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D-Index
44
Citations
8140
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6702
National Ranking
2390

Paul A. Hwang 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 Paul A. Hwang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 203 publications — 65th percentile

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

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Paul A. Hwang 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 Paul A. Hwang sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 44 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Paul A. Hwang is affiliated with the United States Naval Research Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the Earth and Planetary Sciences field, with a substantial body of work concentrated in Oceanography.

Their academic contributions are distributed across several subfields of study, including:

  • Oceanography
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Surgery

The main topics covered in Paul A. Hwang's research reflect a focus on marine and environmental phenomena, including:

  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Body Contouring and Surgery

They have published extensively in several venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
  • Aesthetic Surgery Journal
  • Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Paul A. Hwang include:

  • $L$ -Band Ocean Surface Roughness, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • A Simulation Study of Significant Wave Height Retrieval From Bistatic Scattering of Signals of Opportunity, 2021, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
  • Microwave Specular Measurements and Ocean Surface Wave Properties, 2021, Sensors

Among their frequent coauthors are:

  • Jeffrey D. Ouellette
  • Jakov V. Toporkov
  • Joel T. Johnson
  • Thomas L. Ainsworth
  • Allan A. Weidman

This scientific profile reflects a consistent engagement with oceanographic and remote sensing methods, particularly involving ocean surface and wave dynamics, as well as collaborative work on related marine and atmospheric processes.

Best Publications

  • Wave diffraction due to areas of energy dissipation

    Robert A. Dalrymple;James T. Kirby;Paul A. Hwang

  • Estimates of Kinetic Energy Dissipation under Breaking Waves

    E.A. Terray;M.A. Donelan;Y.C. Agrawal;W.M. Drennan

  • Wave Modelling - The State of the Art

    L. Cavaleri;Jose H. G. M. Alves;F. Ardhuin;Alexander V. Babanin

  • Enhanced dissipation of kinetic energy beneath surface waves

    Y. C. Agrawal;E. A. Terray;M. A. Donelan;P. A. Hwang

  • Investigation of Wave Growth and Decay in the SWAN Model: Three Regional-Scale Applications

    W. Erick Rogers;Paul A. Hwang;David W. Wang

  • A statistical comparison of wind speed, wave height, and wave period derived from satellite altimeters and ocean buoys in the Gulf of Mexico region

    Paul A. Hwang;William J. Teague;Gregg A. Jacobs;David W. Wang

  • Airborne Measurements of the Wavenumber Spectra of Ocean Surface Waves. Part I: Spectral Slope and Dimensionless Spectral Coefficient*

    Paul A. Hwang;David W. Wang;Edward J. Walsh;William B. Krabill

  • Airborne Measurements of the Wavenumber Spectra of Ocean Surface Waves. Part II: Directional Distribution*

    Paul A. Hwang;David W. Wang;Edward J. Walsh;William B. Krabill

  • A Note on the Ocean Surface Roughness Spectrum

    Paul A. Hwang

  • An Operational Method for Separating Wind Sea and Swell from Ocean Wave Spectra

    David W. Wang;Paul A. Hwang

  • Comparison of composite Bragg theory and quad‐polarization radar backscatter from RADARSAT‐2: With applications to wave breaking and high wind retrieval

    Paul A. Hwang;Biao Zhang;Jakov V. Toporkov;William Perrie

  • A Hurricane Wind Speed Retrieval Model for C-Band RADARSAT-2 Cross-Polarization ScanSAR Images

    Guosheng Zhang;Xiaofeng Li;William Perrie;Paul A. Hwang

  • Surface roughness and breaking wave properties retrieved from polarimetric microwave radar backscattering

    Paul A. Hwang;Franco Fois

  • The dependence of sea surface slope on atmospheric stability and swell conditions

    Paul A. Hwang;Omar H. Shemdin

  • Cross‐polarization geophysical model function for C‐band radar backscattering from the ocean surface and wind speed retrieval

    Paul A. Hwang;Ad Stoffelen;Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff;William Perrie

  • A note on analyzing nonlinear and nonstationary ocean wave data

    Paul A Hwang;Norden E Huang;David W Wang

  • Field Measurements of Duration-Limited Growth of Wind-Generated Ocean Surface Waves at Young Stage of Development

    Paul A. Hwang;David W. Wang

  • Wind Sea and Swell Separation of 1D Wave Spectrum by a Spectrum Integration Method

    Paul A. Hwang;Francisco J. Ocampo-Torres;Héctor García-Nava

  • Breaking of wind-generated waves: measurements and characteristics

    Paul A. Hwang;Delun Xu;Jin Wu

  • An empirical investigation of source term balance of small scale surface waves

    Paul A. Hwang;David W. Wang

  • A Study of the Wavenumber Spectra of Short Water Waves in the Ocean. Part II: Spectral Model and Mean Square Slope

    Paul A. Hwang

Frequent Co-Authors

William B. Krabill
William B. Krabill Goddard Space Flight Center
William J. Teague
William J. Teague United States Naval Research Laboratory
William Perrie
William Perrie Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Lawrence A. Crum
Lawrence A. Crum University of Washington
Mark A. Donelan
Mark A. Donelan University of Miami
Simon Yueh
Simon Yueh Jet Propulsion Lab
Ad Stoffelen
Ad Stoffelen Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Nicolas Reul
Nicolas Reul French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Vladimir E. Zakharov
Vladimir E. Zakharov Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics
William J. Plant
William J. Plant University of Washington

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