| THEMIS observations of an earthward-propagating dipolarization front | Geophysical Research Letters | 2009 | 469 |
| The Hadean Crust: Evidence from >4 Ga Zircons | Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences | 2009 | 262 |
| Persistent currents in normal metal rings | Science | 2009 | 236 |
| MESSENGER observations of magnetic reconnection in Mercury's magnetosphere | Science | 2009 | 206 |
| Kinetic structure of the sharp injection/dipolarization front in the flow-braking region | Geophysical Research Letters | 2009 | 202 |
| Correction and commentary for “Ocean forecasting in terrain-following coordinates: Formulation and skill assessment of the regional ocean modeling system” by Haidvogel et al., J. Comp. Phys. 227, pp. 3595–3624 | Journal of Computational Physics | 2009 | 186 |
| Evolution of electron fluxes in the outer radiation belt computed with the VERB code | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2009 | 160 |
| The Transition to Strong Convection | Journals of the Atmospheric Sciences | 2009 | 155 |
| THEMIS observation of multiple dipolarization fronts and associated wave characteristics in the near-Earth magnetotail | Geophysical Research Letters | 2009 | 151 |
| Quantifying connectivity in the coastal ocean with application to the Southern California Bight | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2009 | 141 |
| The Canary Eddy Corridor: A major pathway for long-lived eddies in the subtropical North Atlantic | Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers | 2009 | 120 |
| Spinel–olivine magnesium isotope thermometry in the mantle and implications for the Mg isotopic composition of Earth | Earth and Planetary Science Letters | 2009 | 119 |
| Dependence of the quasi-linear scattering rates on the wave normal distribution of chorus waves | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2009 | 119 |
| Generation of a strong magnetic field using uniform heat flux at the surface of the core | Nature Geoscience | 2009 | 109 |
| ION CYCLOTRON WAVES IN THE SOLAR WIND OBSERVED BY STEREO NEAR 1 AU | Astrophysical Journal | 2009 | 106 |
| A state-of-the-art picture of substorm-associated evolution of the near-Earth magnetotail obtained from superposed epoch analysis | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2009 | 96 |
| Experimentally determined Si isotope fractionation between silicate and Fe metal and implications for Earth's core formation | Earth and Planetary Science Letters | 2009 | 95 |
| On a dynamo driven by topographic precession | Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics | 2009 | 94 |
| The Kumaun and Garwhal Lesser Himalaya, India: Part 2. Thermal and deformation histories | Bulletin of the Geological Society of America | 2009 | 94 |
| Cold filamentary intensification and oceanic surface convergence lines | Geophysical Research Letters | 2009 | 93 |
| Evaluation of whistler-mode chorus intensification on the nightside during an injection event observed on the THEMIS spacecraft | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2009 | 93 |
| Propagation of tsunami-driven gravity waves into the thermosphere and ionosphere | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2009 | 92 |
| Circulation and multiple-scale variability in the Southern California Bight | Progress in Oceanography | 2009 | 87 |
| Lu–Hf zircon evidence for rapid lunar differentiation | Earth and Planetary Science Letters | 2009 | 82 |
| Gangdese arc detritus within the eastern Himalayan Neogene foreland basin: Implications for the Neogene evolution of the Yalu–Brahmaputra River system | Earth and Planetary Science Letters | 2009 | 82 |
