2026 Thomas B. Sanford: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	54	2703	1120	135	10424

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Earth Science

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10424

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

712
Citations
Global Patterns of Diapycnal Mixing from Measurements of the Turbulent Dissipation Rate

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

562
Citations
Forced Stage Response to a Moving Hurricane

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

544
Citations
Reduced mixing from the breaking of internal waves in equatorial waters

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

470
Citations
Vertical energy propagation of inertial waves: A vector spectral analysis of velocity profiles

Kevin D. Leaman;Thomas B. Sanford

404
Citations
From tides to mixing along the Hawaiian ridge.

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

393
Citations
Motionally Induced Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Sea

Thomas B. Sanford

360
Citations
Cold wake of Hurricane Frances

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

290
Citations
Upper-Ocean Response to Hurricane Frances (2004) Observed by Profiling EM-APEX Floats*

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

263
Citations
A Composite Spectrum of Vertical Shear in the Upper Ocean

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

247
Citations
An Estimate of Tidal Energy Lost to Turbulence at the Hawaiian Ridge

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

242
Citations
Florida current volume transports from voltage measurements.

Jimmy C. Larsen;Thomas B. Sanford

231
Citations
Mediterranean Outflow Mixing and Dynamics

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

223
Citations
Ocean Response to a Hurricane. Part I: Observations

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

213
Citations
Impact of typhoons on the ocean in the pacific

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

186
Citations
Highly resolved observations and simulations of the ocean response to a hurricane

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

180
Citations
Observations of Near-Inertial Waves in a Front

Eric Kunze;Thomas B. Sanford

174
Citations
Descent and modification of the overflow plume in the Denmark strait

James B. Girton;Thomas B. Sanford

171
Citations
Abyssal Mixing: Where It Is Not

Eric Kunze;Thomas B. Sanford

171
Citations
Structure of the Baroclinic Tide Generated at Kaena Ridge, Hawaii

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

157
Citations
Circulation and mixing in the Faroese Channels

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

151
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ren-Chieh Lien University of Washington

Eric Kunze University of Washington

Michael C. Gregg University of Washington

Craig M. Lee University of Washington

Eric A. D'Asaro University of Washington

James F. Price Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Jonathan D. Nash Oregon State University

Luca Centurioni University of California, San Diego

Robert Pinkel University of California, San Diego

Sen Jan National Taiwan University

External Links

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