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Eric C. J. Oliver

Eric C. J. Oliver

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
37
Citations
12919
World Ranking
8746
National Ranking
407

Overview

Eric C. J. Oliver is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work largely centers on oceanographic phenomena, climate variability, and marine ecosystems.

Oliver's publications span several subfields, with a notable emphasis on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science. Additional research interests include Ecology and General Health Professions.

Key topics addressed in their work include climate variability and models, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, ocean acidification effects and responses, coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and coastal ecosystems, as well as meteorological phenomena and simulations.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Marine Heatwaves, 2020, Annual Review of Marine Science
  • Keeping pace with marine heatwaves, 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwave events, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Marine cold-spells, 2021, Progress In Oceanography
  • Drivers of Marine Heatwaves in the Northwest Atlantic: The Role of Air-Sea Interaction During Onset and Decline, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science

Oliver frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Neil J. Holbrook, Alistair J. Hobday, Alex Sen Gupta, Jessica A. Benthuysen, and Thomas Wernberg.

Publication venues that have featured Oliver's work multiple times include FACETS, Frontiers in Marine Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Progress In Oceanography, and Journal of Climate.

Best Publications

  • A hierarchical approach to defining marine heatwaves

    Alistair J. Hobday;Lisa V. Alexander;Sarah E. Perkins;Dan A. Smale;Dan A. Smale

  • Longer and more frequent marine heatwaves over the past century

    Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Markus G. Donat;Michael T. Burrows;Pippa J. Moore

  • Marine heatwaves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services

    Dan A. Smale;Dan A. Smale;Thomas Wernberg;Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Mads Thomsen

  • Marine Heatwaves.

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  • Categorizing and naming marine heatwaves

    Alistair J. Hobday;Eric C.J. Oliver;Eric C.J. Oliver;Alex Sen Gupta;Jessica A. Benthuysen

  • A global assessment of marine heatwaves and their drivers

    Neil J. Holbrook;Neil J. Holbrook;Hillary A. Scannell;Alexander Sen Gupta;Jessica A. Benthuysen

  • The unprecedented 2015/16 Tasman Sea marine heatwave.

    Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Jessica A. Benthuysen;Nathaniel L. Bindoff;Nathaniel L. Bindoff;Nathaniel L. Bindoff;Alistair J. Hobday

  • Projected Marine Heatwaves in the 21st Century and the Potential for Ecological Impact

    Eric C. J. Oliver;Michael T. Burrows;Markus G. Donat;Alex Sen Gupta;Alex Sen Gupta

  • Keeping pace with marine heatwaves

    NJ Holbrook;NJ Holbrook;A Sen Gupta;Ecj Oliver;AJ Hobday

  • Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwaves events

    Alexander Sen Gupta;Mads Thomsen;Jessica A. Benthuysen;Alistair J. Hobday

  • Mean warming not variability drives marine heatwave trends

    Eric C. J. Oliver

  • Extreme Marine Warming Across Tropical Australia During Austral Summer 2015–2016

    Jessica A. Benthuysen;Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Ming Feng;Andrew G. Marshall

  • Marine heatwaves off eastern Tasmania: trends, interannual variability, and predictability

    Eric C.J. Oliver;Eric C.J. Oliver;Eric C.J. Oliver;Véronique Lago;Véronique Lago;Véronique Lago;Alistair J. Hobday;Neil J. Holbrook;Neil J. Holbrook

  • Nearshore and offshore co-occurrence of marine heatwaves and cold-spells

    Robert W. Schlegel;Eric C.J. Oliver;Thomas Wernberg;Albertus J. Smit

  • Natural hazards in Australia: heatwaves

    S. E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick;C. J. White;L. V. Alexander;D. Argueso

  • Extending our understanding of South Pacific gyre “spin-up”: Modeling the East Australian Current in a future climate

    E. C. J. Oliver;E. C. J. Oliver;N. J. Holbrook;N. J. Holbrook

  • Marine cold-spells

    Robert W. Schlegel;Robert W. Schlegel;Robert W. Schlegel;Sofia Darmaraki;Jessica A. Benthuysen;Karen Filbee-Dexter

  • Natural hazards in Australia: sea level and coastal extremes

    Kathleen L. McInnes;Christopher J. White;Ivan D. Haigh;Mark A. Hemer

  • Drivers of Marine Heatwaves in the Northwest Atlantic: The Role of Air–Sea Interaction During Onset and Decline

    Robert W. Schlegel;Robert W. Schlegel;Eric C. J. Oliver;Ke Chen

  • Madden-Julian Oscillation and sea level: Local and remote forcing

    E. C. J. Oliver;K. R. Thompson

  • Modulation of Atlantic Basin Tropical Cyclone Activity by the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) from 1905 to 2011

    Philip J. Klotzbach;Eric C. J. Oliver

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil J. Holbrook
Neil J. Holbrook University of Tasmania
Alistair J. Hobday
Alistair J. Hobday Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Sarah E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick
Sarah E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick University of New South Wales
Dan A. Smale
Dan A. Smale Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Thomas Wernberg
Thomas Wernberg University of Western Australia
Markus G. Donat
Markus G. Donat Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Alex Sen Gupta
Alex Sen Gupta University of New South Wales
Philip J. Klotzbach
Philip J. Klotzbach Colorado State University
Lisa V. Alexander
Lisa V. Alexander University of New South Wales
Pippa J. Moore
Pippa J. Moore Newcastle University

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