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67
Citations
11963
World Ranking
1272
National Ranking
568

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Tommy D. Dickey was affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. The scientific contributions were focused primarily within the Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a clear specialization in Oceanography.

The research addressed several main topics including:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing

Among notable publications, the following paper was documented:

  • "New Discoveries Enabled by the Emergence of High-Resolution, Long-Term Interdisciplinary Ocean Observations" (2020), published in Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists

This scientist's work appeared in venues such as:

  • Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists

Tommy D. Dickey was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Influence of mesoscale eddies on new production in the Sargasso Sea

    Dennis J. McGillicuddy;A. R. Robinson;D. A. Siegel;H. W. Jannasch

  • A Vector Geometry–Based Eddy Detection Algorithm and Its Application to a High-Resolution Numerical Model Product and High-Frequency Radar Surface Velocities in the Southern California Bight

    Francesco Nencioli;Changming Dong;Tommy Dickey;Libe Washburn

  • Satellite evidence of hurricane‐induced phytoplankton blooms in an oceanic desert

    S. M. Babin;J. A. Carton;T. D. Dickey;J. D. Wiggert

  • Mesoscale eddies drive increased silica export in the subtropical Pacific Ocean.

    Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson;Robert R. Bidigare;Tommy D. Dickey;Michael R. Landry

  • Sediment Resuspension and Mixing by Resonantly Generated Internal Solitary Waves

    D. Bogucki;T. Dickey;L. G. Redekopp

  • Nutrient-Gradient Controls on Devonian Reefs: Insight from the Ramp-Situated Alexandra Reef System (Frasnian), Northwest Territories, Canada

    Alex J. MacNeil;Brian Jones

  • The physical strength of marine snow and its implications for particle disaggregation in the ocean

    Alice L. Alldredge;Timothy C. Granata;Chris C. Gotschalk;Tommy D. Dickey

  • The emergence of concurrent high‐resolution physical and bio‐optical measurements in the upper ocean and their applications

    Tommy D. Dickey

  • Optical oceanography: Recent advances and future directions using global remote sensing and in situ observations

    T. Dickey;M. Lewis;G. Chang

  • Analyses and simulations of the upper ocean's response to Hurricane Felix at the Bermuda Testbed Mooring site: 13–23 August 1995

    S. E. Zedler;T. D. Dickey;S. C. Doney;J. F. Price

  • Mesoscale eddy diffusion, particle sinking, and the interpretation of sediment trap data

    David A. Siegel;Timothy C. Granata;Anthony F. Michaels;Tommy D. Dickey

  • Upper-Ocean Temperature Response to Hurricane Felix as Measured by the Bermuda Testbed Mooring

    Tommy Dickey;Dan Frye;Joe McNeil;Derek Manov

  • Spectral particulate attenuation and particle size distribution in the bottom boundary layer of a continental shelf

    Emmanuel Boss;W. Scott Pegau;Wilford D. Gardner;J. Ronald V. Zaneveld

  • Optical determination of particulate abundance and production variations in the oligotrophic ocean

    David A. Siegel;T.D. Dickey;Libe Washburn;Michael K. Hamilton

  • Methods for Reducing Biofouling of Moored Optical Sensors

    Derek V. Manov;Grace C. Chang;Tommy D. Dickey

  • New Chemical, Bio-Optical and Physical Observations of Upper Ocean Response to the Passage of a Mesoscale Eddy Off Bermuda

    J. D. McNeil;H. W. Jannasch;T. Dickey;Dennis J. McGillicuddy

  • Decaying turbulence in neutral and stratified fluids

    T. D. Dickey;G. L. Mellor

  • Emerging ocean observations for interdisciplinary data assimilation systems

    Tommy D. Dickey

  • Nutrients and mixing, chlorophyll and phytoplankton growth

    John Marra;R.R. Bidigare;T.D. Dickey

  • Seasonal variability of bio-optical and physical properties in the Arabian Sea: October 1994-October 1995

    T. Dickey;J. Marra;D. E. Sigurdson;R. A. Weller

Frequent Co-Authors

John Marra
John Marra Brooklyn College
David A. Siegel
David A. Siegel University of California, Santa Barbara
Robert A. Weller
Robert A. Weller Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Robert R. Bidigare
Robert R. Bidigare University of Hawaii at Manoa
Chris Langdon
Chris Langdon Oregon State University
Mark A. Moline
Mark A. Moline University of Delaware
Oscar Schofield
Oscar Schofield Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Scott Glenn
Scott Glenn Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Libe Washburn
Libe Washburn University of California, Santa Barbara
Emmanuel Boss
Emmanuel Boss University of Maine

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