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James C. McWilliams

University of California, Los Angeles ORCID

781

Works

59,102

Citations

115

h-index

427

i10-index

Research Topics

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Climate variability and models Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing

Affiliations

NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research1976–2018

Southern California Coastal Water Research Project2022–2023

Australian National University2023–2023

University of North Florida2017–2017

Louisiana State University2018–2018

Top Works

The regional oceanic modeling system (ROMS): a split-explicit, free-surface, topography-following-coordinate oceanic model

Alexander F. Shchepetkin,James C. McWilliams

20045,141 citations

Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Oceanic vertical mixing: A review and a model with a nonlocal boundary layer parameterization

William G. Large,James C. McWilliams,et al.

19944,464 citations

Isopycnal Mixing in Ocean Circulation Models

Peter R. Gent,James C. McWilliams

19903,251 citations

Ocean forecasting in terrain-following coordinates: Formulation and skill assessment of the Regional Ocean Modeling System

D. B. Haidvogel,Hernan G. Arango,et al.

20071,401 citations

North Pacific Gyre Oscillation links ocean climate and ecosystem change

Emanuele Di Lorenzo,Niklas Schneider,et al.

20081,165 citations

The emergence of isolated coherent vortices in turbulent flow

James C. McWilliams

19841,113 citations

Submesoscale currents in the ocean

James C. McWilliams

20161,040 citations

Open boundary conditions for long-term integration of regional oceanic models

Patrick Marchesiello,James C. McWilliams,et al.

20011,000 citations

Parameterizing Eddy-Induced Tracer Transports in Ocean Circulation Models

Peter R. Gent,Jürgen Willebrand,et al.

1995889 citations