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George L. Mellor publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where George L. Mellor sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 131 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

George L. Mellor D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where George L. Mellor sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

George L. Mellor is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with particular attention to subfields including Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work spans topics related to Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research.

Recent publications by George L. Mellor include:

  • On Surf Zone Fluid Dynamics, 2020, Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • Targeting TAZ-TEAD in minimal residual disease enhances the duration of targeted therapy in melanoma models, 2025, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with George L. Mellor are:

  • Connor A. Ott
  • Timothy J. Purwin
  • Panyu Chen
  • Somenath Chowdhury
  • K.X. Luo

Publication venues where George L. Mellor has contributed include:

  • Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • Nature Communications

In recognition of contributions to the field, George L. Mellor was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1999.

Best Publications

  • Development of a turbulence closure model for geophysical fluid problems

    George L. Mellor;Tetsuji Yamada

  • A Description of a Three-Dimensional Coastal Ocean Circulation Model

    Alan F. Blumberg;George L. Mellor

  • A Hierarchy of Turbulence Closure Models for Planetary Boundary Layers.

    George L. Mellor;Tetsuji Yamada

  • USERS GUIDE for A THREE-DIMENSIONAL, PRIMITIVE EQUATION, NUMERICAL OCEAN MODEL

    George L. Mellor

  • Diagnostic and prognostic numerical circulation studies of the South Atlantic Bight

    Alan F. Blumberg;George L. Mellor

  • The Pressure Gradient Conundrum of Sigma Coordinate Ocean Models

    George L. Mellor;Tal Ezer;Lie-Yauw Oey

  • A Simulation of the Wangara Atmospheric Boundary Layer Data

    Tetsuji Yamada;George Mellor

  • An Ice-Ocean Coupled Model

    George L. Mellor;Lakshmi Kantha

  • Modeling Vertical and Horizontal Diffusivities with the Sigma Coordinate System

    George L. Mellor;Alan F. Blumberg

  • The Structure and Dynamics of the Ocean Surface Mixed Layer

    G. L. Mellor;P. A. Durbin

  • The Three-Dimensional Current and Surface Wave Equations

    George L. Mellor

  • Analytic Prediction of the Properties of Stratified Planetary Surface Layers

    George L. Mellor

  • Wave Breaking and Ocean Surface Layer Thermal Response

    George Mellor;Alan Blumberg

  • Sigma Coordinate Pressure Gradient Errors and the Seamount Problem

    George L. Mellor;Lie-Yauw Oey;Tal Ezer

  • The Gaussian Cloud Model Relations

    George L. Mellor

  • A Gulf Stream model and an altimetry assimilation scheme

    George L. Mellor;Tal Ezer

  • A Numerical Study of the Mediterranean Sea Circulation

    Marco Zavatarielli;George L. Mellor

  • A three-dimensional simulation of the Hudson-Raritan Estuary. Part I: description of the model and model simulations.

    Lie-Yauw Oey;George L. Mellor;Ricard I. Hires

  • An Equation of State for Numerical Models of Oceans and Estuaries

    George L. Mellor

  • Experiment on convex curvature effects in turbulent boundary layers

    Ronald M. C. So;George L. Mellor

  • A coastal ocean numerical model

    Alan F. Blumberg;George L. Mellor

Frequent Co-Authors

Tal Ezer
Tal Ezer Old Dominion University
Lie-Yauw Oey
Lie-Yauw Oey Princeton University
Alan F. Blumberg
Alan F. Blumberg Stevens Institute of Technology
Arnold L. Gordon
Arnold L. Gordon Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Sirpa Häkkinen
Sirpa Häkkinen Goddard Space Flight Center
Miles G. McPhee
Miles G. McPhee University of Washington
Tommy D. Dickey
Tommy D. Dickey University of California, Santa Barbara
Richard J. Greatbatch
Richard J. Greatbatch GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Michael Steele
Michael Steele University of Washington
Norman L. Guinasso
Norman L. Guinasso Texas A&M University

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