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W. R. Young

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106

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49

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1953

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Affiliations

Scripps Institution of Oceanography(Current)

University of California San Diego

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

W. R. Young is an author at Scripps Institution of Oceanography specializing in engineering, fluid mechanics, and physics.

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1953–2023

106

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106

Homogenization of potential vorticity in planetary gyres

Peter B. Rhines, W. R. Young · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1982 · 418 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 · 346 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 · 340 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 · 319 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 · 296 citations

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