McWilliams, James C.

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

Large, W. G., McWilliams, J. C., & Doney, S. C. (1994) · Reviews of Geophysics

Oceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Cited by 4,443

The emergence of isolated coherent vortices in turbulent flow.

Mcwilliams, J. C. (1984) · Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics

Cited by 1,131

Eddy-induced reduction of biological production in eastern boundary upwelling systems

Gruber, N., Lachkar, Z., Frenzel, H., Marchesiello, P., Münnich, M., McWilliams, J. C., Nagai, T., & Plattner, G.-K. (2011) · Nature Geoscience

Oceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesMarine Plankton and Biogeochemistry

Cited by 411

The Warming of the California Current System: Dynamics and Ecosystem Implications

Di Lorenzo, E., Miller, A. J., Schneider, N., & McWilliams, J. C. (2005) · Journal of Physical Oceanography

Oceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesClimate variability and models

Cited by 194

Dominant role of eddies and filaments in the offshore transport of carbon and nutrients in the California Current System

Nagai, T., Gruber, N., Frenzel, H., Lachkar, Z., McWilliams, J. C., & Plattner, G. (2015) · Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Oceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesMarine Plankton and Biogeochemistry

Cited by 163

Are there inescapable issues prohibiting the use of terrain-following coordinates in climate models?

Lemarié, F., Kurian, J., Shchepetkin, A. F., Jeroen Molemaker, M., Colas, F., & McWilliams, J. C. (2012) · Ocean Modelling

Oceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Cited by 131

1997–1998 El Niño off Peru: A numerical study

Colas, F., Capet, X., McWilliams, J. C., & Shchepetkin, A. (2008) · Progress in Oceanography

Oceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesClimate variability and models

Cited by 117

Mesoscale Eddy Buoyancy Flux and Eddy-Induced Circulation in Eastern Boundary Currents

Colas, F., Capet, X., McWilliams, J. C., & Li, Z. (2013) · Journal of Physical Oceanography

Oceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Cited by 70