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D-Index
50
Citations
9772
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4974
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1830

W. Kendall Melville publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where W. Kendall Melville sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 152 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

W. Kendall Melville D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where W. Kendall Melville sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For insightful laboratory, theoretical and field studies of fluid mechanics governing many oceanographic phenomena including breaking waves, rotating fluids, acoustics and flow over topography
  • 1986 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

W. Kendall Melville was affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research contributions extended to the study of fluid mechanics related to oceanographic phenomena.

The following paper was published by Melville:

  • Highlights of Coastal Waves 1996, 2021, UNC Libraries

The scientist collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • David P. Rogers
  • Clive E. Dorman
  • Kathleen A. Edwards
  • Ian M. Brooks
  • Stephen D. Burk

Most of Melville's publications appeared in the venue UNC Libraries.

They were recognized with the following awards:

  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2005 - Citation for insightful laboratory, theoretical and field studies of fluid mechanics governing many oceanographic phenomena including breaking waves, rotating fluids, acoustics and flow over topography
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1986

Best Publications

  • Long Nonlinear Internal Waves

    Karl R. Helfrich;W. Kendall Melville

  • The Role of Surface-Wave Breaking in Air-Sea Interaction

    Unknown

  • On the separation of air flow over water waves

    M. L. Banner;W. K. Melville

  • Air entrainment and dissipation in breaking waves

    Unknown

  • Distribution of breaking waves at the ocean surface

    W. Kendall Melville;Peter Matusov

  • The velocity field under breaking waves: coherent structures and turbulence

    W. Kendall Melville;Fabrice Veron;Christopher J. White

  • Surface gravity wave effects in the oceanic boundary layer: large-eddy simulation with vortex force and stochastic breakers

    Peter P. Sullivan;James C. McWILLIAMS;W. Kendall Melville

  • Air entrainment and bubble statistics in breaking waves

    Luc Deike;W. Kendall Melville;Stéphane Popinet

  • The instability and breaking of deep-water waves

    Unknown

  • Energy Dissipation by Breaking Waves

    W. Kendall Melville

  • On long nonlinear internal waves over slope-shelf topography

    Unknown

  • Inertial scaling of dissipation in unsteady breaking waves

    David A. Drazen;W. Kendall Melville;Luc Lenain

  • On interfacial solitary waves over slowly varying topography

    Karl R. Helfrich;W. K. Melville;John W. Miles

  • The oceanic boundary layer driven by wave breaking with stochastic variability. Part 1. Direct numerical simulations

    Peter P. Sullivan;James C. McWILLIAMS;W. Kendall Melville

  • Experiments on the stability and transition of wind-driven water surfaces

    Fabrice Veron;W. Kendall Melville

  • Field measurements and scaling of ocean surface wave‐breaking statistics

    Peter Sutherland;W. Kendall Melville

  • Field Measurements of Surface and Near-Surface Turbulence in the Presence of Breaking Waves

    Peter Sutherland;W. Kendall Melville

  • Airborne Observations of Fetch-Limited Waves in the Gulf of Tehuantepec

    Leonel Romero;W. Kendall Melville

  • Capillary effects on wave breaking

    Luc Deike;Stephane Popinet;W. Kendall Melville

  • Laboratory measurements of the generation and evolution of Langmuir circulations

    W. Kendall Melville;Robert Shear;Fabrice Veron

  • Bubble entrainment by breaking waves and their influence on optical scattering in the upper ocean

    Eric J. Terrill;W. Kendall Melville;Dariusz Stramski

  • Spectral Energy Dissipation due to Surface Wave Breaking

    Leonel Romero;W. Kendall Melville;Jessica M. Kleiss

  • Nonlinear gravity–capillary waves with forcing and dissipation

    Alexey V. Fedorov;W. Kendall Melville

  • Observations of Wave Breaking Kinematics in Fetch-Limited Seas

    Jessica M. Kleiss;W. Kendall Melville

  • Highlights of Coastal Waves 1996

    David P. Rogers;Clive E. Dorman;Kathleen A. Edwards;Ian M. Brooks

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexey V. Fedorov
Alexey V. Fedorov Yale University
James C. McWilliams
James C. McWilliams University of California, Los Angeles
Peter P. Sullivan
Peter P. Sullivan National Center for Atmospheric Research
Daniel D. Riemer
Daniel D. Riemer University of Miami
Dariusz Stramski
Dariusz Stramski University of California, San Diego
Haflidi H. Jonsson
Haflidi H. Jonsson Naval Postgraduate School
Charles N. Flagg
Charles N. Flagg Stony Brook University
Jason H. Middleton
Jason H. Middleton University of New South Wales
Stéphane Popinet
Stéphane Popinet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Michael Tjernström
Michael Tjernström Stockholm University

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