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66
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Julian P. McCreary publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Julian P. McCreary sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 141 publications — 31st percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Julian P. McCreary D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Julian P. McCreary sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 66 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Julian P. McCreary is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. McCreary's work covers a diverse range of subfields such as Earth-Surface Processes, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics of their research include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Geological formations and processes, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Climate variability and models, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Recent publications by McCreary include:

  • Analytic solutions for equatorial, Kelvin, Rossby, and Yanai beams, 2024, Progress In Oceanography
  • Tropical Atmospheric Intraseasonal Oscillations Leading to Sea Level Extremes in Coastal Indonesia during Recent Decades, 2024, Journal of Climate
  • Impact of chlorophyll concentration on thermodynamics and dynamics in the tropical Indian ocean, 2020, Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography

Frequent co-authors associated with McCreary's work include S.R. Shetye, Anitha Gera, Ashis K. Mitra, Raleigh R. Hood, and Imranali M. Momin.

The venues where McCreary has published reflect a focus on oceanographic and climate-related studies. These venues include:

  • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • Journal of Climate
  • Progress In Oceanography

McCreary has also contributed to book publications, with a notable title titled "Observations and Dynamics of Circulations in the North Indian Ocean" published by Springer Nature in 2023.

Throughout their career, McCreary has been recognized by peers in the field, including being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1998.

Best Publications

  • The monsoon circulation of the Indian Ocean

    Friedrich A. Schott;Julian P. McCreary

  • Indian Ocean circulation and climate variability

    Friedrich A. Schott;Shang Ping Xie;Julian P. McCreary

  • Structure and Mechanisms of South Indian Ocean Climate Variability

    Shang-Ping Xie;H. Annamalai;Friedrich A. Schott;Julian P. McCreary

  • A numerical investigation of dynamics, thermodynamics and mixed-layer processes in the Indian Ocean

    Julian P. McCreary;Pijush K. Kundu;Robert L. Molinari

  • Interaction between the Subtropical and Equatorial Ocean Circulations: The Subtropical Cell

    Julian P. McCreary;Peng Lu

  • Oceanic processes associated with anomalous events in the Indian Ocean with relevance to 1997–1998

    Raghu Murtugudde;Julian P. McCreary;Antonio J. Busalacchi

  • Impact of Indian Ocean Sea Surface Temperature on Developing El Niño

    H. Annamalai;S. P. Xie;J. P. McCreary;R. Murtugudde

  • A mechanism for generating ENSO decadal variability

    Richard Kleeman;Julian P. McCreary;Barry A. Klinger

  • Eastern Tropical Ocean Response to Changing Wind Systems: with Application to El Niño

    Julian McCreary

  • A Linear Stratified Ocean Model of the Equatorial Undercurrent

    J. P. McCreary

  • Coupling between Northward-Propagating, Intraseasonal Oscillations and Sea Surface Temperature in the Indian Ocean*

    Xiouhua Fu;Bin Wang;Tim Li;Julian P. McCreary

  • Dynamics of the East India Coastal Current: 2. Numerical solutions

    J. P. McCreary;W. Han;D. Shankar;S. R. Shetye

  • The response of the coastal ocean to strong offshore winds: With application to circulations in the Gulfs of Tehuantepec and Papagayo

    Julian P. McCreary;Hyong S. Lee;David B. Enfield

  • Dynamics of the East India Coastal Current. 1. Analytic solutions forced by interior Ekman pumping and local alongshore winds

    D. Shankar;J. P. McCreary;W. Han;S. R. Shetye

  • Shallow Overturning Circulations of the Tropical‐Subtropical Oceans

    Friedrich A. Schott;Julian P. Mccreary;Gregory C. Johnson

  • Modeling salinity distributions in the Indian Ocean

    Weiqing Han;Julian P. McCreary

  • Pacific low-latitude western boundary currents and the Indonesian throughflow

    R. Lukas;T. Yamagata;J.P. McCreary

  • Dynamics of the Eastern Surface Jets in the Equatorial Indian Ocean

    Weiqing Han;Julian P. McCreary;D. L. T. Anderson;Arthur J. Mariano

  • A four-component ecosystem model of biological activity in the Arabian Sea

    Julian P. McCreary;Kevin E. Kohler;Raleigh R. Hood;Donald B. Olson

  • A linear stratified ocean model of the coastal undercurrent

    J. P. McCreary

Frequent Co-Authors

Weiqing Han
Weiqing Han University of Colorado Boulder
Raleigh R. Hood
Raleigh R. Hood University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Jérôme Vialard
Jérôme Vialard Université Paris Cité
H. Annamalai
H. Annamalai University of Hawaii at Manoa
Shang-Ping Xie
Shang-Ping Xie University of California, San Diego
D. Shankar
D. Shankar National Institute of Oceanography
Niklas Schneider
Niklas Schneider University of Hawaii at Manoa
Nathaniel L. Bindoff
Nathaniel L. Bindoff University of Tasmania
P. N. Vinayachandran
P. N. Vinayachandran Indian Institute of Science
Kelvin J. Richards
Kelvin J. Richards University of Hawaii at Manoa

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