Lewellen

3.2k total citations
70 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

W. S. Lewellen is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Environmental Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W. S. Lewellen has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Computational Mechanics, 25 papers in Environmental Engineering and 23 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in W. S. Lewellen's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (33 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (24 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (14 papers). W. S. Lewellen is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (33 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (24 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (14 papers). W. S. Lewellen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. W. S. Lewellen's co-authors include D. C. Lewellen, R. I. Sykes, S. F. Parker, D. S. Henn, M. E. Teske, Jianjun Xia, D. A. Oliver, N. Rott, M. Rosenzweig and Coleman duP. Donaldson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

In The Last Decade

W. S. Lewellen

69 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. S. Lewellen United States 29 1.1k 1.0k 855 760 437 70 2.2k
G. E. Willis United States 24 1.2k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 1.3k 1.5× 719 0.9× 249 0.6× 26 2.4k
H. Tennekes United States 21 1.6k 1.4× 1.3k 1.2× 1.6k 1.9× 1.4k 1.8× 370 0.8× 51 3.1k
R. I. Sykes United Kingdom 28 999 0.9× 884 0.8× 1.2k 1.4× 657 0.9× 368 0.8× 60 2.2k
M.P. Kirkpatrick Australia 20 1.1k 0.9× 870 0.8× 311 0.4× 1.0k 1.3× 284 0.6× 81 2.1k
Ulf Högström Sweden 32 2.1k 1.8× 836 0.8× 1.4k 1.7× 1.7k 2.3× 421 1.0× 75 3.6k
S. J. Caughey United Kingdom 21 1.6k 1.4× 680 0.7× 1.2k 1.4× 1.2k 1.6× 224 0.5× 52 2.4k
Evgeni Fedorovich United States 31 1.6k 1.4× 713 0.7× 1.3k 1.5× 1.1k 1.4× 322 0.7× 83 2.3k
D. A. Haugen United States 14 907 0.8× 526 0.5× 897 1.0× 684 0.9× 188 0.4× 20 1.5k
L. Kristensen Denmark 22 772 0.7× 455 0.4× 866 1.0× 697 0.9× 409 0.9× 63 1.6k
A. M. Obukhov United States 10 691 0.6× 511 0.5× 448 0.5× 637 0.8× 134 0.3× 24 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. S. Lewellen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. S. Lewellen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lewellen, D. C., et al.. (2008). Effects of Finescale Debris on Near-Surface Tornado Dynamics. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 65(10). 3247–3262. 48 indexed citations
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Lewellen, D. C. & W. S. Lewellen. (2001). The Effects of Aircraft Wake Dynamics on Contrail Development. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 58(4). 390–406. 78 indexed citations
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Lewellen, D. C. & W. S. Lewellen. (2001). Effects of aircraft wake dynamics on measured and simulated NOx and HOx wake chemistry. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 106(D21). 27661–27672. 13 indexed citations
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Lewellen, D. C. & W. S. Lewellen. (1996). Large-eddy simulations of the vortex-pair breakup in aircraft wakes. AIAA Journal. 34(11). 2337–2345. 61 indexed citations
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Bechtold, Peter, S. K. Krueger, W. S. Lewellen, et al.. (1996). Modeling a Stratocumulus-Topped PBL: Intercomparison among Different One-Dimensional Codes and with Large Eddy Simulation. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 77(9). 2033–2042. 64 indexed citations
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Sykes, R. I., D. S. Henn, & W. S. Lewellen. (1993). Surface‐layer description under free‐convection conditions. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 119(511). 409–421. 38 indexed citations
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Sykes, R. I., S. F. Parker, D. S. Henn, & W. S. Lewellen. (1993). Numerical Simulation of ANATEX Tracer Data Using a Turbulence Closure Model for Long-Range Dispersion. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 32(5). 929–947. 37 indexed citations
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Sykes, R. I., W. S. Lewellen, & S. F. Parker. (1986). On the vorticity dynamics of a turbulent jet in a crossflow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 168. 393–413. 130 indexed citations
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Oliver, D. A., et al.. (1978). The Interaction between Turbulent and Radiative Transport in the Development of Fog and Low-Level Stratus. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 35(2). 301–316. 94 indexed citations
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Lewellen, W. S. & M. E. Teske. (1976). Second-order closure modeling of diffusion in the atmospheric boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 10(1). 69–90. 34 indexed citations
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Lewellen, W. S., et al.. (1976). Wind shear and turbulence around airports. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 3 indexed citations
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Lewellen, W. S., et al.. (1972). Response of a trailing vortex to axial injection into the core.. Journal of Aircraft. 9(3). 254–256. 11 indexed citations
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Lewellen, W. S., et al.. (1969). Transonic swirling flow.. AIAA Journal. 7(7). 1290–1297. 40 indexed citations
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Lewellen, W. S., et al.. (1967). Hypersonic viscous interaction theory for wedge wings.. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 4(4). 492–497. 2 indexed citations
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Lewellen, W. S.. (1966). Analytic solution for fluid stratification in a gyroscope.. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 3(9). 1348–1350. 2 indexed citations
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Lewellen, W. S. & H. Mirels. (1966). Optimum lifting bodies in hypersonic viscous flow.. AIAA Journal. 4(10). 1866–1868. 6 indexed citations
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Rott, N. & W. S. Lewellen. (1966). Boundary layers and their interactions in rotating flows. Progress in Aerospace Sciences. 7. 111–144. 54 indexed citations
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Rosenzweig, M., et al.. (1964). Confined vortex flows with boundary-layer interaction. AIAA Journal. 2(12). 2127–2134. 28 indexed citations
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Lewellen, W. S., et al.. (1964). Boundary-Layer Similarity Solutions for Rotating Flows with and without Magnetic Interaction. The Physics of Fluids. 7(10). 1674–1680. 55 indexed citations
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Rosenzweig, M., W. S. Lewellen, & Jack L. Kerrebrock. (1961). Feasibility of Turbulent Vortex Containment in the Gaseous Fission Rocket. ARS journal. 31(7). 873–883. 14 indexed citations

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