Concepedia

Willard J. Pierson

WJ

26

Publications

4.1K

Citations

19

H-Index

1949

Active since

Affiliations

New York University(Current)

City College of New York

City University of New York

Geophysical Laboratory

Willard J. Pierson is an author at New York University specializing in engineering, oceanography, and earth science.

Top concepts

EngineeringOceanographyEarth ScienceMeteorologyGeophysicsAtmospheric ScienceRadarWave TheoryWave PropagationGeography

Publications per year

1949–1999

26

Publications

26

A proposed spectral form for fully developed wind seas based on the similarity theory of S. A. Kitaigorodskii

Willard J. Pierson, Lionel I. Moskowitz · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1964 · 2.6K citations

Meteorology, Engineering, Spectral Form +8

The relationship between wind vector and normalized radar cross section used to derive SEASAT‐A satellite scatterometer winds

L. C. Schroeder, D. H. Boggs, G. J. Dome et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1982 · 202 citations

Engineering, Radar Cross Section, Sass Wind Vector +18

ON THE MOTIONS OF SHIPS IN CONFUSED SEAS

Manley St. Dinis, Willard J. Pierson · La Presse medicale · 1953 · 202 citations

Engineering, Ship Maneuvering, Ocean Engineering +5

The SEASAT‐A satellite scatterometer: The geophysical evaluation of remotely sensed wind vectors over the ocean

W. Linwood Jones, L. C. Schroeder, D. H. Boggs et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1982 · 186 citations

Engineering, Alaska Seasat Experiment, Oceanography +22

The power spectrum analysis of ocean‐wave records

Willard J. Pierson, Wilbur Marks · Transactions American Geophysical Union · 1952 · 135 citations

Engineering, Spectrum Estimation, Oceanography +16

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