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W. R. Young

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Publications

108

Citations

8.2K

H-Index

49

Active since

1953

Affiliations

Scripps Institution of Oceanography(Current)

University of California San Diego

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

W. R. Young is an author at Scripps Institution of Oceanography specializing in natural sciences, fluid dynamics, and oceanography.

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Publications per year

1953–2023

108

Publications

108

Homogenization of potential vorticity in planetary gyres

Peter B. Rhines, W. R. Young · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1982 · 420 citations

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How rapidly is a passive scalar mixed within closed streamlines?

Peter B. Rhines, W. R. Young · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1983 · 348 citations

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Inelastic collapse and clumping in a one-dimensional granular medium

Sean McNamara, W. R. Young · Physics of Fluids A Fluid Dynamics · 1992 · 347 citations

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Inelastic collapse in two dimensions

Sean McNamara, W. R. Young · Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics · 1994 · 325 citations

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Evolution of vortex statistics in two-dimensional turbulence

G. F. Carnevale, James C. McWilliams, Yves Pomeau et al. · Physical Review Letters · 1991 · 300 citations

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