2026 W. Kendall Melville: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	50	4974	1830	152	9772

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Environmental Sciences

4974

1830

152

9772

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

966
Citations
The Role of Surface-Wave Breaking in Air-Sea Interaction

Unknown

478
Citations
On the separation of air flow over water waves

M. L. Banner;W. K. Melville

390
Citations
Air entrainment and dissipation in breaking waves

Unknown

325
Citations
Distribution of breaking waves at the ocean surface

W. Kendall Melville;Peter Matusov

318
Citations
The velocity field under breaking waves: coherent structures and turbulence

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

303
Citations
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

272
Citations
Air entrainment and bubble statistics in breaking waves

Luc Deike;W. Kendall Melville;Stéphane Popinet

266
Citations
The instability and breaking of deep-water waves

Unknown

264
Citations
Energy Dissipation by Breaking Waves

W. Kendall Melville

221
Citations
On long nonlinear internal waves over slope-shelf topography

Unknown

217
Citations
Inertial scaling of dissipation in unsteady breaking waves

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

196
Citations
On interfacial solitary waves over slowly varying topography

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

178
Citations
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

176
Citations
Experiments on the stability and transition of wind-driven water surfaces

Fabrice Veron;W. Kendall Melville

170
Citations
Field measurements and scaling of ocean surface wave‐breaking statistics

Peter Sutherland;W. Kendall Melville

168
Citations
Field Measurements of Surface and Near-Surface Turbulence in the Presence of Breaking Waves

Peter Sutherland;W. Kendall Melville

165
Citations
Airborne Observations of Fetch-Limited Waves in the Gulf of Tehuantepec

Leonel Romero;W. Kendall Melville

163
Citations
Capillary effects on wave breaking

Luc Deike;Stephane Popinet;W. Kendall Melville

155
Citations
Laboratory measurements of the generation and evolution of Langmuir circulations

W. Kendall Melville;Robert Shear;Fabrice Veron

152
Citations
Bubble entrainment by breaking waves and their influence on optical scattering in the upper ocean

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

146
Citations
Spectral Energy Dissipation due to Surface Wave Breaking

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

130
Citations
Nonlinear gravity–capillary waves with forcing and dissipation

Alexey V. Fedorov;W. Kendall Melville

121
Citations
Observations of Wave Breaking Kinematics in Fetch-Limited Seas

Jessica M. Kleiss;W. Kendall Melville

117
Citations
Highlights of Coastal Waves 1996

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

116
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexey V. Fedorov Yale University

James C. McWilliams University of California, Los Angeles

Peter P. Sullivan National Center for Atmospheric Research

Daniel D. Riemer University of Miami

Dariusz Stramski University of California, San Diego

Haflidi H. Jonsson Naval Postgraduate School

Charles N. Flagg Stony Brook University

Jason H. Middleton University of New South Wales

Stéphane Popinet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Michael Tjernström Stockholm University

External Links

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