Fragmentation of stratospheric intrusions

On the use and significance of isentropic potential vorticity maps

1985 • 2,853 citations

Stratospheric-Tropospheric Exchange Based on Radioactivity, Ozone and Potential Vorticity

1968 • 911 citations

Two paradigms of baroclinic‐wave life‐cycle behaviour

1993 • 784 citations

Measured Trends in Stratospheric Ozone

1992 • 550 citations

Turbulent Mixing within Tropopause Folds as a Mechanism for the Exchange of Chemical Constituents between the Stratosphere and Troposphere

1980 • 472 citations

The ‘surf zone’ in the stratosphere

1984 • 469 citations

Fronts, Jet Streams and the Tropopause

1990 • 440 citations

A Review of the Structure and Dynamics of Upper-Level Frontal Zones

1986 • 364 citations

Structure of stratospheric intrusions into the troposphere

1992 • 351 citations

A high-resolution one-layer model of breaking planetary waves in the stratosphere

1987 • 324 citations

Organization of Clouds and Precipitation in Extratropical Cyclones

1990 • 300 citations

Contour dynamics and contour surgery: Numerical algorithms for extended, high-resolution modelling of vortex dynamics in two-dimensional, inviscid, incompressible flows

1989 • 298 citations

The ECMWF medium-range prediction models development of the numerical formulations and the impact of increased resolution

1989 • 262 citations

Assimilation of TOVS radiance information through one‐dimensional variational analysis

1993 • 245 citations

Upper tropospheric relative humidity from the GOES 6.7 μm channel: Method and climatology for July 1987

1993 • 240 citations

Transport out of the lower stratospheric Arctic vortex by Rossby wave breaking

1994 • 210 citations

Contour Advection with Surgery: A Technique for Investigating Finescale Structure in Tracer Transport

1994 • 205 citations

Breaking Rossby Waves in a Model Stratosphere Diagnosed by a Vortex-Following Coordinate System and a Technique for Advecting Material Contours

1994 • 202 citations

The Presidents' Day Cyclone of 18–19 February 1979: Influence of Upstream Trough Amplification and Associated Tropopause Folding on Rapid Cyclogenesis

1985 • 191 citations

Intrusions into the lower stratospheric Arctic vortex during the winter of 1991–1992

1994 • 174 citations

The potential for stratosphere‐troposphere exchange in cut‐off‐low systems

1993 • 151 citations

The Palette of Fronts and Cyclones within a Baroclinic Wave Development

1991 • 145 citations

Three‐dimensional analysis of potential vorticity associated with tropopause folds and observed variations of ozone and carbon monoxide

1987 • 142 citations

Stratospheric ozone in the lower troposphere —I. Presentation and interpretation of aircraft measurements

1981 • 136 citations

The stability of a two-dimensional vorticity filament under uniform strain

1991 • 120 citations

A Global Analysis of Stratospheric–Tropospheric Exchange during Northern Winter

1993 • 117 citations

A Parameterization of Scale-Dependent Radiative Damping Rates in the Middle Atmosphere

1982 • 114 citations

A Model-Based Diagnostic Study of the Rapid Development Phase of the Presidents's Day Cyclone

1988 • 109 citations

Interpretation of Satellite Imagery of A Rapidly Deepening Cyclone

1987 • 99 citations

Weather Satellites: Systems, Data, and Environmental Applications

1990 • 94 citations

On the stabilization of a two-dimensional vortex strip by adverse shear

1989 • 93 citations

Statistical studies of cut-off-low systems

1992 • 82 citations

The permeability of the Antarctic vortex edge

1994 • 81 citations

An Instability of Mature Cold Fronts

1990 • 76 citations

Frontal instability generated by tropospheric potential vorticity anomalies

1990 • 76 citations

Theory of Extratropical Cyclones

1990 • 74 citations

Vertical profiles of tropospheric gases: Chemical consequences of stratospheric intrusions

1984 • 72 citations

Irreversible transport in the stratosphere by internal waves of short vertical wavelength

1991 • 66 citations

Diagnostic study of a narrow cold‐frontal rainband and severe winds associated with a stratospheric intrusion

1994 • 66 citations

Frontal Wave Stability during Moist Deformation Frontogenesis. Part II: The Suppression of Nonlinear Wave Development

1994 • 58 citations

Wintertime asymmetry of upper tropospheric water between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

1991 • 55 citations

Air mass origins and troposphere‐to‐stratosphere exchange associated with mid‐latitude cyclogenesis and tropopause folding inferred from ⁷Be measurements

1991 • 49 citations

The Charney-Stern theorem on barotropic-baroclinic instability

1983 • 46 citations

Nonlinear evolution of ordinary frontal waves induced by low‐level potential vorticity anomalies

1993 • 41 citations

Information Content of METEOSAT and Nimbus/THIR Water Vapor Channel Data: Altitude Association of Observed Phenomena

1981 • 40 citations

The Effect of Realistic Radiative Transfer on Potential Vorticity Structures, Including the Influence of Background Shear and Strain

1993 • 36 citations

Cold air pools over Europe

1990 • 35 citations

The Dynamics of Polar Jet Streams as Depicted by the METEOSAT WV Channel Radiance Field

1981 • 35 citations

Quantitative Studies of Meteosat Water-Vapor Channel Data

1980 • 27 citations

Contour Surgery Simulations of a Forced Polar Vortex

1993 • 26 citations

On the Formation of Potential-Vorticity Anomalies in Upper-Level Jet-Front Systems

1990 • 23 citations

The role of specific humidity fields in the diagnosis of stratosphere troposphere exchange

1994 • 23 citations

Use of satellite imagery to diagnose events leading to frontal thunderstorms: Part I of a case study

1994 • 22 citations

Evolution of a mesoscale upper tropospheric vorticity maximum and comma cloud from a cloud‐free two‐dimensional potential vorticity anomaly

1993 • 20 citations

Delineating Mid- and Low-Level Water Vapor Patterns in Pre-Convective Environments Using VAS Moisture Channels

1984 • 20 citations

Measurements of condensation nuclei above the jet stream: Evidence for cross jet transport by waves and new particle formation at high altitudes

1991 • 19 citations

A Simulation and Diagnostic Study of Water Vapor Image Dry Bands

1990 • 19 citations

Upper tropospheric dynamics as reflected in Nimbus 4 THIR 6.7-μm data

1976 • 18 citations

On shear lines in the upper troposphere over Europe

1981 • 16 citations

preliminary results from Nimbus II

1966 • 16 citations

On the Relation of 6.7 μm Water Vapour Features to Isentropic Distributions of Potential Vorticity

1987 • 13 citations

On shear lines in the upper troposphere over Europe

1981 • 10 citations

Structure of Shear Lines near the Tropopause in Summer

1951 • 10 citations

Synoptic scale atmospheric wave break down at 500 hPa over Europe during cold seasons

1985 • 7 citations

The exceptional anticyclonic winter of 1991/92

1993 • 4 citations

The Correlation Between Specific Humidity and Potential Vorticity in the Atmosphere*

1943 • 3 citations