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D-Index
40
Citations
11263
World Ranking
7905
National Ranking
2808

Overview

Mark D. Powell is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and Earth sciences, focusing on topics such as opioid use disorder treatment, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, prenatal substance exposure effects, geology and paleoclimatology research, aeolian processes and effects, and rangeland and wildlife management.

Powell's work includes publications in several venues reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research. These venues include:

  • Harm Reduction Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A Mathematics

Recent papers by Powell include:

  • "Motivation and context of concurrent stimulant and opioid use among persons who use drugs in the rural United States: a multi-site qualitative inquiry" (2024), published in Harm Reduction Journal
  • "How Old are the Mojave Topographic Dunes? The Implications of New Luminescence Dating Analyses from the Cady Mountains, Mojave Desert, Southwest USA" (2024), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "ACCEPTING LIVING SHORELINES: A DESIGN-BASED RESEARCH STUDY" (2024), published in Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • "Andrew Ranicki" (2024), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A Mathematics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Powell include:

  • Rob J. Fredericksen
  • Robin Baker
  • Alexander B. Sibley
  • Angela T. Estadt
  • David C. Colston

The fields of study that characterize the scientist's research focus primarily on medicine, with subfields including public health, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health. Their work also extends into atmospheric science and Earth-surface processes.

Best Publications

  • Reduced drag coefficient for high wind speeds in tropical cyclones

    Mark D. Powell;Peter J. Vickery;Timothy A. Reinhold

  • The HRD real-time hurricane wind analysis system

    Mark D. Powell;Sam H. Houston;Luis R. Amat;Nirva Morisseau-Leroy

  • A Basin to Channel-Scale Unstructured Grid Hurricane Storm Surge Model Applied to Southern Louisiana

    Joannes J. Westerink;Richard A. Luettich;Jesse C. Feyen;Jesse C. Feyen;John H. Atkinson

  • A High-Resolution Coupled Riverine Flow, Tide, Wind, Wind Wave, and Storm Surge Model for Southern Louisiana and Mississippi. Part I: Model Development and Validation

    S. Bunya;J. C. Dietrich;J. J. Westerink;B. A. Ebersole

  • Tropical Cyclone Destructive Potential by Integrated Kinetic Energy

    Mark D. Powell;Timothy A. Reinhold

  • A Hurricane Boundary Layer and Wind Field Model for Use in Engineering Applications

    Peter J. Vickery;Dhiraj Wadhera;Mark D. Powell;Yingzhao Chen

  • Hurricane Andrew's Landfall in South Florida. Part I: Standardizing Measurements for Documentation of Surface Wind Fields

    Mark D. Powell;Samuel H. Houston;Timothy A. Reinhold

  • A High-Resolution Coupled Riverine Flow, Tide, Wind, Wind Wave, and Storm Surge Model for Southern Louisiana and Mississippi. Part II: Synoptic Description and Analysis of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

    J. C. Dietrich;S. Bunya;S. Bunya;J. J. Westerink;B. A. Ebersole

  • Wind and waves in extreme hurricanes

    Leo H. Holthuijsen;Mark D. Powell;Julie D. Pietrzak

  • Boundary Layer Structure and Dynamics in Outer Hurricane Rainbands. Part II: Downdraft Modification and Mixed Layer Recovery

    Mark D. Powell

  • Hurricane hazard modeling: The past, present, and future

    Peter J. Vickery;Forrest J. Masters;Mark D. Powell;Dhiraj Wadhera

  • State of Florida hurricane loss projection model: Atmospheric science component

    Mark Powell;George Soukup;Steve Cocke;Sneh Gulati

  • The Transition of the Hurricane Frederic Boundary-Layer Wind Field from the Open Gulf of Mexico to Landfall

    Mark D. Powell

  • Hurricane Gustav (2008) Waves and Storm Surge: Hindcast, Synoptic Analysis, and Validation in Southern Louisiana

    J. C. Dietrich;J. J. Westerink;A. B. Kennedy;J. M. Smith

  • Hurricane Directional Wave Spectrum Spatial Variation in the Open Ocean

    C. W. Wright;E. J. Walsh;D. Vandemark;W. B. Krabill

  • Boundary Layer Structure and Dynamics in Outer Hurricane Rainbands. Part I: Mesoscale Rainfall and Kinematic Structure

    Mark D. Powell

  • Hurricane Andrew's Landfall in South Florida. Part II: Surface Wind Fields and Potential Real-Time Applications

    Mark D. Powell;Samuel H. Houston

  • Hindcast and validation of Hurricane Ike (2008) waves, forerunner, and storm surge

    M. E. Hope;J. J. Westerink;A. B. Kennedy;P. C. Kerr

  • The Intensity Forecasting Experiment: A NOAA Multiyear Field Program for Improving Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasts

    Robert Rogers;Sim Aberson;Michael Black;Peter Black

  • Origin of the Hurricane Ike forerunner surge

    Andrew B. Kennedy;Uriah Gravois;Brian C. Zachry;Joannes J. Westerink

  • Wind and waves in extreme hurricanes

    Mark Powell

Frequent Co-Authors

Joannes J. Westerink
Joannes J. Westerink University of Notre Dame
Richard A. Luettich
Richard A. Luettich University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Frank D. Marks
Frank D. Marks National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Shu-Ching Chen
Shu-Ching Chen Florida International University
Sim D. Aberson
Sim D. Aberson National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
William B. Krabill
William B. Krabill Goddard Space Flight Center
B. M. Golam Kibria
B. M. Golam Kibria Florida International University
Douglas Vandemark
Douglas Vandemark University of New Hampshire
Robert H. Weisberg
Robert H. Weisberg University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Robert F. Rogers
Robert F. Rogers Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

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