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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1989 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Arnold L. Gordon is affiliated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in Environmental Science. The scientist's work encompasses various subfields including Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Geology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The research topics Arnold L. Gordon has contributed to include:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Climate variability and models
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Arnold L. Gordon include:

  • "Interannual Variability of the Outflow of Weddell Sea Bottom Water," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Unprecedented reduction and quick recovery of the South Indian Ocean heat content and sea level in 2014-2018," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Review on observational studies of western tropical Pacific Ocean circulation and climate," 2020, Journal of Oceanology and Limnology
  • "The role of tides in bottom water export from the western Ross Sea," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Observing Antarctic Bottom Water in the Southern Ocean," 2023, Frontiers in Marine Science

Arnold L. Gordon commonly publishes in several scientific journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

The scientist collaborates often with several researchers, among them:

  • Mingting Li
  • Pasquale Castagno
  • Giorgio Budillon
  • Craig Stevens
  • Won Sang Lee

In recognition of the career's contributions, Arnold L. Gordon has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013 and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1989.

Best Publications

  • Interocean Exchange of Thermocline Water

    Arnold L. Gordon

  • Southern Ocean fronts from the Greenwich Meridian to Tasmania

    Igor M. Belkin;Arnold L. Gordon

  • Oceanography of the Indonesian Seas and Their Throughflow

    Arnold Gordon

  • Pacific western boundary currents and their roles in climate

    Dunxin Hu;Lixin Wu;Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Alex Sen Gupta

  • Pathways of water between the Pacific and Indian oceans in the Indonesian seas

    Arnold L. Gordon;Rana A. Fine

  • Upwelling along the coasts of Java and Sumatra and its relation to ENSO

    R. Dwi Susanto;Arnold L. Gordon;Quanan Zheng

  • Thermocline and intermediate water communication between the south Atlantic and Indian oceans

    Arnold L. Gordon;Ray F. Weiss;William M. Smethie;Mark J. Warner

  • The Indonesian throughflow during 2004–2006 as observed by the INSTANT program

    A.L. Gordon;J. Sprintall;H.M. Van Aken;D. Susanto

  • Pacific origin of the abrupt increase in Indian Ocean heat content during the warming hiatus

    Sang-Ki Lee;Sang-Ki Lee;Wonsun Park;Molly O. Baringer;Arnold L. Gordon

  • The Indonesian seas and their role in the coupled ocean–climate system

    Janet Sprintall;Arnold L. Gordon;Ariane Koch-Larrouy;Tong Lee

  • Cool Indonesian throughflow as a consequence of restricted surface layer flow

    Arnold L. Gordon;R. Dwi Susanto;Kevin Vranes

  • Circulation of the Caribbean Sea

    Arnold L. Gordon

  • Indian-atlantic transfer of thermocline water at the agulhas retroflection.

    Arnold L. Gordon

  • Southern ocean winter mixed layer

    Arnold L. Gordon;Bruce A. Huber

  • Deep Antarctic Convection West of Maud Rise

    Arnold L. Gordon

  • Brazil-Malvinas Confluence ― 1984

    Arnold L. Gordon

  • Seasonality of Southern Ocean sea ice

    Arnold L. Gordon

  • Southern ocean atlas

    Arnold L. Gordon;Eugene J. Molinelli;Ted N. Baker

  • Throughflow within Makassar Strait

    Arnold L. Gordon;R. Dwi Susanto;Amy Ffield

  • Stratification and circulation at the Agulhas Retroflection

    Arnold L. Gordon;Johann R.E. Lutjeharms;Marten L. Gründlingh

Frequent Co-Authors

Janet Sprintall
Janet Sprintall University of California, San Diego
Martin Visbeck
Martin Visbeck GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Craig M. Lee
Craig M. Lee University of Washington
Susan Wijffels
Susan Wijffels Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Stanley S. Jacobs
Stanley S. Jacobs Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Luca Centurioni
Luca Centurioni University of California, San Diego
Sang-Ki Lee
Sang-Ki Lee Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Tong Lee
Tong Lee California Institute of Technology
Donald B. Olson
Donald B. Olson University of Miami
Rana A. Fine
Rana A. Fine University of Miami

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