| A Kuroshio Extension system model study: Decadal chaotic self-sustained oscillations S Pierini Journal of Physical Oceanography 36 (8), 1605-1625, 2006 | 113 | 2006 |
| A model for the Alboran Sea internal solitary waves S Pierini Journal of physical oceanography 19 (6), 755-772, 1989 | 80 | 1989 |
| A wind-driven circulation model of the Tyrrhenian Sea area S Pierini, A Simioli Journal of Marine Systems 18 (1-3), 161-178, 1998 | 77 | 1998 |
| On nonlinear hydrodynamic stability of planetary vortices R Benzi, S Pierini, A Vulpiani, E Salusti Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 20 (3-4), 293-306, 1982 | 70 | 1982 |
| Kuroshio Extension bimodality and the North Pacific Oscillation: A case of intrinsic variability paced by external forcing S Pierini Journal of Climate 27 (1), 448-454, 2014 | 62 | 2014 |
| A nonlinear theory of the Kuroshio Extension bimodality S Pierini, HA Dijkstra, A Riccio Journal of Physical Oceanography 39 (9), 2212-2229, 2009 | 62 | 2009 |
| Low-frequency variability, coherence resonance, and phase selection in a low-order model of the wind-driven ocean circulation S Pierini Journal of Physical Oceanography 41 (9), 1585-1604, 2011 | 56 | 2011 |
| Modeling the oceanic circulation in the area of the Strait of Sicily: the remotely forced dynamics S Pierini, A Rubino Journal of physical oceanography 31 (6), 1397-1412, 2001 | 50 | 2001 |
| Topographic Rossby modes in the Strait of Sicily S Pierini Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 101 (C3), 6429-6440, 1996 | 44 | 1996 |
| Exploring the pullback attractors of a low-order quasigeostrophic ocean model: The deterministic case S Pierini, M Ghil, MD Chekroun Journal of Climate 29 (11), 4185-4202, 2016 | 43 | 2016 |
| A high-resolution modelling study of the circulation along the Campania coastal system, with a special focus on the Gulf of Naples P de Ruggiero, E Napolitano, R Iacono, S Pierini Continental Shelf Research 122, 85-101, 2016 | 38 | 2016 |
| Coherence resonance in a double-gyre model of the Kuroshio Extension S Pierini Journal of physical oceanography 40 (1), 238-248, 2010 | 37 | 2010 |
| Barotropic aspects of the dynamics of the Gulf of Naples (Tyrrhenian Sea) D Gravili, E Napolitano, S Pierini Continental Shelf Research 21 (5), 455-471, 2001 | 36 | 2001 |
| Measuring the impact of observations on the predictability of the Kuroshio Extension in a shallow-water model W Kramer, HA Dijkstra, S Pierini, PJ Van Leeuwen Journal of Physical Oceanography 42 (1), 3-17, 2012 | 30 | 2012 |
| Permanent thermohaline staircases in the Tyrrhenian Sea S Durante, K Schroeder, L Mazzei, S Pierini, M Borghini, S Sparnocchia Geophysical Research Letters 46 (3), 1562-1570, 2019 | 28 | 2019 |
| X-band COSMO-SkyMed wind field retrieval, with application to coastal circulation modeling A Montuori, P de Ruggiero, M Migliaccio, S Pierini, G Spezie Ocean Science 9 (1), 121-132, 2013 | 28 | 2013 |
| Low-frequency variability of the Kuroshio Extension S Pierini, HA Dijkstra Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 16 (6), 665-675, 2009 | 27 | 2009 |
| On the stability of equivalent modons S Pierini Dynamics of atmospheres and oceans 9 (3), 273-280, 1985 | 26 | 1985 |
| Stochastic tipping points in climate dynamics S Pierini Physical Review E 85 (2), 027101, 2012 | 25 | 2012 |
| The onset of chaos in nonautonomous dissipative dynamical systems: a low-order ocean-model case study S Pierini, MD Chekroun, M Ghil Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 25 (3), 671-692, 2018 | 24 | 2018 |
