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8690
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

William R. Holland is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research activity focuses on environmental sciences, specifically within agricultural and biological sciences, with particular attention to ecological studies.

Recent publications by William R. Holland include the 2024 paper titled RADIOCARBON RESERVOIR EFFECT VARIABILITY IN CORALLINE ALGAE FROM AMCHITKA, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, published in Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America.

Key research topics associated with their work are as follows:

  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology

Their subfields of study underline a strong connection to ecological sciences, including:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

They regularly publish in the venue:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • C. Fred T. Andrus
  • Jochen Halfar
  • Catherine F. West

William R. Holland was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1992.

Best Publications

  • The Role of Mesoscale Eddies in the General Circulation of the Ocean—Numerical Experiments Using a Wind-Driven Quasi-Geostrophic Model

    William R. Holland

  • The NCAR Climate System Model Global Ocean Component

    Peter R. Gent;Frank O. Bryan;Gokhan Danabasoglu;Scott C. Doney

  • On the Generation of Mesoscale Eddies and their Contribution to the OceanicGeneral Circulation. I. A Preliminary Numerical Experiment

    William R. Holland;Liang B. Lin

  • A theoretical discussion of eddy-driven mean flows

    Peter B. Rhines;William R. Holland

  • An Example of Eddy-Induced Ocean Circulation

    William R. Holland;Peter B. Rhines

  • Baroclinic and topographic influences on the transport in western boundary currents

    William R. Holland

  • A description of numerical antarctic circumpolar currents

    James C. McWilliams;William R. Holland;Julianna H.S. Chow

  • An Overlooked Problem in Model Simulations of the Thermohaline Circulation and Heat Transport in the Atlantic Ocean

    Claus W. Böning;William R. Holland;Frank O. Bryan;Gokhan Danabasoglu

  • Assimilation of Altimeter Data into an Ocean Circulation Model: Space versus Time Resolution Studies

    William R. Holland;Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli

  • Deep-water formation and meridional overturning in a high-resolution model of the north Atlantic

    Claus W. Böning;Frank O. Bryan;William R. Holland;Ralf Döscher

  • A nested primitive equation model for oceanic applications

    Michael A. Spall;William R. Holland

  • Application of a Third-Order Upwind Scheme in the NCAR Ocean Model*

    William R. Holland;Julianna C. Chow;Frank O. Bryan

  • Dynamics of the oceanic general circulation: the potential vorticity field

    W. R. Holland;T. Keffer;P. B. Rhines

  • A Numerical Calculation of the Circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean

    William R. Holland;Alan D. Hirschman

  • On the Midlatitude Circulation in a High-Resolution Model of the North Atlantic

    Frank O. Bryan;Claus W. Böning;William R. Holland

  • Separation of Warm-Core Rings in the Gulf of Mexico

    W. Sturges;J. C. Evans;S. Welsh;W. Holland

  • On the wind-driven circulation in an ocean with bottom topography

    William R. Holland

  • Stratified rotating flow over and around isolated three-dimensional topography

    D. L. Boyer;P. A. Davies;W. R. Holland;F. Biolley

  • A preliminary comparison of selected numerical eddy-resolving general circulation experiments with observations.

    W J Schmitz;W R Holland

  • Modeling the Gulf Stream System: How far from reality?

    Yi Chao;Avijit Gangopadhyay;Frank O. Bryan;William R. Holland

  • Wind-Driven Circulation in AN Ocean with Bottom Topography.

    William Robert Holland

  • NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE Application of a Third-Order Upwind Scheme in the NCAR Ocean Model*

    William R. Holland;C. Chow;Frank O. Bryan

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank O. Bryan
Frank O. Bryan National Center for Atmospheric Research
Antonietta Capotondi
Antonietta Capotondi National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
James C. McWilliams
James C. McWilliams University of California, Los Angeles
Claus W. Böning
Claus W. Böning GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Andrew M. Moore
Andrew M. Moore University of California, Santa Cruz
Peter B. Rhines
Peter B. Rhines University of Washington
Warren B. White
Warren B. White University of California, San Diego
William G. Large
William G. Large National Center for Atmospheric Research
Grant Branstator
Grant Branstator National Center for Atmospheric Research

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