Nick Pizzo

Nick Pizzo

University of California, San Diego

H-index: 12

North America-United States

About Nick Pizzo

Nick Pizzo, With an exceptional h-index of 12 and a recent h-index of 11 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of California, San Diego, specializes in the field of Physical Oceanography.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Momentum, energy and vorticity balances in deep-water surface gravity waves

Laboratory evidence of modifications to the Benjamin-Feir instability by shear flow

Wave–tide interaction for a strongly modulated wave field

The influence of spectral bandwidth and shape on deep-water wave breaking onset

The role of Lagrangian drift in the geometry, kinematics and dynamics of surface waves

Evaluation of ocean currents observed from autonomous surface vehicles

Observations of Surface Gravity Wave Spectra from Moving Platforms

Transition to turbulence in wind-drift layers

Nick Pizzo Information

University

Position

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Citations(all)

378

Citations(since 2020)

323

Cited By

145

hIndex(all)

12

hIndex(since 2020)

11

i10Index(all)

12

i10Index(since 2020)

11

Email

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University of California, San Diego

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Nick Pizzo Skills & Research Interests

Physical Oceanography

Top articles of Nick Pizzo

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Momentum, energy and vorticity balances in deep-water surface gravity waves

arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.14334

Aidan Blaser

Raphaël Benamran

A Bôas

Luc Lenain

Nick Pizzo

2024/1/25

Laboratory evidence of modifications to the Benjamin-Feir instability by shear flow

currents

Olav Rømcke

2024

Wave–tide interaction for a strongly modulated wave field

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Allison Ho

Sophia Merrifield

Nick Pizzo

2023/3

The influence of spectral bandwidth and shape on deep-water wave breaking onset

arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.08614

ML McAllister

N Pizzo

S Draycott

TS van den Bremer

2023/5/15

The role of Lagrangian drift in the geometry, kinematics and dynamics of surface waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Nick Pizzo

Luc Lenain

Olav Rømcke

Simen Å Ellingsen

Benjamin K Smeltzer

2023/1

Evaluation of ocean currents observed from autonomous surface vehicles

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Benjamin A Hodges

Laurent Grare

Benjamin Greenwood

Kayli Matsuyoshi

Nick Pizzo

...

2023/10

Observations of Surface Gravity Wave Spectra from Moving Platforms

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Luke Colosi

Nick Pizzo

Laurent Grare

Nick Statom

Luc Lenain

2023/10

Transition to turbulence in wind-drift layers

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Gregory LeClaire Wagner

Nick Pizzo

Luc Lenain

Fabrice Veron

2023/12

Airborne Remote Sensing of Upper‐Ocean and Surface Properties, Currents and Their Gradients From Meso to Submesoscales

Geophysical Research Letters

Luc Lenain

Benjamin K Smeltzer

Nick Pizzo

Mara Freilich

Luke Colosi

...

2023/4/28

The Lagrangian mean flow of broadband wave fields

Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Aidan Blaser

Nicholas Pizzo

Luc Lenain

2023/11/21

Two-dimensional flow on the sphere

Atmosphere

Rick Salmon

Nick Pizzo

2023/4/20

A physics-based explanation for the existence of Stokes drift

Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Raphael Benamran

Aidan Blaser

Luc Lenain

Bia Villas Bôas

Nicholas Pizzo

2023/11/19

Airborne observations of shoaling and breaking internal waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Teodor Vrećica

Nick Pizzo

Luc Lenain

2022/11/16

Observations of strongly modulated surface wave and wave breaking statistics at a submesoscale front

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Teodor VreĆica

Nick Pizzo

Luc Lenain

2022/2

The role of bandwidth in setting the breaking slope threshold of deep-water focusing wave packets

Physics of Fluids

Nick Pizzo

Ethan Murray

David Llewellyn Smith

Luc Lenain

2021/11/1

Laboratory studies of the role of bandwidth in surface transport and energy dissipation of deep-water breaking waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

James T Sinnis

Laurent Grare

Luc Lenain

Nick Pizzo

2021/11

Modulation of surface gravity waves by internal waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Luc Lenain

Nick Pizzo

2021/9

Instrumented wave gliders for air-sea interaction and upper ocean research

Frontiers in Marine Science

Laurent Grare

Nicholas M Statom

Nick Pizzo

Luc Lenain

2021/8/16

How does the wind generate waves?

Physics Today

Nick Pizzo

Luc Deike

Alex Ayet

2021/11/1

Particle description of the interaction between wave packets and point vortices

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Nick Pizzo

Salmon

Rick

2021

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Co-Authors

H-index: 60
W.K. Melville

W.K. Melville

University of California, San Diego

H-index: 24
Luc Lenain

Luc Lenain

University of California, San Diego

H-index: 23
Luc Deike

Luc Deike

Princeton University

H-index: 6
Teodor Vrecica

Teodor Vrecica

University of California, San Diego

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