| Long nonlinear internal waves KR Helfrich, WK Melville Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 38, 395-425, 2006 | 908 | 2006 |
| Laboratory measurements of deep-water breaking waves RJ Rapp, WK Melville Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A …, 1990 | 765 | 1990 |
| The role of surface-wave breaking in air-sea interaction WK Melville Annual review of fluid mechanics 28 (1), 279-321, 1996 | 699 | 1996 |
| On the separation of air flow over water waves ML Banner, WK Melville Journal of fluid mechanics 77 (4), 825-842, 1976 | 351 | 1976 |
| Air entrainment and dissipation in breaking waves E Lamarre, WK Melville Nature 351 (6326), 469-472, 1991 | 322 | 1991 |
| The instability and breaking of deep-water waves WK Melville Journal of Fluid Mechanics 115, 165-185, 1982 | 317 | 1982 |
| Distribution of breaking waves at the ocean surface WK Melville, P Matusov Nature 417 (6884), 58-63, 2002 | 297 | 2002 |
| The velocity field under breaking waves: coherent structures and turbulence WK Melville, F Veron, CJ White Journal of Fluid Mechanics 454, 203-233, 2002 | 291 | 2002 |
| Deep-water plunging breakers: a comparison between potential theory and experiments DG Dommermuth, DKP Yue, WM Lin, RJ Rapp, ES Chan, WK Melville Journal of Fluid Mechanics 189, 423-442, 1988 | 262 | 1988 |
| Surface gravity wave effects in the oceanic boundary layer: Large-eddy simulation with vortex force and stochastic breakers PP Sullivan, JC McWILLIAMS, WK Melville Journal of Fluid Mechanics 593, 405-452, 2007 | 261 | 2007 |
| On long nonlinear internal waves over slope-shelf topography KR Helfrich, WK Melville Journal of Fluid Mechanics 167, 285-308, 1986 | 251 | 1986 |
| Deep-water plunging wave pressures on a vertical plane wall ES Chan, WK Melville Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A. Mathematical and Physical …, 1988 | 250 | 1988 |
| Air entrainment and bubble statistics in breaking waves L Deike, WK Melville, S Popinet Journal of Fluid Mechanics 801, 91-129, 2016 | 226 | 2016 |
| Energy dissipation by breaking waves W Kendall Melville Journal of Physical Oceanography 24 (10), 2041-2049, 1994 | 221 | 1994 |
| A model of the two-phase turbulent jet WK Melville, KNC Bray International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 22 (5), 647-656, 1979 | 217 | 1979 |
| Transcritical two-layer flow over topography WK Melville, KR Helfrich Journal of Fluid Mechanics 178, 31-52, 1987 | 195 | 1987 |
| Wave modulation and breakdown WK Melville Journal of Fluid Mechanics 128, 489-506, 1983 | 194 | 1983 |
| Inertial scaling of dissipation in unsteady breaking waves DA Drazen, WK Melville, LUC Lenain Journal of fluid mechanics 611, 307-332, 2008 | 188 | 2008 |
| On interfacial solitary waves over slowly varying topography KR Helfrich, WK Melville, JW Miles Journal of Fluid Mechanics 149, 305-317, 1984 | 178 | 1984 |
| Experiments on the stability and transition of wind-driven water surfaces F Veron, WK Melville Journal of Fluid Mechanics 446, 25-65, 2001 | 156 | 2001 |
