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W. Brechner Owens 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 W. Brechner Owens sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 81 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

W. Brechner Owens 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 W. Brechner Owens sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

W. Brechner Owens is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States and conducts research primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work encompasses a range of subfields including Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Ocean Engineering. Owens' research focuses notably on oceanographic and atmospheric processes, marine and coastal ecosystems, climate variability and models, tropical and extratropical cyclones, underwater vehicles and communication systems, as well as Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics and ocean acidification effects and responses.

Owens has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of Physical Oceanography, Frontiers in Marine Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Marine Technology Society Journal, and Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. Among their published works are recent papers that illustrate a broad scope of oceanographic research:

  • Argo Data 1999-2019: Two Million Temperature-Salinity Profiles and Subsurface Velocity Observations From a Global Array of Profiling Floats (2020, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • The Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent in Three Generations of Global Climate Models and Glider Observations (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • Bifurcation and Upwelling of the Equatorial Undercurrent West of the Galápagos Archipelago (2020, Journal of Physical Oceanography)
  • OneArgo: A New Paradigm for Observing the Global Ocean (2022, Marine Technology Society Journal)
  • The Equatorial Current System West of the Galápagos Islands during the 2014-16 El Niño as Observed by Underwater Gliders (2020, Journal of Physical Oceanography)

Owens frequently collaborates with other researchers in the oceanographic community. Notable coauthors with multiple joint publications include Susan Wijffels, Nathalie Zilberman, Kristopher B. Karnauskas, Julie Jakoboski, and Daniel L. Rudnick.

The topics addressed within Owens' body of work chiefly cover aspects such as oceanographic and atmospheric processes and marine and coastal ecosystem interactions. Their research also touches on modeling climate variability, studying tropical and extratropical cyclones, and advancing the use of underwater vehicles and communication systems. The inclusion of work related to Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics and the effects of ocean acidification reflects a multidisciplinary approach to understanding ocean and climate interactions.

Best Publications

  • The autonomous underwater glider "Spray"

    J. Sherman;R.E. Davis;W.B. Owens;J. Valdes

  • The Argo Program : observing the global ocean with profiling floats

    Dean Roemmich;Gregory C. Johnson;Stephen C. Riser;Russ E. Davis

  • On the Future of Argo: A Global, Full-Depth, Multi-Disciplinary Array

    Dean Roemmich;Matthew H. Alford;Hervé Claustre;Kenneth Johnson

  • Mid-depth recirculation observed in the interior Labrador and Irminger seas by direct velocity measurements

    Kara L. Lavender;Russ E. Davis;W. Brechner Owens

  • Argo Data 1999–2019: Two Million Temperature-Salinity Profiles and Subsurface Velocity Observations From a Global Array of Profiling Floats

    Annie P.S. Wong;Susan E. Wijffels;Stephen C. Riser;Sylvie Pouliquen

  • The climatology of the North Atlantic

    M.Susan Lozier;W.Brechner Owens;Ruth G. Curry

  • Delayed-Mode Calibration of Autonomous CTD Profiling Float Salinity Data by θ–S Climatology*

    Annie P. S. Wong;Gregory C. Johnson;W. Brechner Owens

  • Argo: The Global Array of Profiling Floats

    Dean Roemmich;Olaf Boebel;Yves Desaubies;Howard Freeland

  • An improved calibration method for the drift of the conductivity sensor on autonomous CTD profiling floats by θ–S climatology

    W. Brechner Owens;Annie P.S. Wong

  • The mid-depth circulation of the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean as measured by subsurface floats

    Kara L. Lavender;W. Brechner Owens;Russ E. Davis

  • A coupled sea ice‐mixed layer‐pycnocline model for the Weddell Sea

    Peter Lemke;W. B. Owens;W. D. Hibler

  • Direct measurement of the deep circulation within the Brazil Basin

    Nelson G. Hogg;W. Brechner Owens

  • Oceanic observations of stratified Taylor columns near a bump

    W. Brechner Owens;N.G. Hogg

  • On the characteristics of Circumpolar Deep Water intrusions to the west Antarctic Peninsula Continental Shelf

    Carlos F. Moffat;Carlos F. Moffat;W. Brechner Owens;Robert C. Beardsley

  • Observations of Open-Ocean Deep Convection in the Labrador Sea from Subsurface Floats*

    Kara L. Lavender;Russ E. Davis;W. Brechner Owens

  • Argo: The challenge of continuing 10 years of progress

    D Roemmich;M Belboch;H Freeland;SL Garzoli

  • Eddy stirring and horizontal diffusivity from Argo float observations: Geographic and depth variability

    Sylvia T. Cole;Cimarron J. L. Wortham;Eric Kunze;W. Brechner Owens

  • Climatic Warming of Atlantic Intermediate Waters

    Brian K. Arbic;W. Brechner Owens

  • Anomalous Anomalies in Averaged Hydrographic Data

    M. Susan Lozier;Michael S. McCartney;W. Brechner Owens

  • Deep Currents in the Central Subarctic Pacific Ocean

    Bruce A. Warren;W. Brechner Owens

  • A statistical description of the mean circulation and eddy variability in the northwestern Atlantic using SOFAR floats

    W.Brechner Owens

  • Sensitivity studies with a sea ice‐mixed layer‐pycnocline model in the Weddell Sea

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Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel L. Rudnick
Daniel L. Rudnick Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Robert C. Beardsley
Robert C. Beardsley Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Russ E. Davis
Russ E. Davis University of California, San Diego
Stephen C. Riser
Stephen C. Riser University of Washington
Dean Roemmich
Dean Roemmich University of California, San Diego
Gregory C. Johnson
Gregory C. Johnson Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Brian A. King
Brian A. King National Oceanography Centre
Howard J. Freeland
Howard J. Freeland Fisheries and Oceans Canada
John M. Toole
John M. Toole Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Susan Wijffels
Susan Wijffels Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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