Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
On the Origins of Vorticity in a Simulated Tornado-Like Vortex34
Environmental Conditions Affecting Global Mesoscale Convective System Occurrence28
Gravity Wave Focusing on the Antarctic Polar Vortex Using Gaussian Beam Approximation in Horizontally Nonuniform Flows27
Monsoon Depression Amplification by Horizontal Shear and Humidity Gradients: A Shallow Water Perspective27
Does More Moisture in the Atmosphere Lead to More Intense Rains?25
Prediction Skill and Practical Predictability Depending on the Initial Atmospheric States in S2S Forecasts21
Contribution of Vertical Advection to Supergradient Wind in Tropical Cyclone Boundary Layer: A Numerical Study20
A Simple Lagrangian Parcel Model for the Initiation of Summer-time Mesoscale Convective Systems over the Central United States20
Long-Term Effect of Barotropic Instability across the Moat in Double-Eyewall Tropical Cyclone–Like Vortices in Forced and Unforced Shallow-Water Models19
The power distribution between symmetric and anti-symmetric components of the tropical wavenumber-frequency spectrum19
Nonlinear generation of long waves and the reversal of eddy momentum fluxes in a two-layer quasi-geostrophic model18
Masthead18
On the Formation of Tropopause Folds and Constituent Gradient Enhancement Near Westerly Jets18
A Moist Potential Vorticity Model for Midlatitude Long-Lived Mesoscale Convective Systems over Land17
Origin of the Warm Arctic–Cold North American Pattern on the Intraseasonal Time Scale17
Masthead17
Modeling the Shallow Cumulus-Topped Boundary Layer at Gray Zone Resolutions16
Masthead16
On Moist Potential Temperatures and Their Ability to Characterize Differences in the Properties of Air Parcels15
Statistical Characteristics of Mesoscale Fluctuations of Wind Velocity, Temperature, and Gas Concentrations Obtained from Aircraft Measurements in the Troposphere of the Arctic Region14
Role of Diurnal Cycle in the Maritime Continent Barrier Effect on MJO Propagation in an AGCM14
Variable Rainfall over Steady SST: The Effect of the Free Troposphere on Surface Pressure in the East Pacific14
Mean flow and turbulence characteristics of a nocturnal downburst recorded on a 213 m tall meteorological tower13
Indian Monsoon Teleconnections and the Impact of Correcting Tropical Diabatic Heating13
Surface drag on deformed topographic boundaries: Tests using a semi-idealized model13
Tropical Cyclone Resistance to Strong Environmental Shear13
Climatological sensitivities of shallow-cumulus bulk entrainment in continental and oceanic locations13
The Role of Surface Heat Fluxes on the Size of Typhoon Megi (2016)13
Balanced Convective Circulations in a Stratified Atmosphere. Part I: A Framework for Assessing Radiation, the Coriolis Force, and Drag13
Exact nonlinear state estimation12
Masthead12
Orographically Modified Ice-Phase Precipitation Processes During the Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX)12
Toward a Systematic Evaluation of Warm Conveyor Belts in Numerical Weather Prediction and Climate Models. Part I: Predictor Selection and Logistic Regression Model12
Comments on “Thermodynamic Characteristics of Downdrafts in Tropical Cyclones as Seen in Idealized Simulations of Different Intensities”12
Masthead12
The Basic Equations under Weak Temperature Gradient Balance: Formulation, Scaling, and Types of Convectively Coupled Motions11
Energy Gain Kernel for Climate Feedbacks. Part II: Spatial Pattern of Surface Amplification Factor and Its Dependency on Climate Mean State11
Influence of Entrainment on Centimeter-Scale Cloud Microphysics in Marine Stratocumulus Clouds Observed during CSET11
Regimes of Convective Self-Aggregation in Convection-Permitting Beta-Plane Simulations11
Role of Thermodynamics and Dynamics in the Diurnal Cycle, Propagation, and Progression of Convective Storms in the Eastern Flank of the Indian Monsoon Trough11
Theoretical Analysis of Water Droplet Condensation and Evaporation in Prescribed Environment with Radiation11
Masthead11
Impacts of Background Conditions on the Evolutionary Disparities between Greenland and Euro-Atlantic Blocking11
Weakening of Tropical Free-Tropospheric Temperature Gradients with Global Warming11
Mountain Waves Produced by a Stratified Shear Flow with a Boundary Layer. Part II: Form Drag, Wave Drag, and Transition from Downstream Sheltering to Upstream Blocking11
Masthead11
Linking Equatorial African Precipitation to Kelvin Wave Processes in the CP4-Africa Convection-Permitting Regional Climate Simulation10
Observed impact of meso-scale vertical motion on cloudiness10
The Dynamics of Quasi-Stationary Atmospheric Rivers and Their Implications for Monsoon Onset10
Sensitivity of Mountain Wave Drag Estimates on Separation Methods and Proposed Improvements9
Convective Couplings with Equatorial Rossby Waves and Equatorial Kelvin Waves. Part II: Coupled Precipitation Characteristics9
Excitation of the Madden–Julian Oscillation in Atmospheric Adjustment to Equatorial Heating9
Influences of CAPE on Hail Production in Simulated Supercell Storms9
The Influence of Ground-Relative Flow and Friction on Near-Surface Storm-Relative Helicity9
Spontaneous Cyclogenesis without Radiative and Surface-Flux Feedbacks9
Microphysical Evolution in Mixed-Phase Midlatitude Marine Cold-Air Outbreaks9
Effects from Time Dependence of Ice Nucleus Activity for Contrasting Cloud Types9
Tropical Thermodynamic–Convection Coupling in Observations and Reanalyses9
Should Reversible Convective Inhibition be Used when Determining the Inflow Layer of a Convective Storm?9
An Idealized 1½-Layer Isentropic Model with Convection and Precipitation for Satellite Data Assimilation Research. Part I: Model Dynamics9
Tropospheric Thermal Forcing of the Stratosphere through Quasi-Balanced Dynamics8
Using Local Dynamics to Explain Analog Forecasting of Chaotic Systems8
Diurnal Off-Mountain Propagation of Rainfall and Low-Level Vertical Velocity over the Lee Side of the Yungui Plateau8
Role of Baroclinic Trough in Triggering Vertical Motion during Summertime Heavy Rainfall Events in Korea8
Thermodynamic Pathways of Vertical Wind Shear Impacting Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change: Energetics and Lagrangian Analysis8
Three-Dimensional Static Instability of Gravity Waves and a Possible Parameterization of the Associated Wave Breaking8
A Closer Look at the Evolution of Supercooled Cloud Droplet Temperature and Lifetime in Different Environmental Conditions with Implications for Ice Nucleation in the Evaporating Regions of Clouds8
Marine Boundary Layers above Heterogeneous SST: Alongfront Winds8
The Efficiency of Upward Wave Propagation near the Tropopause: Importance of the Form of the Refractive Index8
Dynamics of the Cloud–Environment Interface and Turbulence Effects in an LES of a Growing Cumulus Congestus7
Turbulence and Diffusion on Weakly Stable and Stable Nights near a 300 m Tower in a Complex Landscape7
Corrigendum7
Evidence of Aggregation Dependence of 5°-Scale Tropical Convective Evolution Using a Gross Moist Stability Framework7
Investigation of Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Dynamics over Central and Northern Peru Using SIMONe Systems7
Large-Amplitude Quasi-Stationary Rossby Wave Events in ERA5 and the CESM2: Features, Precursors, and Model Biases in Northern Hemisphere Winter7
Monsoonal MCS Initiation, Rainfall, and Diurnal Gravity Waves over the Bay of Bengal: Observation and a Linear Model7
Impact of Giant Sea Salt Aerosol Particles on Precipitation in Marine Cumuli and Stratocumuli: Lagrangian Cloud Model Simulations7
On the Sensitivity of Hurricane Intensity and Structure to Horizontal Tracer Advection Schemes in FV37
Determining the Impact of Boundary Layer Schemes on the Secondary Circulation of Typhoon Faxai Using Radar Observations in the Gray Zone7
On the Accuracy of the Moist Static Energy Budget When Applied to Large-Scale Tropical Motions7
Does Extended Sawyer–Eliassen Equation Effectively Capture the Secondary Circulation of a Simulated Tropical Cyclone?7
Vortex Structure of Head Bubble in Convective Cloud Starting Plume7
Interactions between Gravity Waves and Cirrus Clouds: Asymptotic Modeling of Wave-Induced Ice Nucleation7
Underestimates of Orographic Precipitation in Idealized Simulations. Part II: Underlying Causes7
Vertical Structure and Ice Production Processes of Shallow Convective Postfrontal Clouds over the Southern Ocean in MARCUS. Part I: Observational Study7
The Terminal Velocity of Axisymmetric Cloud Drops and Raindrops Evaluated by the Immersed Boundary Method7
Environmental Forcing of Upper-Tropospheric Cold Low on Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Structural Change7
Large-Eddy Simulations of Marine Boundary Layer Clouds Associated with Cold-Air Outbreaks during the ACTIVATE Campaign. Part II: Aerosol–Meteorology–Cloud Interaction7
Some Refinements to the Most Recent Simple Time-Dependent Theory of Tropical Cyclone Intensification and Sensitivity7
Multistability and Rare Spontaneous Transitions in Barotropic β-Plane Turbulence7
Generation of Multiple Gravity Wave Couplets from Convection7
An Approximate Criterion for Morphological Transformations in Small Vapor Grown Ice Crystals7
Surface Wind Responses to Mesoscale Sea Surface Temperature over Western Boundary Current Regions Assessed by Spectral Transfer Functions7
How Does Horizontal Diffusion Influence the Intensification and Maximum Intensity of Numerically Simulated Tropical Cyclones?7
A Nonlinear Multiscale Theory of Atmospheric Blocking: Structure and Evolution of Blocking Linked to Meridional and Vertical Structures of Storm Tracks7
Asymmetry of the Distribution of Vertical Velocities of the Extratropical Atmosphere in Theory, Models, and Reanalysis6
Processes Controlling the Entrainment and Liquid Water Response to Aerosol Perturbations in Nonprecipitating Stratocumulus Clouds6
The Influence of Shear on Deep Convection Initiation. Part II: Simulations6
Masthead6
Transient Eddy Kinetic Energetics on Mars in Three Reanalysis Datasets6
Modeling Nonspherical Hailstones6
Vertical Wind Tunnel Experiments and a Theoretical Study on the Microphysics of Melting Low-Density Graupel6
The Role of the North Atlantic Blocking High during Large-Scale Heavy Rainfall Events over Central India6
Scale Sensitivity of the Gill Circulation. Part I: Equatorial Case6
Masthead6
Masthead6
Acceleration of Tropical Cyclone Development by Cloud-Radiative Feedbacks6
Lagrangian and Eulerian Supersaturation Statistics in Turbulent Cloudy Rayleigh–Bénard Convection: Applications for LES Subgrid Modeling6
Theoretical Foundation of the Linear Relationship between the Midlatitude Eddy Heat Flux and Fall-to-Spring Polar Ozone Buildup6
Underestimates of Orographic Precipitation in Idealized Simulations. Part I: Evidence from Unidirectional Warm-Sector Environments6
Committor Functions for Climate Phenomena at the Predictability Margin: The Example of El Niño–Southern Oscillation in the Jin and Timmermann Model6
Entrainment in a Simulated Supercell Thunderstorm. Part II: The Influence of Vertical Wind Shear and General Effects upon Precipitation6
Subtropical Jet Regulates Arabian Winter Precipitation: A Viable Mechanism5
QBO Wind Influence on MJO-Induced Temperature Anomalies in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere in an Idealized Model5
Wave Packets and Life Cycles of Troughs in the Framework of Local Finite-Amplitude Wave Activity5
A New Conceptual Picture of the Trade Wind Transition Layer5
The Dual Nature of Entrainment-Mixing Signatures Revealed through Large-Eddy Simulations of a Convection-Cloud Chamber5
Empirical Low-Dimensional Dynamics of Atmospheric Stable Boundary Layer Temperature Inversions5
Comprehensive Satellite Observations and a Numerical Study of a Wintertime Shallow Sea Smoke Event in the Yellow Sea5
An Analytical Solution of the Effective-Buoyancy Equation5
First Observations of Mesospheric OH Emission Profiles from OMPS/LP5
A Review of the Interactions between Tropical Cyclones and Environmental Vertical Wind Shear5
CORRIGENDUM5
Resolved Gravity Waves in the Extratropical Stratosphere: Effect of Horizontal Resolution Increase from O(10) to O(1) km5
Nonlinear Atmospheric Flow Patterns Confined to Zonal Cloud Bands5
Atmospheric Cold Pools in the Bay of Bengal5
Invented Forces in Supercell Models5
Exploring Impacts of Differing Aerosol Environments on Radar Signatures of Deep Convection near Houston, Texas, using a Bulk Statistical Framework5
A Parameterization of Interstitial Aerosol Extinction and Its Application to Marine Cloud Brightening5
The Development of Simulated Dust-Devil-Like Vortices5
Kelvin–Helmholtz Instability “Tube” and “Knot” Dynamics. Part III: Extension of Elevated Turbulence and Energy Dissipation into Increasingly Viscous Flows5
Uncertainty in the Parameterization of Surface Fluxes under Unstable Conditions5
Moisture and the Persistence of Annular Modes5
The Energetics of the Lagrangian Evolution of Tropical Convective Systems5
A Scaling Theory for the Diffusivity of Poleward Eddy Heat Transport Based on Rhines Scaling and the Global Entropy Budget5
A Model for the Tropical Cyclone Wind Field Response to Idealized Landfall5
Estimating Phase Transition Rates in Shallow Cumulus Clouds from Mass Flux. Part II: Vertically Dependent Formulation5
A Simple Mechanistic Model of Wave–Mean Flow Feedbacks, Poleward Jet Shifts, and the Annular Mode5
On the Physics of High CAPE5
Simulating the Transition from Shallow to Deep Convection across Scales: The Role of Congestus Clouds5
Environmental and Internal Controls on Lagrangian Transitions from Closed Cell Mesoscale Cellular Convection over Subtropical Oceans5
Evaluation of the Ice Particle Simulation of Microphysics Schemes with Aircraft Measurements of a Stratiform Cloud in North China5
Anelastic Convective Entities. Part I: Formulation and Implication for Nighttime Convection5
Two Types of Transitions to Relatively Fast Spinup in Tropical Cyclone Simulations with Weak-to-Moderate Environmental Vertical Wind Shear5
Equity, Inclusion, and Justice: An Opportunity for Action for AMS Publications Stakeholders5
Masthead5
Hurricane Predictability Analysis with Singular Vectors in the Multiresolution Global Shallow Water Model5
Masthead4
Towards an Understanding of the Structure of Jupiter’s Atmosphere using the Ammonia Distribution and the Transformed Eulerian Mean Theory4
Ubiquitous Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies Increase Spatial Heterogeneity of Trade Wind Cloudiness on Daily Time Scale4
Inconsistent Global Kinetic Energy Spectra in Reanalyses and Models4
Should We Conserve Entropy or Energy when Computing CAPE with Mixed-Phase Precipitation Physics?4
Toward Transient Subgrid-Scale Gravity Wave Representation in Atmospheric Models. Part II: Wave Intermittency Simulated with Convective Sources4
Recovering Quasi-Biennial Oscillations from Chaos4
Quantifying the Ozone Radiative Feedback on Planetary-Wave and Zonal-Mean Variability during the Southern Hemisphere Stratospheric Polar Vortex Breakdown4
Updraft Width Implications for Cumulonimbus Growth in a Moist Marine Environment4
Masthead4
Simplified Approximations of Direct Cumulus Entrainment and Detrainment4
On the MJO Phase Speed among Different Background Moisture and Zonal Wind Base States4
Representation of Lake–Atmosphere Interactions and Lake-Effect Snowfall in the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin among HighResMIP Global Climate Models4
Contribution of Dissipative Heating to the Intensity Dependence of Tropical Cyclone Intensification4
Impacts of Stochastic Coalescence Variability on Warm Rain Initiation Using Lagrangian Microphysics in Box and Large-Eddy Simulations4
Large-Eddy Simulations of Stability-Varying Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flow over Isolated Buildings4
Seasons, Shorelines, and Their Effects on the Tropical Circulation and Hydrological Cycle4
An Analytical Model for Tropical Cyclone Outer-Size Expansion on the f Plane4
Masthead4
A New k-Distribution Scheme for Clear-Sky Radiative Transfer Calculations in Earth’s Atmosphere. Part II: Solar (Shortwave) Heating due to H2O and CO24
Seasonal Superrotation in Earth’s Troposphere4
Intensification of Tilted Tropical Cyclones over Relatively Cool and Warm Oceans in Idealized Numerical Simulations4
Role of Advection of Parameterized Turbulence Kinetic Energy in Idealized Tropical Cyclone Simulations4
The Sensitivity of Convective Cloud Ensemble Statistics to Horizontal Grid Spacing in Idealized RCE Simulations4
A Comprehensive Analysis of Uncertainties in Warm-Rain Parameterizations in Climate Models Based on In Situ Measurements4
The Influence of WENO Schemes on Large-Eddy Simulations of a Neutral Atmospheric Boundary Layer4
A New Three-Dimensional Residual Flow Theory and Its Application to Brewer–Dobson Circulation in the Middle and Upper Stratosphere4
Mean Cold Pool Size of Quasi-Equilibrium Convection. Part II: The Survival Competition Hypothesis4
The MJO on the Equatorial Beta Plane: An Eastward-Propagating Rossby Wave Induced by Meridional Moisture Advection4
The Impact of Transience in the Interaction between Orographic Gravity Waves and Mean Flow4
Impact of Meteorological Factors on the Mesoscale Morphology of Cloud Streets during a Cold-Air Outbreak over the Western North Atlantic4
Modeling the Electrical Energy Discharged by Lightning Flashes Using Capacitors for Application with Lightning Datasets4
Tropical Cyclone Tilt and Precession in Moderate Shear: Precession Hiatus in a Critical Shear Regime4
Piecewise Potential Vorticity Inversion without Far-Field Response?4
Supergradient Winds in Simulated Tropical Cyclones4
The influence of surface heat fluxes on the growth of idealized monsoon4
The Impact of Large-Scale Winds on Boundary Layer Structure, Thermally Driven Flows, and Exchange Processes over Mountainous Terrain4
Tropical Cyclone Intensification Simulated in the Ooyama-type Three-layer Model with a Multilevel Boundary Layer4
Effects of Varying Land Coverage, Rotation Period, and Water Vapor on Equatorial Climates that Bridge the Gap between Earth-like and Titan-like4
CORRIGENDUM4
Eddy-Mediated Hadley Cell Expansion due to Axisymmetric Angular Momentum Adjustment to Greenhouse Gas Forcings4
Deep Eye Clouds in Tropical Cyclone Trami (2018) during T-PARCII Dropsonde Observations4
Cloud microphysical structure analysis based on high-resolution insitu measurements4
Atmospheric Moisture Decreases Midlatitude Eddy Kinetic Energy4
Influence of Lake Breezes on the Triggering of Moist Convection on the Tibetan Plateau: A Large-Eddy Simulation Study4
Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation Features Observed during DYNAMO4
Effect of Turbulence on the Collision Rate between Settling Ice Crystals and Droplets4
Moisture Recharge–Discharge Cycles: A Gross Moist Stability–Based Phase Angle Perspective4
Secondary Ice Production in Simulated Deep Convective Clouds: A Sensitivity Study4
How Does a Dry General Circulation Model Represent Atmospheric Blocking?4
Uncovering the Intrinsic Intensity–Size Relationship of Tropical Cyclones4
Stratospheric vacillations in a minimal contour dynamics model4
Shallow Cumulus Entrainment Dynamics in a Sheared Environment4
Masthead4
Double warm-core structure and potential vorticity diagnosis during the rapid intensification of Supertyphoon Lekima (2019)4
Dependence of Ice Crystal Size Distributions in High Ice Water Content Conditions on Environmental Conditions: Results from the HAIC-HIWC Cayenne Campaign4
Gravitational Collision of Small Nonspherical Particles: Swept Volumes of Prolate and Oblate Spheroids in Calm Air4
Observations of tropical cyclone inner-core fine-scale structure, and its link to intensity variations4
Diurnally Varying Ekman Layer in a Rossby Wave4
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