The Global Atmospheric Research Programs's Atlantic Tropical Experiment

Available Potential Energy and the Maintenance of the General Circulation

1955 • 1,168 citations

On the Growth of the Hurricane Depression

1964 • 740 citations

The Large-Scale Movement of Saharan Air Outbreaks over the Northern Equatorial Atlantic

1972 • 677 citations

Vertical and areal distribution of Saharan dust over the western equatorial north Atlantic Ocean

1972 • 666 citations

The Origin and Structure of Easterly Waves in the Lower Troposphere of North Africa

1972 • 604 citations

Diurnal Variation of Deep Cumulus Convection

1977 • 555 citations

Mesoscale and Convective–Scale Downdrafts as Distinct Components of Squall-Line Structure

1977 • 547 citations

The Structure and Properties of African Wave Disturbances as Observed During Phase III of GATE

1977 • 536 citations

Structure and Dynamics of a Tropical Squall–Line System

1977 • 476 citations

Structure and Properties of Synoptic-Scale Wave Disturbances in the Equatorial Western Pacific

1971 • 396 citations

Wave-CISK in the Tropics

1974 • 336 citations

Structure and Properties of Synoptic-Scale Wave Disturbances in the Intertropical Convergence Zone of the Eastern Atlantic

1979 • 290 citations

Rain Estimation from Geosynchronous Satellite Imagery—Visible and Infrared Studies

1978 • 287 citations

The Structure and Evolution of Convection in a Tropical Cloud Cluster

1979 • 249 citations

Instabilities of zonal equatorial currents, 2

1978 • 241 citations

SOME REMARKS ON AFRICAN DISTURBANCES AND THEIR PROGRESS OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC

1969 • 214 citations

Characteristics of North African Easterly Waves During the Summers of 1968 and 1969

1974 • 210 citations

Dust Concentration in the Atmosphere of the Equatorial North Atlantic: Possible Relationship to the Sahelian Drought

1977 • 209 citations

SYNOPTIC HISTORIES OF THREE AFRICAN DISTURBANCES THAT DEVELOPED INTO ATLANTIC HURRICANES

1969 • 204 citations

Radar Characteristics of Tropical Convection Observed During GATE: Mean Properties and Trends Over the Summer Season

1977 • 194 citations

Three-Dimensional Simulation of Turbulent Processes in an Undisturbed Trade Wind Boundary Layer

1976 • 184 citations

Melting and Evaporation of Hydrometeors in Precipitation from the Anvil Clouds of Deep Tropical Convection

1979 • 183 citations

The Energetics of African Wave Disturbances as observed During Phase III of GATE

1977 • 179 citations

The Lognormal Distribution and Cumulus Cloud Populations

1977 • 158 citations

Mineral and sea salt aerosol concentrations in various ocean regions

1979 • 157 citations

Meanders and long waves in the equatorial Atlantic

1975 • 137 citations

Instabilities of zonal equatorial currents

1976 • 135 citations

The Relationship of Satellite Inferred Convective Activity to Easterly Waves Over West Africa and the Adjacent Ocean During Phase III of GATE

1977 • 124 citations

Radiative characteristics of Saharan dust at solar wavelengths

1977 • 123 citations

Model of the Thermodynamic Structure of the Trade-Wind Boundary Layer: Part I. Theoretical Formulation and Sensitivity Tests

1979 • 121 citations

Viscous Internal Gravity Waves and Low–Frequency Oscillations in the Tropics

1977 • 120 citations

The Role of Convective-Scale Precipitation Downdrafts in Cumulus and Synoptic-Scale Interactions

1976 • 113 citations

Aerosol concentration statistics for the Northern Tropical Atlantic

1977 • 113 citations

On Boundary Layer Dynamics and the ITCZ

1971 • 103 citations

Atmospheric Turbidity in Saharan Dust Outbreaks as Determined by Analyses of Satellite Brightness Data

1979 • 100 citations

Diurnal Variations in Convective Activity and Precipitation During Phases II and III of GATE

1978 • 95 citations

The Generation of African Waves

1976 • 91 citations

The Thermodynamic Transformation of the Tropical Subcloud Layer by Precipitation and Downdrafts

1976 • 89 citations

Some Climatological Aspects of West African Disturbance Lines During GATE

1976 • 83 citations

Infrared Radiative Properties of Tropical Cirrus Clouds Inferred from Aircraft Measurements

1980 • 74 citations

Some Features of Synoptic–Scale Waves Based on a Compositing Analysis of GATE Data

1975 • 68 citations

Response of Cumulus Updraft and Downdraft to GATE A/B-Scale Motion Systems

1977 • 68 citations

Hydrogen sulfide in the atmosphere of the northern equatorial Atlantic Ocean and its relation to the global sulfur cycle

1978 • 65 citations

The Life Cycles of GATE Convective Systems

1978 • 64 citations

Radar Characteristics of the Cloud Populations of Tropical Disturbances in the Northwest Atlantic

1976 • 63 citations

Response of Deep and Shallow Tropical Maritime Cumuli to Large-scale Processes

1976 • 63 citations

The Effect of Solar Radiation Absorption in the Tropical Troposphere

1975 • 60 citations

Satellite Inferred Surface Albedo Over Northwestern Africa

1978 • 59 citations

Direct Testing of a Three-Dimensional Model of the Planetary Boundary Layer Against Experimental Data

1978 • 56 citations

Estimates of Radiative Divergence during Phase III of the GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment: Part II. Analysis of Phase III Results

1979 • 55 citations

Reflected Radiance Measured by NOAA 3 VHRR as a Function of Optical Depth for Saharan Dust

1977 • 53 citations

Low-Level Flows over the GATE Area during Summer 1972

1975 • 49 citations

Internal Structure and Development Processes of C-Scale Aggregates of Cumulus Clouds

1978 • 48 citations

The Monsoon Circulation and Cloudiness over the GATE Area

1975 • 48 citations

Mesoscale Events within a GATE Tropical Depression

1978 • 46 citations

A Model of the Thermodynamic Structure of the Trade-Wind Boundary Layer: Part II. Applications

1979 • 45 citations

Vorticity, Momentum and Divergence Budgets of Synoptic-Scale Wave Disturbances in the Tropical Eastern Atlantic

1979 • 39 citations

Observations of Cloud Infrared Effective Emissivity

1976 • 38 citations

Simulated Radiance Patterns for Finite Cubic Clouds

1976 • 37 citations

Analysis of the Tropical Marine Boundary Layer during GATE Using Acoustic Sounder Data

1978 • 35 citations

The Vorticity Budget of a Composite African Tropical Wave Disturbance

1978 • 34 citations

GATE: Report on the Field Phase

1976 • 31 citations

Wave-CISK and Cumulus Parameterization

1976 • 31 citations

The Near-Real-Time, Global, Four-Dimensional Analysis Experiment During the GATE Period, Part I

1976 • 30 citations

On The Computation of Equivalent Potential Temperature

1978 • 30 citations

The Large-Scale Response of the Tropical Atmosphere to Cloud-Modulated Infrared Heating

1975 • 30 citations

Analysis of satellite-observed tropical cloud clusters.: I. Wind and dynamic fields

1976 • 29 citations

On the Formation of Organized Convective Systems Observed over the Eastern Atlantic

1979 • 29 citations

Tropical Cumulus Interaction with and Modification of the Subcloud Region

1978 • 29 citations

The Mean Troposphere of West Africa

1976 • 27 citations

Numerical weather prediction for GATE

1979 • 26 citations

A Further Study of Wave Disturbances in the Conditionally Unstable Model Tropics

1971 • 25 citations

Changes in the Structure of the Tropical Subcloud Layer from the Undisturbed to Disturbed States

1976 • 24 citations

Mass and Energy Budgets of a 1 km High Atmospheric Box over the GATE C-Scale Triangle during Undisturbed and Disturbed Weather Conditions

1978 • 24 citations

Analysis of satellite-observed tropical cloud clusters: II. Thermal, moisture and precipitation

1976 • 24 citations

Structure and Behavior of a Monsoon Cyclone over West Africa

1976 • 24 citations

Rainfall estimation from geosynchronous satellite imagery during daylight hours

1976 • 22 citations

Behavior of the Wind Field in the Vicinity of a Cloud Cluster in the Intertropical Convergence Zone

1979 • 22 citations

Raindrop Sizes and Related Parameters for GATE

1979 • 21 citations

A Classification of the Structure of the Tropical Atmosphere and Related Energy Fluxes

1976 • 20 citations

Cumulus Transports in a Tropical Wave Composite for Phase III of GATE

1978 • 20 citations

Wind Sets from SMS Images: An Assessment of Quality for GATE

1976 • 19 citations

The Global Atmospheric Research Program

1975 • 19 citations

A Dynamical Model of the Intertropical Convergence Zone

1973 • 18 citations

Preliminary Results from the GATE Acoustic Echo Sounder

1976 • 18 citations

Effects of Cloud Size and Cloud Particles on Satellite-Observed Reflected Brightness

1978 • 18 citations

Simultaneous Current-Temperature Profiles in the Equatorial Counter Current

1977 • 17 citations

A Numerical Model of a Diurnally Varying Tropical Cloud Cluster Disturbance

1978 • 17 citations

Some Features of Global-Scale 4–5 Day Waves

1976 • 17 citations

GATE B-Scale Cloudiness from Whole-sky Cameras On Four U.S. Ships

1979 • 17 citations

Analysis of satellite-observed tropical cloud clusters. I. Wind and dynamic fields

1976 • 16 citations

Differences between morning and evening temperatures of cloud tops over tropical continents and oceans

1978 • 16 citations

Horizontal Scales of Motion in Atmospheric Free Convection Observed during the GATE Experiment

1978 • 15 citations

Some Evidence of the Effects of Convection on the Structure of the Tropical Subcloud Layer

1976 • 14 citations

An Estimate of the Daily Variation of Cloudiness Over the GATE A/B Area

1976 • 14 citations

Energy transfer in the tropical subcloud layer measured with DC-6 aircraft during GATE

1978 • 14 citations

Analysis of satellite-observed tropical cloud clusters II. Thermal, moisture and precipitation

1976 • 14 citations

Some Examples of Rapidly Growing Oceanic Cumulonimbus Clouds

1977 • 14 citations

Response of a Tropical Atmosphere and Ocean Model to Seasonally Variable Forcing^1,,2

1972 • 13 citations

SURFACE METEOROLOGY OVER THE GATE A-SCALE

1980 • 13 citations

Vertical Structure of Tropical Waves Maintained by Internally-Induced Cumulus Heating

1976 • 12 citations

On Simultaneous Surges in the Trades

1975 • 12 citations

Acoustic observations of high-frequency, near-surface internal wave groups in the deep ocean during GATE

1978 • 12 citations

Structure of the intertropical convergence zone over the GATE area

1978 • 11 citations

An Objective Analysis of the Boundary-Layer Thermodynamic Structure During GATE. Part I: Method

1979 • 10 citations

The GATE Aircraft Program: A Personal View

1975 • 9 citations

A Radiative Heating Model Derived from the GATE MSR Experiment

1977 • 9 citations

Statistics of Radar Echoes on Day 261 of GATE

1978 • 9 citations

VERTICAL MASS AND ENERGY TRANSPORTS BY CUMULUS CLOUDS IN THE TROPICS

1980 • 9 citations

A Procedure for the Correction of Biases in Winds Measured from Aircraft

1977 • 8 citations

Energy transfer in the tropical subcloud layer measured with DC-6 aircraft during GATE

1978 • 8 citations

Deep Convective Mass Transports: An Estimate from a Geostationary Satellite

1977 • 7 citations

Impingement of Internal Waves from Below onto a Moving Mixed Surface Layer

1977 • 7 citations

Comments on “Viscous Internal Gravity Waves and Low-Frequency Oscillations in the Tropics”

1979 • 7 citations

Longwave radiation effects of the Harmattan haze

1975 • 7 citations

INFLUENCE OF SYNOPTIC SCALE DISTURBANCES ON SURFACE FLUXES OF LATENT AND SENSIBLE HEAT

1980 • 7 citations

The Trapeze Instability in an Equatorial β-Plane

1976 • 7 citations

Comparison of Convective Mass and Heat Transports in Tropical Easterly Waves Computed by Two Methods

1976 • 7 citations

Measurements of Temperature and Downwind Spectra in the “Buoyant Subrange”

1976 • 7 citations

Hurricane Carmen: August–September 1974—Development of a Wave in the ITCZ

1976 • 7 citations

A Case Study of Atlantic Cloud Clusters: Part 1. Morphology and Thermodynamic Structure

1975 • 7 citations

Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology1

1978 • 7 citations

Airborne Hot-Film Measurements of the Small-Scale Structure of Atmospheric Turbulence During GATE

1976 • 6 citations

Effects of Cumulus Cloud Activity on the Large-Scale Moisture Distribution as Observed in Reed-Recker's Composite Easterly Waves

1976 • 6 citations

Marine Turbulent Boundary Layer Fluxes of Water Vapor, Sensible Heat and Momentum During Gate

1978 • 5 citations

A detailed analysis of some African disturbances

1971 • 4 citations

An experiment in Tropical Mesoscale Analysis: Part 1

1975 • 4 citations

Maintenance of kinetic energy in large‐scale tropical disturbances over the eastern Atlantic

1978 • 4 citations

An Analysis of GATE Aircraft Radiation Instrumentation

1977 • 3 citations

Wind Observations from the U.S.N.S. Vanguard during GATE Phase I

1976 • 3 citations

An Experiment in Tropical Mesoscale Analysis: Part 2

1975 • 2 citations

Large-Scale Atmospheric Conditions During the Intensification of Hurricane Carmen (1974) II. Diabatic Heating Rates and Energy Budgets

1979 • 2 citations

Comparison of Reflectivity Measurements by Radar and by Disdrometer

1978 • 2 citations

A NOTE ON THE CISK MECHANISM IN THE TROPICS AND ITS ROLE IN DISTURBANCE FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE.

1975 • 2 citations

Variance Spectrum Analysis of Aircraft Dew-Point Measurement System Noise

1976 • 1 citations