| On the characteristics and circulation of the southwestern Atlantic Ocean JL Reid, WD Nowlin, WC Patzert Journal of Physical Oceanography 7 (1), 62-91, 1977 | 468 | 1977 |
| Wind-induced reversal in Red Sea circulation WC Patzert Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts 21 (2), 109-121, 1974 | 243 | 1974 |
| Recent hiatus caused by decadal shift in Indo-Pacific heating V Nieves, JK Willis, WC Patzert Science 349 (6247), 532-535, 2015 | 224 | 2015 |
| Hydrography, chemistry, and radioisotopes in the southeast Asian basins WS Broecker, WC Patzert, JR Toggweiler, M Stuiver Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 91 (C12), 14345-14354, 1986 | 176 | 1986 |
| Predicting and observing el Niño K Wyrtki, E Stroup, W Patzert, R Williams, W Quinn Science 191 (4225), 343-346, 1976 | 166 | 1976 |
| Seasonal variability in global sea level observed with Geosat altimetry V Zlotnicki, LL Fu, W Patzert Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 94 (C12), 17959-17969, 1989 | 148 | 1989 |
| Eddies in Hawaiian waters WC Patzert Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, University of Hawaii 69 (8), 1969 | 145 | 1969 |
| Recent California climate variability: spatial and temporal patterns in temperature trends S LaDochy, R Medina, W Patzert Climate research 33 (2), 159-169, 2007 | 135 | 2007 |
| The Hawaii to Tahiti shuttle experiment K Wyrtki, E Firing, D Halpern, R Knox, GJ McNally, WC Patzert, ED Stroup, ... Science 211 (4477), 22-28, 1981 | 101 | 1981 |
| Record warming in the South Pacific and western Antarctica associated with the strong central‐Pacific El Niño in 2009–10 T Lee, WR Hobbs, JK Willis, D Halkides, I Fukumori, EM Armstrong, ... Geophysical Research Letters 37 (19), 2010 | 92 | 2010 |
| The near‐surface circulation of the North Pacific using satellite tracked drifting buoys GJ McNally, WC Patzert, AD Kirwan Jr, AC Vastano Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 88 (C12), 7507-7518, 1983 | 92 | 1983 |
| Climatological usefulness of satellite determined sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific TP Barnett, WC Patzert, SC Webb, BR Bean Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 60 (3), 197-205, 1979 | 51 | 1979 |
| Deep current measurements suggest long waves in the eastern equatorial Pacific RR Harvey, WC Patzert Science 193 (4256), 883-885, 1976 | 44 | 1976 |
| Seasonal variations in structure and circulation in the Red Sea WC Patzert Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, University of Hawaii 72 (13), 1972 | 44 | 1972 |
| Scales of thermal variability in the tropical Pacific TP Barnett, WC Patzert Journal of Physical Oceanography 10 (4), 529-540, 1980 | 36 | 1980 |
| Heat waves in Southern California: Are they becoming more frequent and longer lasting? A Tamrazian, S LaDochy, J Willis, WC Patzert Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers 70 (1), 59-69, 2008 | 32 | 2008 |
| Enhancing climate resilience at NASA centers: a collaboration between science and stewardship C Rosenzweig, RM Horton, DA Bader, ME Brown, R DeYoung, ... Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 95 (9), 1351-1363, 2014 | 31 | 2014 |
| Deriving inertial wave characteristics from surface drifter velocities: Frequency variability in the tropical Pacific PM Poulain, DS Luther, WC Patzert Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 97 (C11), 17947-17959, 1992 | 30 | 1992 |
| Volume and heat transports between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, notes on the Red Sea heat budget WC Patzert L'oceanographie physique de la Mer Rouge, CNEXO, Paris, 191-201, 1974 | 30 | 1974 |
| Seasonal reversal in Red Sea circulation WC Patzert L’Oceanographie Physic de la Mar Rouge, 55-89, 1974 | 29 | 1974 |
