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40
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9394
World Ranking
7929
National Ranking
2821

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Perkin Medal, Society of Chemical Industry, American Section

Overview

John C. Warner is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions spanning 62 publications in this field.

Their work engages deeply with several subfields, including:

  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management

John C. Warner has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering Proceedings

They have co-authored multiple papers with several frequent collaborators. The most notable co-authors are:

  • Christie A. Hegermiller
  • Daoyang Bao
  • Z. George Xue
  • Dongxiao Yin
  • Tarandeep S. Kalra

Recent publications provide insight into the scope of their research. Noteworthy papers include:

  • Modeling the Morphodynamics of Coastal Responses to Extreme Events: What Shape Are We In? (2021), published in Annual Review of Marine Science
  • Tropical cyclone rainbands can trigger meteotsunamis (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • Evaluation of a roughness length parametrization accounting for wind-wave alignment in a coupled atmosphere-wave model (2020), published in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • A numerical investigation of the mechanisms controlling salt intrusion in the Delaware Bay estuary (2023), published in Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • A Numerical Investigation of Hurricane Florence-Induced Compound Flooding in the Cape Fear Estuary Using a Dynamically Coupled Hydrological-Ocean Model (2022), published in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

John C. Warner received the Perkin Medal from the Society of Chemical Industry, American Section, in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Ocean forecasting in terrain-following coordinates: Formulation and skill assessment of the Regional Ocean Modeling System

    D. B. Haidvogel;H. Arango;W. P. Budgell;B. D. Cornuelle

  • Development of a Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport (COAWST) Modeling System

    John C. Warner;Brandy Armstrong;Ruoying He;Joseph B. Zambon

  • Development of a three-dimensional, regional, coupled wave, current, and sediment-transport model

    John C. Warner;Christopher R. Sherwood;Richard P. Signell;Courtney K. Harris

  • Performance of four turbulence closure models implemented using a generic length scale method

    John C. Warner;Christopher R. Sherwood;Hernan G. Arango;Richard P. Signell

  • Numerical modeling of an estuary: A comprehensive skill assessment

    John C. Warner;W. Rockwell Geyer;James A. Lerczak

  • Implementation of the vortex force formalism in the coupled ocean-atmosphere-wave-sediment transport (COAWST) modeling system for inner shelf and surf zone applications

    Nirnimesh Kumar;George Voulgaris;John C. Warner;Maitane Olabarrieta

  • Wave-current interaction in Willapa Bay

    Maitane Olabarrieta;John C. Warner;Nirnimesh Kumar

  • Ocean–atmosphere dynamics during Hurricane Ida and Nor'Ida: An application of the coupled ocean–atmosphere–wave–sediment transport (COAWST) modeling system

    Maitane Olabarrieta;John C. Warner;Brandy N. Armstrong;Joseph B. Zambon

  • Using the Model Coupling Toolkit to couple earth system models

    John C. Warner;Natalie Perlin;Eric D. Skyllingstad

  • Investigation of hurricane Ivan using the coupled ocean–atmosphere–wave–sediment transport (COAWST) model

    Joseph B. Zambon;Ruoying He;John C. Warner

  • Bathymetric controls on sediment transport in the Hudson River estuary: Lateral asymmetry and frontal trapping

    David K. Ralston;W. Rockwell Geyer;John C. Warner

  • Sediment dispersal in the northwestern Adriatic Sea

    Courtney K. Harris;Christopher R. Sherwood;Richard P. Signell;Aaron J. Bever

  • Method and device for improving oral health

    Nikos Soukos;Max Goodson;Gordon Row;John Warner

  • Implementation and modification of a three-dimensional radiation stress formulation for surf zone and rip-current applications

    Nirnimesh Kumar;George Voulgaris;John C Warner

  • Development of a coupled wave-flow-vegetation interaction model

    Alexis Beudin;Tarandeep S. Kalra;Neil K. Ganju;John C. Warner

  • Modeling transport and deposition of the Mekong River sediment

    Zuo Xue;Ruoying He;J.Paul Liu;John C. Warner

  • Investigating the impact of surface wave breaking on modeling the trajectories of drifters in the northern Adriatic Sea during a wind-storm event

    Sandro Carniel;John C. Warner;Jacopo Chiggiato;Mauro Sclavo

  • Geologic Evidence for Onshore Sediment Transport from the Inner Continental Shelf: Fire Island, New York

    William C. Schwab;Wayne E. Baldwin;Cheryl J. Hapke;Erika E. Lentz

  • Urban drainage design manual

    S A Brown;S M Stein;J C Warner

  • Storm-driven sediment transport in Massachusetts Bay

    John C. Warner;Bradford Butman;P. Soupy Dalyander

  • Tidal asymmetry and residual circulation over linear sandbanks and their implication on sediment transport: A process‐oriented numerical study

    Rosario Sanay;George Voulgaris;John C. Warner

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher R. Sherwood
Christopher R. Sherwood United States Geological Survey
Ruoying He
Ruoying He North Carolina State University
Richard P. Signell
Richard P. Signell United States Geological Survey
Sandro Carniel
Sandro Carniel National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Steve Elgar
Steve Elgar Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
W. Rockwell Geyer
W. Rockwell Geyer Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
David K. Ralston
David K. Ralston Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Jacopo Chiggiato
Jacopo Chiggiato National Research Council (CNR)
Merritt N. Deeter
Merritt N. Deeter National Center for Atmospheric Research
E. Robert Thieler
E. Robert Thieler United States Geological Survey

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