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Keith R. Thompson

Keith R. Thompson

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
38
Citations
4448
World Ranking
8721
National Ranking
406

Overview

Keith R. Thompson is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada and has a primary research focus in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers subfields including Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science.

Themes central to their research include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Climate Variability and Models, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Underwater Acoustics Research, and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing.

Publications by Keith R. Thompson are featured in several notable venues, with a concentration in journals such as Ocean Modelling, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Climate Dynamics, Ocean Science, and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

  • Adding baroclinicity to a global operational model for forecasting total water level: Approach and impact, 2022, Ocean Modelling
  • Evaluation of a global total water level model in the presence of radiational S2 tide, 2021, Ocean Modelling
  • Validation of Ocean Model Predictions of Mean Dynamic Topography in Shallow, Tidally Dominated Regions Using Observations of Overtides, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Downscaling the ocean response to the Madden-Julian Oscillation in the Northwest Atlantic and adjacent shelf seas, 2024, Climate Dynamics
  • The alongshore tilt of mean dynamic topography and its implications for model validation and ocean monitoring, 2025, Ocean science

Frequent collaborators include Christoph Renkl, Eric C. J. Oliver, Pengcheng Wang, Natacha B. Bernier, and Tsubasa Kodaira, reflecting multi-author contributions across various studies.

  • Christoph Renkl
  • Eric C. J. Oliver
  • Pengcheng Wang
  • Natacha B. Bernier
  • Tsubasa Kodaira

Best Publications

  • Maximum Likelihood Spectral Fitting: The Batchelor Spectrum

    Barry Ruddick;Ayal Anis;Keith Thompson

  • Interannual Variability in Mediterranean Heat and Buoyancy Fluxes

    Chris Garrett;Richard Outerbridge;Keith Thompson

  • Recruitment to northwest Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) stocks : influence of stock size and climate

    J. Anthony Koslow;Keith R. Thompson;William Silvert

  • Tide‐surge interaction off the east coast of Canada and northeastern United States

    N. B. Bernier;K. R. Thompson

  • Seasonal variability of the surface inflow through the Strait of Gibraltar

    M. Bormans;C. Garrett;K. R. Thompson

  • Predicting the frequency of storm surges and extreme sea levels in the northwest Atlantic

    N. B. Bernier;K. R. Thompson

  • Far-field effects of tidal energy extraction in the Minas Passage on tidal circulation in the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine using a nested-grid coastal circulation model

    Daisuke Hasegawa;Jinyu Sheng;David A. Greenberg;Keith R. Thompson

  • Condition, buoyancy and the distribution of larval fish: implications for vertical migration and retention

    Matthew Sclafani;Christopher T. Taggart;Keith R. Thompson

  • Time-Averaged Forms of the Nonlinear Stress Law

    Daniel G. Wright;Keith R. Thompson

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

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

  • Skill Assessment in Ocean Biological Data Assimilation

    Watson W. Gregg;Marjorie A.M. Friedrichs;Allan R. Robinson;Kenneth A. Rose

  • Detecting synchrony of recruitment using short, autocorrelated time series

    Keith R. Thompson;Fred H. Page

  • Sea Level and the Role of Coastal Trapped Waves in Mediating the Influence of the Open Ocean on the Coast

    Chris W. Hughes;Chris W. Hughes;Ichiro Fukumori;Stephen M. Griffies;John M. Huthnance

  • Storm Surges in the Strait of Georgia Simulated with a Regional Model

    Nancy Soontiens;Susan E. Allen;Doug Latornell;Kate Le Souëf

  • North-Atlantic Sea-Level and Circulation

    Keith R. Thompson

  • Towards comprehensive observing and modeling systems for monitoring and predicting regional to coastal sea level

    Rui M. Ponte;Mark Carson;Mauro Cirano;Catia M. Domingues

  • Is the Exchange through the Strait of Gibraltar Maximal or Submaximal

    Chris Garrett;Myriam Bormans;Myriam Bormans;Keith Thompson

  • A simple method for reducing seasonal bias and drift in eddy resolving ocean models

    Keith R. Thompson;Daniel G. Wright;Youyu Lu;Entcho Demirov

  • An analysis of British monthly mean sea level

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  • Estimation of Low-Frequency Wind Stress Fluctuations over the Open Ocean

    K. R. Thompson;R. F. Marsden;D. G. Wright

  • Skewness of sea level variability of the world's oceans

    Keith R. Thompson;Entcho Demirov

  • The adjoint method of data assimilation used operationally for shelf circulation

    David A. Griffin;Keith R. Thompson

  • Insights on multivariate updates of physical and biogeochemical ocean variables using an Ensemble Kalman Filter and an idealized model of upwelling

    Liuqian Yu;Katja Fennel;Laurent Bertino;Mohamad El Gharamti;Mohamad El Gharamti

Frequent Co-Authors

Jinyu Sheng
Jinyu Sheng Dalhousie University
Eric C. J. Oliver
Eric C. J. Oliver Dalhousie University
Daniel G. Wright
Daniel G. Wright Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Chris W. Hughes
Chris W. Hughes University of Liverpool
Katja Fennel
Katja Fennel Dalhousie University
Chris Garrett
Chris Garrett University of Victoria
Myriam Bormans
Myriam Bormans Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Stephen M. Griffies
Stephen M. Griffies National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Philip L. Woodworth
Philip L. Woodworth National Oceanography Centre
Jeffrey A. Runge
Jeffrey A. Runge University of Maine

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