William E. Sweet

4.3k citations

99 papers · 2.6k · 1 hit paper · h-index 25

Impact in

Earth-Surface Processes top 1%
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
Oceanography top 2%
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing

Papers in

Oceanography 37
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes 20
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements 17
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing 7
- Marine and coastal ecosystems 5
Atmospheric Science 33
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research 28

Co-authors: Joseph C. Park (7 shared papers)Jayantha T. B. Obeysekera (9 shared papers)Chris Eugene Zervas (6 shared papers)Robert E. Kopp (8 shared papers)John J. Marra (10 shared papers)Radley Horton (3 shared papers)Chris Weaver (3 shared papers)E. Robert Thieler (1 shared paper)
Journals: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (6 papers)Earth s Future (5 papers)Ocean science (4 papers)Frontiers in Marine Science (4 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

William E. Sweet

89 papers receiving 2.5k citations

William E. Sweet's Hit Papers

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Global and regional sea level rise scenarios for the United States 2017 · 322 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2017 University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas)

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1	Global and regional sea level rise scenarios for the United States University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·William E. Sweet, Robert E. Kopp, Chris Weaver, Jayantha T. B. Obeysekera, Radley Horton, E. Robert Thieler, Chris Eugene Zervas Hit paper breakdown →	2017	322
2	From the extreme to the mean: Acceleration and tipping points of coastal inundation from sea level rise Earth s Future ·William E. Sweet, Joseph C. Park	2014	294
3	Increased nuisance flooding along the coasts of the United States due to sea level rise: Past and future Geophysical Research Letters ·Hamed R. Moftakhari, Amir AghaKouchak, Brett F. Sanders, DAVID LEWIS FELDMAN, William E. Sweet, Richard A. Matthew, Adam M. Luke	2015	167
4	Climate Change and Changes in Compound Coastal‐Riverine Flooding Hazard Along the U.S. Coasts Earth s Future ·Mahshid Ghanbari, Mazdak Arabi, Shih-Chieh Kao, Jayantha T. B. Obeysekera, William E. Sweet	2021	123
5	Usable Science for Managing the Risks of Sea‐Level Rise Earth s Future ·Robert E. Kopp, Elisabeth Gilmore, Christopher M. Little, Jorge Lorenzo‐Trueba, Victoria Constanza Ramenzoni, William E. Sweet	2019	111
6	Rapid increases and extreme months in projections of United States high-tide flooding Nature Climate Change ·Philip R. Thompson, Matthew J. Widlansky, Benjamin Dillon Hamlington, mark Merrifield, John J. Marra, Gary T. Mitchum, William E. Sweet	2021	105
7	Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea‐Level Change and the Implications for the Future Reviews of Geophysics ·Benjamin Dillon Hamlington, Alex Gardner, Erik R. Ivins, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, John Thomas Reager, David Samuel Trossman, Edward D. Zaron, Surendra Adhikari	2020	105
8	Patterns and projections of high tide flooding along the U.S. coastline using a common impact threshold. NOAA Institutional Repository ·William E. Sweet, Jayantha T. B. Obeysekera, John J. Marra, Greg Dusek	2018	92
9	BANKFULL HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY RELATIONSHIPS AND RECURRENCE INTERVALS FOR NORTH CAROLINA'S COASTAL PLAIN1 JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association ·William E. Sweet, Jens W. Geratz	2003	90
10	Sea Level Change and Coastal Climate Services: The Way Forward Journal of Marine Science and Engineering ·Gonéri Le Cozannet, Robert J. Nicholls, Jochen Hinkel, William E. Sweet, Kathleen Lynne Mcinnes, Roderik S. W. van de Wal, Aimée B. A. Slangen, Jason A. Lowe	2017	69
11	A Coherent Statistical Model for Coastal Flood Frequency Analysis Under Nonstationary Sea Level Conditions Earth s Future ·Mahshid Ghanbari, Mazdak Arabi, Jayantha T. B. Obeysekera, William E. Sweet	2019	69
12	Phytoplankton biomass distribution and identification of productive habitats within the Galapagos Marine Reserve by MODIS, a surface acquisition system, and in-situ measurements Remote Sensing of Environment ·Blake A. Schaeffer, John M. Morrison, Daniel L. Kamykowski, Gene C. Feldman, Lian Xie, Yanyun Liu, William E. Sweet, Anita McCulloch	2008	65
13	Recent and Future Outlooks for Nuisance Flooding Impacts on Roadways on the U.S. East Coast Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board ·Jennifer M. Jacobs, Lia Cattaneo, William E. Sweet, Theodore J. Mansfield	2018	64
14	Accelerated sea level rise and Florida Current transport Ocean science ·Joseph C. Park, William E. Sweet	2015	54
15	Power and energy IEEE Spectrum ·William E. Sweet	1996	50
16	Regional Sea Level Scenarios for Coastal Risk Management: Managing the Uncertainty of Future Sea Level Change and Extreme Water Levels for Department of Defense Coastal Sites Worldwide John A. Hall, Stephen K. Gill, Jayantha T. B. Obeysekera, William E. Sweet, Kevin Knuuti, John H. Marburger	2016	47
17	Cool-Season Sea Level Anomalies and Storm Surges along the U.S. East Coast: Climatology and Comparison with the 2009/10 El Niño Monthly Weather Review ·William E. Sweet, Chris Eugene Zervas	2011	47
18	Water mass seasonal variability in the Galápagos Archipelago Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers ·William E. Sweet, John M. Morrison, Daniel L. Kamykowski, Blake A. Schaeffer, Stuart Banks, Anita McCulloch	2007	33
19	Ocean Circulation and Water Mass Characteristics around the Galápagos Archipelago Simulated by a Multiscale Nested Ocean Circulation Model Yanyun Liu, Lian Xie, John M. Morrison, Dan Kamykowski, William E. Sweet	2014	33
20	In Tide’s Way: Southeast Florida’s September 2015 Sunny-day Flood Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·William E. Sweet, Melisa Menéndez, Ayesha S. Genz, Jayantha T. B. Obeysekera, Joseph C. Park, John J. Marra	2016	31

About William E. Sweet

William E. Sweet is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, having authored 99 papers that have together received 2.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (28 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (20 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (17 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (15 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (11 papers), Climate variability and models (10 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (7 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Earth-Surface Processes (738 citations), Oceanography (843 citations), Atmospheric Science (1.2k citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.2k citations) and Ecology (477 citations). William E. Sweet has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Joseph C. Park, Jayantha T. B. Obeysekera, Chris Eugene Zervas, Robert E. Kopp, John J. Marra, Radley Horton, Chris Weaver, E. Robert Thieler, Mahshid Ghanbari and Mazdak Arabi. Their work appears in journals such as Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Earth s Future, Ocean science, Frontiers in Marine Science and Geophysical Research Letters.

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