S. George Philander

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S. George Philander

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#438

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#769

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S. George Philander's Degrees

PhD Oceanography University of Cape Town
Masters Oceanography University of Cape Town
Bachelors Physics University of Cape Town

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According to Wikipedia, Samuel George Harker Philander is a climate scientist, known for his work on atmospheric circulation and oceanic currents, particularly El Niño. He is the Knox Taylor Professor emeritus of Geosciences at Princeton University.

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S. George Philander's Published Works

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Published Works

Parameterization of Vertical Mixing in Numerical Models of Tropical Oceans (1981) (1463)
Interdecadal Climate Fluctuations That Depend on Exchanges Between the Tropics and Extratropics (1997) (969)
Geophysical Interplays. (Book Reviews: El Nino, La Nina, and the Southern Oscillation.) (1990) (878)
A coupled ocean‐atmosphere model of relevance to the ITCZ in the eastern Pacific (1994) (759)
El Niño Southern Oscillation phenomena (1983) (560)
The Seasonal Cycle over the Tropical Pacific in Coupled Ocean Atmosphere General Circulation Models (1995) (544)
Why the ITCZ is mostly north of the equator (1996) (486)
The Pliocene Paradox (Mechanisms for a Permanent El Niño) (2006) (364)
Unstable Air-Sea Interactions in the Tropics (1984) (300)
A Stability Analysis of Tropical Ocean–Atmosphere Interactions: Bridging Measurements and Theory for El Niño (2001) (294)
A model of the seasonal cycle in the tropical Atlantic Ocean (1986) (290)
Secular Changes of Annual and Interannual Variability in the Tropics during the Past Century (1995) (278)
El Niño and La Niña (1985) (252)
Instabilities of zonal equatorial currents, 2 (1976) (233)
Reconstructing tropical Atlantic hydrography using planktontic foraminifera and an ocean model (1990) (233)
Role of tropics in changing the response to Milankovich forcing some three million years ago (2003) (220)
A GCM Study of Tropical–Subtropical Upper-Ocean Water Exchange (1994) (198)
The Oceanic Response to Large-Scale Atmospheric Disturbances (1980) (195)
Simulation of the Seasonal Cycle of the Tropical Pacific Ocean (1987) (194)
The generation of equatorial currents (1980) (181)
How Predictable is El Niño (2003) (177)
Tropical air-sea interaction in general circulation models (1992) (175)
Unusual conditions in the tropical Atlantic Ocean in 1984 (1986) (167)
Forced oceanic waves (1978) (147)
On the Annual Cycle of the Eastern Equatorial Pacific (1996) (145)
Climate change and the integrity of science. (2010) (137)
Meanders and long waves in the equatorial Atlantic (1975) (130)
The oceanic response to cross‐equatorial winds (with application to coastal upwelling in low latitudes) (1981) (127)
A Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Instability of Relevance to the Seasonal Cycle (1994) (125)
Eastern Boundary Currents and Coastal Upwelling (1982) (125)
The climate of the Last Glacial Maximum: Results from a coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation model (1999) (122)
Is El Niño Sporadic or Cyclic (2003) (118)
The mass and heat budget in a model of the tropical Atlantic Ocean (1986) (114)
Simulation of ENSO with a Global Atmospheric GCM Coupled to a High-Resolution, Tropical Pacific Ocean GCM (1992) (110)
The Response of Equatorial Oceans to a Relaxation of the Trade Winds (1981) (106)
Coupled general circulation modeling of the tropical Pacific (1998) (102)
Simulation of El Niño of 1982–1983 (1985) (101)
An analysis of tropical instability waves in a numerical model of the Pacific Ocean: 2. Generation and energetics of the waves (1999) (96)
The Late Cretaceous: Simulation with a coupled atmosphere‐ocean general circulation model (1997) (84)
The Effect of Salinity on the Wind-Driven Circulation and the Thermal Structure of the Upper Ocean (2004) (81)
Properties of long equatorial waves in models of the seasonal cycle in the tropical Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (1986) (80)
Long waves in the equatorial Pacific Ocean (1985) (78)
The Southern Oscillation and El Niño (1985) (76)
equatorial undercurrent: Measurements and theories (1973) (76)
Simulation of ENSO-like phenomena with a low-resolution coupled GCM of the global ocean and atmosphere (1992) (75)
Simulations of warm tropical conditions with application to middle Pliocene atmospheres (2006) (75)
On the structure of the Southern Oscillation (1993) (72)
Response of equatorial oceans to periodic forcing (1981) (72)
On the Seasonal Cycle of the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean (1997) (70)
How different wind stress patterns affect the tropical-subtropical circulations of the Upper Ocean (1995) (65)
Variability of the tropical oceans (1979) (61)
The Seasonal Variations of Surface Currents in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean: A Comparison of Ship Drift Data With Results From a General Circulation Model (1987) (61)
Oceanographic Observations of the 1982 Warming of the Tropical Eastern Pacific (1983) (54)
Abrupt Climate Changes: How Freshening of the Northern Atlantic Affects the Thermohaline and Wind-Driven Oceanic Circulations (2008) (53)
Equatorial Waves in the Presence of the Equatorial Undercurrent (1979) (50)
Encyclopedia of global warming & climate change (2012) (50)
The Energetics of El Niño and La Niña (2000) (48)
Is the Temperature Rising?: The Uncertain Science of Global Warming (1998) (47)
Simulation of the seasonal cycle in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean (1984) (47)
On the processes that control seasonal variations of sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean (1994) (47)
An analysis of tropical instability waves in a numerical model of the Pacific Ocean: 1. Spatial variability of the waves (1999) (44)
Estimates of equatorial upwelling between 140° and 110°W during 1984 (1989) (42)
Coastal currents in low latitudes (with application to the Somali and El Niño currents) (1983) (42)
Meteorology: Anomalous El Niño of 1982–83 (1983) (41)
Rossby wave packets in baroclinic mean currents (1989) (41)
The Freshening of Surface Waters in High Latitudes: Effects on the Thermohaline and Wind-Driven Circulations (2007) (39)
Our Affair with El Niño: How We Transformed an Enchanting Peruvian Current into a Global Climate Hazard (2004) (36)
The Equatorial Undercurrent Revisited (1980) (35)
A review of tropical ocean–atmosphere interactions (1999) (34)
On the Contrast between the Seasonal Cycles of the Equatorial Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (1991) (33)
Energetics of the Tropical Atlantic Zonal Mode (2012) (32)
Two different simulations of the Southern Oscillation and El Niño with coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation models (1989) (31)
Heat and mass balances of the South Atlantic Ocean calculated from a numerical model (1993) (30)
ATLANTIC OCEAN EQUATORIAL CURRENTS (2001) (27)
Similarities between the tropical Atlantic seasonal cycle and ENSO: An energetics perspective (2011) (26)
Initial Conditions for a General Circulation Model of Tropical Oceans (1987) (26)
The Equatorial Pacific Ocean Climate Studies (EPOCS) plans: 1986”1988 (1986) (25)
The Heat Budget of the Tropical Pacific Ocean in a Simulation of the 1982–83 El Niño (1988) (25)
The Seasonal Cycle and Its Modulation in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean (1997) (22)
Anomalous El Niño of 1982-83 (1983) (21)
El Niño and La Niña predictable climate fluctuations (1999) (20)
How many scientists does South Africa need (2010) (16)
The Pliocene Paradox (2004) (14)
Predictability of El Niño (1988) (13)
Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in the Tropics: A Review of Recent Theories and Models. (1992) (13)
Where Are You From? Why Are You Here? An African Perspective on Global Warming (2009) (13)
Response of the tropical Pacific to changes in extratropical clouds (2008) (13)
Validation of an equatorial Atlantic simulation model using inverted echo sounder data (1985) (13)
Learning from El Niño (1998) (12)
Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, Second Edition (2012) (12)
Nonlinear Coastal and Equatorial Jets (1979) (11)
Chapter 4.4 Tropical-extratropical oceanic exchange pathways (2001) (10)
Oceanography: Predictability of El Niño (1986) (10)
On the flow properties of a fluid between concentric spheres (1971) (10)
THE OCEANIC CIRCULATION OF THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC, AND ITS VARIABILITY, AS OBSERVED DURING GATE (1980) (10)
El Niño Southern Oscillation (Enso) Models (2001) (10)
The equatorial thermocline (1973) (7)
The equatorial dynamics of a shallow, homogeneous ocean (1971) (7)
Nonlinear effects in the seasonal cycle of the tropical Atlantic Ocean (1987) (7)
Is the Temperature Rising? (2018) (7)
Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in the Tropics (1993) (6)
Mediterranean and Global Ocean and Climate Dynamics (1993) (5)
Who is El Niño (1998) (4)
Our Affair with El Niño (2018) (4)
Of Dipoles and Spherical Cows (2003) (3)
The Dynamics of the coupled atmosphere and ocean : proceedings of a Royal Society discussion meeting held on 13 and 14 December 1988 (1989) (3)
Why Global Warming Is Controversial (2001) (3)
Predicability of El Nino (1986) (2)
Report on SEQUAL/FOCAL (1989) (2)
A Theory For Interdecadal Climate Fluctuations (1999) (2)
Estimates of equatorial upwelling between 140 deg and 110 deg W during 1984 (1989) (2)
Sextant to Satellite (2006) (2)
Quasi-geostrophic oceanic adjustment in the presence of mean currents (1989) (2)
The effects of coastal geometry on equatorial waves (Forced waves in the Gulf of Guinea) (2019) (2)
NO SPORADIC OR CYCLIC (2003) (2)
Coupled tropical ocean-atmosphere dynamics and predictability (2005) (2)
How Many Scientists Does a Country Need? (2008) (2)
On the Decay of the Meanders of Eastward Currents (1994) (1)
Physics of the upper tropical ocean (1982) (1)
HOW PREDICTABLE IS (2017) (1)
The equatorial dynamics of a deep homogeneous ocean (1972) (1)
Tilting at Connections, from Pole to Equator (2010) (1)
Oceanic response to coastal winds with shear (1984) (1)
On El Nio & the uncertain science of global warming (2004) (1)
Why Global Warming Is A Controversial Issue (2003) (1)
Variability of Coastal Zones in Low Latitudes (with Application to the Somali Current, the Gulf of Guinea and the EL Nino Current) (1983) (1)
See Also Carbon Dioxide (co 2 ) Cycle. El Nin O Southern Oscillation (enso) Models. Evaporation and Humidity. Fisheries and Climate. Heat Transport and Climate. Ocean Circulation. Paci\c Ocean Equatorial Currents. Further Reading El Nin O Southern Oscillation (enso) Models (0)
Climate governed by a child (1993) (0)
Simulations of permanent El Nino-like conditions during the early Pliocene (2005) (0)
El Niño: A Predictable Climate Fluctuation (2003) (0)
El Nino's Family Tree (Invited) (2013) (0)
Guyot Science 2003 draft3 (2004) (0)
Tropical climate chaos (1994) (0)
What will be the impact of a warming of the surface waters of the ocean in high latitudes ? (2008) (0)
Current affairs (1997) (0)
Wind-Induced Low-Frequency Oceanic Variability (1979) (0)
Weathering global climate change (2016) (0)
Annual Review of Marine Science From Stamps to Parabolas (2022) (0)
Correction [to “The generation of equatorial currents” by S. G. H. Philander and R. C. Pacanowski] (1981) (0)
How salinity affects the wind-driven oceanic circulation (2003) (0)
An exploration of undergraduate student experiences of self-defeating behaviours (2018) (0)
El Niño Southern Oscillation Models (2019) (0)
10. The Paradox of the Faint Sun but Warm Earth (1998) (0)
Tropical Atlantic Upwelling and SST Changes associated with the mid-Pliocene onset of glacial cycles (2004) (0)
13. Global Warming, Risky Business (1998) (0)
The interplay between the Southern Oscillation and atmospheric noise is the likely reason why each El Niño is distinct, and so difficult to predict. (2003) (0)
From Stamps to Parabolas. (2022) (0)
The Precarious Present ; Is Global Warming Inhibiting an Incipient Ice Age ? (2020) (0)
Global Warming, A Tragedy of the Commons (2016) (0)
11. Why Summer Is Warmer than Winter (1998) (0)
The Marriage of the Thermohaline and Wind-driven Circulations (2006) (0)
8. The Ocean in Motion (1998) (0)
The 2003 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth Science presented to Norman Phillips and Joseph Smagorinsky (2004) (0)
Mark A. Cane Receives 2013 Maurice Ewing Medal: Citation (2014) (0)

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