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D-Index
54
Citations
10424
World Ranking
2703
National Ranking
1120

Thomas B. Sanford 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 Thomas B. Sanford sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 135 publications — 31st percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Thomas B. Sanford 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 Thomas B. Sanford sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Thomas B. Sanford was affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with specific work in Oceanography and Atmospheric Science as subfields.

Their body of work included contributions to topics such as:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Sanford's publication record included papers published in journals such as the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. One notable publication was titled "Stalling and Dissipation of a Near-Inertial Wave (NIW) in an Anticyclonic Ocean Eddy: Direct Determination of Group Velocity and Comparison With Theory", published in 2021 by the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. This paper received 12 citations.

The scientist collaborated frequently with coauthors including B. Barry and Matthew H. Alford.

During their career, Sanford was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1996.

Best Publications

  • Air–Sea Exchange in Hurricanes: Synthesis of Observations from the Coupled Boundary Layer Air–Sea Transfer Experiment

    Peter G. Black;Eric A. D'Asaro;William M. Drennan;Jeffrey R. French

  • Global Patterns of Diapycnal Mixing from Measurements of the Turbulent Dissipation Rate

    Amy F. Waterhouse;Jennifer A. MacKinnon;Jonathan D. Nash;Matthew H. Alford

  • Forced Stage Response to a Moving Hurricane

    James F. Price;Thomas B. Sanford;George Z. Forristall

  • Reduced mixing from the breaking of internal waves in equatorial waters

    Michael C. Gregg;Thomas B. Sanford;David P. Winkel

  • Vertical energy propagation of inertial waves: A vector spectral analysis of velocity profiles

    Kevin D. Leaman;Thomas B. Sanford

  • From tides to mixing along the Hawaiian ridge.

    Daniel L. Rudnick;Timothy J. Boyd;Russell E. Brainard;Glenn S. Carter

  • Motionally Induced Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Sea

    Thomas B. Sanford

  • Cold wake of Hurricane Frances

    Eric A. D'Asaro;Thomas B. Sanford;P. Peter Niiler;Eric J. Terrill

  • Upper-Ocean Response to Hurricane Frances (2004) Observed by Profiling EM-APEX Floats*

    Thomas B. Sanford;James F. Price;James B. Girton

  • A Composite Spectrum of Vertical Shear in the Upper Ocean

    A. E. Gargett;P. J. Hendricks;T. B. Sanford;T. R. Osborn

  • An Estimate of Tidal Energy Lost to Turbulence at the Hawaiian Ridge

    Jody M. Klymak;James N. Moum;Jonathan D. Nash;Eric Kunze

  • Florida current volume transports from voltage measurements.

    Jimmy C. Larsen;Thomas B. Sanford

  • Mediterranean Outflow Mixing and Dynamics

    James F. Price;Molly O'Neil Baringer;Rolf G. Lueck;Gregory C. Johnson

  • Ocean Response to a Hurricane. Part I: Observations

    Thomas B. Sanford;Peter G. Black;James R. Haustein;James W. Feeney

  • Impact of typhoons on the ocean in the pacific

    E.A. D'Asaro;P. G. Black;L. R. Centurioni;Y.-T. Chang

  • Highly resolved observations and simulations of the ocean response to a hurricane

    Thomas B. Sanford;James F. Price;James B. Girton;Douglas C. Webb

  • Observations of Near-Inertial Waves in a Front

    Eric Kunze;Thomas B. Sanford

  • Descent and modification of the overflow plume in the Denmark strait

    James B. Girton;Thomas B. Sanford

  • Abyssal Mixing: Where It Is Not

    Eric Kunze;Thomas B. Sanford

  • Structure of the Baroclinic Tide Generated at Kaena Ridge, Hawaii

    Jonathan D. Nash;Eric Kunze;Craig M. Lee;Thomas B. Sanford

  • Circulation and mixing in the Faroese Channels

    C. Mauritzen;J. Price;T. Sanford;D. Torres

Frequent Co-Authors

Ren-Chieh Lien
Ren-Chieh Lien University of Washington
Eric Kunze
Eric Kunze University of Washington
Michael C. Gregg
Michael C. Gregg University of Washington
Craig M. Lee
Craig M. Lee University of Washington
Eric A. D'Asaro
Eric A. D'Asaro University of Washington
James F. Price
James F. Price Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Jonathan D. Nash
Jonathan D. Nash Oregon State University
Luca Centurioni
Luca Centurioni University of California, San Diego
Robert Pinkel
Robert Pinkel University of California, San Diego
Sen Jan
Sen Jan National Taiwan University

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