| TOGA COARE: The coupled ocean–atmosphere response experiment PJ Webster, R Lukas Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 73 (9), 1377-1416, 1992 | 1333 | 1992 |
| The mixed layer of the western equatorial Pacific Ocean R Lukas, E Lindstrom Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 96 (S01), 3343-3357, 1991 | 1201 | 1991 |
| Physical and biogeochemical modulation of ocean acidification in the central North Pacific JE Dore, R Lukas, DW Sadler, MJ Church, DM Karl Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (30), 12235-12240, 2009 | 694 | 2009 |
| The Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) program: Background, rationale and field implementation DM Karl, R Lukas Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 43 (2-3), 129-156, 1996 | 672 | 1996 |
| Seasonal and interannual variability of the North Equatorial Current, the Mindanao Current, and the Kuroshio along the Pacific western boundary B Qiu, R Lukas Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 101 (C5), 12315-12330, 1996 | 514 | 1996 |
| The western equatorial Pacific: A water mass crossroads RA Fine, R Lukas, FM Bingham, MJ Warner, RH Gammon Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 99 (C12), 25063-25080, 1994 | 497 | 1994 |
| Tropical Pacific near‐surface currents estimated from altimeter, wind, and drifter data GSE Lagerloef, GT Mitchum, RB Lukas, PP Niiler Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 104 (C10), 23313-23326, 1999 | 474 | 1999 |
| Interaction between El Nino and extreme Indian ocean dipole JJ Luo, R Zhang, SK Behera, Y Masumoto, FF Jin, R Lukas, T Yamagata Journal of Climate 23 (3), 726-742, 2010 | 465 | 2010 |
| Source waters of the Pacific equatorial undercurrent M Tsuchiya, R Lukas, RA Fine, E Firing, E Lindstrom Progress in Oceanography 23 (2), 101-147, 1989 | 360 | 1989 |
| The bifurcation of the North Equatorial Current in the Pacific T Qu, R Lukas Journal of Physical Oceanography 33 (1), 5-18, 2003 | 357 | 2003 |
| Observations of the Mindanao Current during the western equatorial Pacific Ocean circulation study R Lukas, E Firing, P Hacker, PL Richardson, CA Collins, R Fine, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 96 (C4), 7089-7104, 1991 | 337 | 1991 |
| The western equatorial Pacific Ocean circulation study E Lindstrom, R Lukas, R Fine, E Firing, S Godfrey, G Meyers, M Tsuchiya Nature 330 (6148), 533-537, 1987 | 331 | 1987 |
| Surface buoyancy forcing and the mixed layer of the western Pacific warm pool: Observations and 1D model results SP Anderson, RA Weller, RB Lukas Journal of Climate 9 (12), 3056-3085, 1996 | 326 | 1996 |
| The near-surface layer of the ocean: structure, dynamics and applications A Soloviev, R Lukas Springer Science & Business Media, 2013 | 296 | 2013 |
| The termination of the equatorial undercurrent in the eastern Pacific R Lukas Progress in Oceanography 16 (2), 63-90, 1986 | 267 | 1986 |
| Physical forcing of nitrogen fixation and diazotroph community structure in the North Pacific subtropical gyre MJ Church, C Mahaffey, RM Letelier, R Lukas, JP Zehr, DM Karl Global Biogeochemical Cycles 23 (2), 2009 | 243 | 2009 |
| The JASMINE pilot study PJ Webster, EF Bradley, CW Fairall, JS Godfrey, P Hacker, RA Houze Jr, ... Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 83 (11), 1603-1630, 2002 | 242 | 2002 |
| Summer phytoplankton blooms in the oligotrophic North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: Historical perspective and recent observations JE Dore, RM Letelier, MJ Church, R Lukas, DM Karl Progress in Oceanography 76 (1), 2-38, 2008 | 238 | 2008 |
| Pacific low‐latitude western boundary currents and the Indonesian throughflow R Lukas, T Yamagata, JP McCreary Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 101 (C5), 12209-12216, 1996 | 234 | 1996 |
| Climate-driven changes to the atmospheric CO2 sink in the subtropical North Pacific Ocean JE Dore, R Lukas, DW Sadler, DM Karl Nature 424 (6950), 754-757, 2003 | 203 | 2003 |