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W. R. Young

Scripps Institution of Oceanography ORCID

281

Works

8,467

Citations

49

h-index

115

i10-index

Research Topics

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing

Affiliations

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey2019–2019

University of Central Florida2002–2017

NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research1989–1992

Australian National University1978–1978

Rockefeller Foundation1978–1981

Top Works

Homogenization of potential vorticity in planetary gyres

Peter B. Rhines,W. R. Young

1982418 citations

Climate variability and models

Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

How rapidly is a passive scalar mixed within closed streamlines?

Peter B. Rhines,W. R. Young

1983346 citations

Inelastic collapse and clumping in a one-dimensional granular medium

Sean McNamara,W. R. Young

1992340 citations

Inelastic collapse in two dimensions

Sean McNamara,W. R. Young

1994320 citations

Evolution of vortex statistics in two-dimensional turbulence

G. F. Carnevale,James C. McWilliams,et al.

1991297 citations

Modes of optical waveguides

Allan W. Snyder,W. R. Young

1978289 citations

Dynamics of a freely evolving, two-dimensional granular medium

Sean McNamara,W. R. Young

1996252 citations

Shear-Flow Dispersion, Internal Waves and Horizontal Mixing in the Ocean

W. R. Young,Peter B. Rhines,et al.

1982250 citations

Conversion of the Barotropic Tide

Stefan G. Llewellyn Smith,W. R. Young

2002220 citations