Gill was chair of the
Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere program. He was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1986.[4] His candidacy citation read: "Dr A. E. Gill is internationally recognised for his work in geophysical fluid dynamics and leads a small but highly productive team working on problems in dynamical oceanography and meteorology. He has made outstanding theoretical contributions to a wide range of topics, including the stability of pipe flow, thermal convection, circulation of the Southern Ocean, seasonal variability of the ocean, waves in rotating fluids, wind-induced upwelling, coastal currents and sea-level changes and coastally-trapped waves in the atmosphere, and he is particularly effective in the way he is able to interpret observations and guide the activities of observational workers".
The
Royal Meteorological Society annually awards an "Adrian Gill Award" to a member of the Society who has made a significant contribution in [fields] that interface between atmospheric science and... oceanography, hydrology, geochemistry and numerical methodologies.[6]
"A discussion on ocean currents and their dynamics - Ocean models". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 270 (1206): 391–413. 1971.
doi:
10.1098/rsta.1971.0080.
S2CID133730380.
Anderson, David L.T.; Gill, A.E. (1975). "Spin-up of a stratified ocean, with applications to upwelling". Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 22 (9): 583–596.
Bibcode:
1975DSRA...22..583A.
doi:
10.1016/0011-7471(75)90046-7.
Gill, A. E. (1979). "A simple model for showing effects of geometry on the ocean tides". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 367 (1731): 549–571.
Bibcode:
1979RSPSA.367..549G.
doi:
10.1098/rspa.1979.0103.
S2CID131071309.
Gill, A. E. (1980). "Some simple solutions for heat-induced tropical circulation". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 106 (449): 447–462.
Bibcode:
1980QJRMS.106..447G.
doi:
10.1002/qj.49710644905.