| Global observations of nonlinear mesoscale eddies DB Chelton, MG Schlax, RM Samelson Progress in oceanography 91 (2), 167-216, 2011 | 2591 | 2011 |
| Global observations of large oceanic eddies DB Chelton, MG Schlax, RM Samelson, RA de Szoeke Geophysical Research Letters 34 (15), 2007 | 1376 | 2007 |
| The influence of nonlinear mesoscale eddies on near-surface oceanic chlorophyll DB Chelton, P Gaube, MG Schlax, JJ Early, RM Samelson Science 334 (6054), 328-332, 2011 | 693 | 2011 |
| Satellite observations of mesoscale eddy-induced Ekman pumping P Gaube, DB Chelton, RM Samelson, MG Schlax, LW O’Neill Journal of Physical Oceanography 45 (1), 104-132, 2015 | 373 | 2015 |
| Western boundary currents and frontal air–sea interaction: Gulf Stream and Kuroshio Extension KA Kelly, RJ Small, RM Samelson, B Qiu, TM Joyce, YO Kwon, MF Cronin Journal of Climate 23 (21), 5644-5667, 2010 | 321 | 2010 |
| Summertime coupling between sea surface temperature and wind stress in the California Current System DB Chelton, MG Schlax, RM Samelson Journal of Physical Oceanography 37 (3), 495-517, 2007 | 265 | 2007 |
| The evolution and propagation of quasigeostrophic ocean eddies JJ Early, RM Samelson, DB Chelton Journal of Physical Oceanography 41 (8), 1535-1555, 2011 | 254 | 2011 |
| Fluid exchange across a meandering jet RM Samelson Journal of physical oceanography 22 (4), 431-444, 1992 | 246 | 1992 |
| An efficient method for recovering Lyapunov vectors from singular vectors CL Wolfe, RM Samelson Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 59 (3), 355-366, 2007 | 177 | 2007 |
| Lagrangian transport in geophysical jets and waves: The dynamical systems approach RM Samelson, S Wiggins Springer Science & Business Media, 2006 | 177 | 2006 |
| Large-scale circulation with small diapycnal diffusion: The two-thermocline limit RM Samelson, GK Vallis | 166 | 1997 |
| The LatMix summer campaign: Submesoscale stirring in the upper ocean AY Shcherbina, MA Sundermeyer, E Kunze, E D’Asaro, G Badin, D Birch, ... Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 96 (8), 1257-1279, 2015 | 137 | 2015 |
| Fresh-water fluxes via Pacific and Arctic outflows across the Canadian polar shelf H Melling, TA Agnew, KK Falkner, DA Greenberg, CM Lee, A Münchow, ... Arctic–Subarctic Ocean Fluxes: Defining the Role of the Northern Seas in …, 2008 | 124 | 2008 |
| Dynamical analysis of the boundary layer and surface wind responses to mesoscale SST perturbations LW O’Neill, SK Esbensen, N Thum, RM Samelson, DB Chelton Journal of Climate 23 (3), 559-581, 2010 | 116 | 2010 |
| Supercritical marine-layer flow along a smoothly varying coastline RM Samelson Journal of Atmospheric Sciences 49 (17), 1571-1584, 1992 | 116 | 1992 |
| Large-scale circulation with locally enhanced vertical mixing RM Samelson Journal of physical oceanography 28 (4), 712-726, 1998 | 114 | 1998 |
| On the coupling of wind stress and sea surface temperature RM Samelson, ED Skyllingstad, DB Chelton, SK Esbensen, LW O'Neill, ... Journal of Climate 19 (8), 1557-1566, 2006 | 108 | 2006 |
| Instability of the chaotic ENSO: The growth-phase predictability barrier RM Samelson, E Tziperman Journal of the atmospheric sciences 58 (23), 3613-3625, 2001 | 106 | 2001 |
| Numerical simulation of air–sea coupling during coastal upwelling N Perlin, ED Skyllingstad, RM Samelson, PL Barbour Journal of Physical Oceanography 37 (8), 2081-2093, 2007 | 103 | 2007 |
| The winds and currents mission concept E Rodríguez, M Bourassa, D Chelton, JT Farrar, D Long, ... Frontiers in Marine Science 6, 438, 2019 | 101 | 2019 |
