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Atmospheric Circulation

Atmospheric Circulation is a large-scale movement of air within the Earth's atmosphere that redistributes heat and moisture, distinguished from other atmospheric motions by its planetary extent and fundamental role in shaping global climate and weather systems.

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GENERAL CIRCULATION EXPERIMENTS WITH THE PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS

Joseph Smagorinsky · Monthly Weather Review · 1963 · 13.8K citations

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Some simple solutions for heat‐induced tropical circulation

A. E. Gill · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 1980 · 4.3K citations

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Classification, Seasonality and Persistence of Low-Frequency Atmospheric Circulation Patterns

Anthony G. Barnston, Robert E. Livezey · Monthly Weather Review · 1987 · 3.8K citations · Full text

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Stratosphere‐troposphere exchange

James R. Holton, Peter Haynes, M. E. McIntyre et al. · Reviews of Geophysics · 1995 · 3K citations

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Interpretation of Recent Southern Hemisphere Climate Change

David W. J. Thompson, Susan Solomon · Science · 2002 · 2K citations

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Authors

9.6K

  1. TS
    Tapio Schneider

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    31 publications · 3.2K citations

    29

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  2. WJ
    William J. Randel

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    30 publications · 4.2K citations

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  3. RG
    R. G. Roble

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    31 publications · 5K citations

    25

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  4. LM
    Lorenzo M. Polvani

    Columbia University, United States

    27 publications · 3.6K citations

    23

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  5. MI
    M. I. Richardson

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    22 publications · 2K citations

    21

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Institutions

1.9K

  1. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    85 h-index

    451 publications

    53.2K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    68 h-index

    496 publications

    50.7K citations

  3. NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

    Princeton, United States

    68 h-index

    188 publications

    36.7K citations

  4. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    66 h-index

    379 publications

    34.4K citations

  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    61 h-index

    208 publications

    27.3K citations

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    59 h-index

    217 publications

    17.6K citations

  7. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    58 h-index

    201 publications

    19.4K citations

  8. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    58 h-index

    257 publications

    21K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 491 publications · 40.6K citations

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  2. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    499 publications · 41.7K citations

    104

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  3. Journal of Climate

    347 publications · 31.6K citations

    93

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    352 publications · 26.8K citations

    83

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  5. Climate Dynamics

    220 publications · 15.9K citations

    65

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