2026 W. Brechner Owens: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	36	7094	6566	2454	2172	81	6653

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

1039
Citations
The Argo Program : observing the global ocean with profiling floats

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

689
Citations
On the Future of Argo: A Global, Full-Depth, Multi-Disciplinary Array

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

424
Citations
Mid-depth recirculation observed in the interior Labrador and Irminger seas by direct velocity measurements

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

416
Citations
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

384
Citations
The climatology of the North Atlantic

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

337
Citations
Delayed-Mode Calibration of Autonomous CTD Profiling Float Salinity Data by θ–S Climatology*

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

271
Citations
Argo: The Global Array of Profiling Floats

Dean Roemmich;Olaf Boebel;Yves Desaubies;Howard Freeland

196
Citations
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

188
Citations
The mid-depth circulation of the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean as measured by subsurface floats

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

172
Citations
A coupled sea ice‐mixed layer‐pycnocline model for the Weddell Sea

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

165
Citations
Direct measurement of the deep circulation within the Brazil Basin

Nelson G. Hogg;W. Brechner Owens

164
Citations
Oceanic observations of stratified Taylor columns near a bump

W. Brechner Owens;N.G. Hogg

159
Citations
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

157
Citations
Observations of Open-Ocean Deep Convection in the Labrador Sea from Subsurface Floats*

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

154
Citations
Argo: The challenge of continuing 10 years of progress

D Roemmich;M Belboch;H Freeland;SL Garzoli

138
Citations
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

127
Citations
Climatic Warming of Atlantic Intermediate Waters

Brian K. Arbic;W. Brechner Owens

116
Citations
Anomalous Anomalies in Averaged Hydrographic Data

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

116
Citations
Deep Currents in the Central Subarctic Pacific Ocean

Bruce A. Warren;W. Brechner Owens

115
Citations
A statistical description of the mean circulation and eddy variability in the northwestern Atlantic using SOFAR floats

W.Brechner Owens

112
Citations
Sensitivity studies with a sea ice‐mixed layer‐pycnocline model in the Weddell Sea

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111
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel L. Rudnick Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Robert C. Beardsley Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Russ E. Davis University of California, San Diego

Stephen C. Riser University of Washington

Dean Roemmich University of California, San Diego

Gregory C. Johnson Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

Brian A. King National Oceanography Centre

Howard J. Freeland Fisheries and Oceans Canada

John M. Toole Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Susan Wijffels Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

External Links

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