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J. C. McWilliams

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16

Publications

2.1K

Citations

15

H-Index

1974

Active since

Affiliations

NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research(Current)

Planetary Science Institute

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Pittsburgh

University of Colorado Boulder

J. C. McWilliams is an author at NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research specializing in engineering, fluid mechanics, and earth science.

Top concepts

EngineeringFluid DynamicsEarth SciencePhysicsVortex DynamicsTurbulence ModelingGeophysicsVortex FlowsTurbulenceAerodynamics

Publications per year

1974–2011

16

Publications

16

Mesoscale to Submesoscale Transition in the California Current System. Part I: Flow Structure, Eddy Flux, and Observational Tests

Xavier Capet, J. C. McWilliams, M. Jeroen Molemaker et al. · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 2008 · 691 citations · Full text

Ocean Dynamics, Engineering, Oceanography +17

Symmetric vortex merger in two dimensions: causes and conditions

M. V. Melander, Norman J. Zabusky, J. C. McWilliams · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1988 · 340 citations

Like-signed Vorticity Regions, Aeroacoustics, Vortex Dynamics +9

Axisymmetrization and vorticity-gradient intensification of an isolated two-dimensional vortex through filamentation

M. V. Melander, J. C. McWilliams, Norman J. Zabusky · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1987 · 295 citations

Aeroacoustics, Vortex Dynamics, Unsteady Flow +13

Revisiting freely decaying two-dimensional turbulence at millennial resolution

Annalisa Bracco, J. C. McWilliams, Giuseppe Murante et al. · Physics of Fluids · 2000 · 110 citations

Unsteady Flow, Vortex Dynamics, Engineering +13

Asymmetric vortex merger in two dimensions: Which vortex is ‘‘victorious’’?

M. V. Melander, Norman J. Zabusky, J. C. McWilliams · The Physics of Fluids · 1987 · 88 citations

Asymmetric Vortex Merger, Vortex Dynamics, Unsteady Flow +11

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