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Baroclinic Structure

Baroclinic Structure is a theoretical construct in atmospheric dynamics characterized by the misalignment between pressure and density surfaces, which enables the generation and evolution of weather systems through the conversion of potential energy into kinetic energy via horizontal temperature gradients.

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GENERAL CIRCULATION EXPERIMENTS WITH THE PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS

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

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A consistent poleward shift of the storm tracks in simulations of 21st century climate

Jeffrey Yin · Geophysical Research Letters · 2005 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Wind-Driven Currents in a Baroclinic Ocean; with Application to the Equatorial Currents of the Eastern Pacific

Harald Sverdrup · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1947 · 736 citations · Full text

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Numerical Integration of the Barotropic Vorticity Equation

J. G. Charney, John von Neumann · Tellus · 1950 · 704 citations · Full text

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

Robert W. Burpee · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1972 · 635 citations · Full text

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  1. LF
    Lance F. Bosart

    University at Albany, State University of New York, United States

    17 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. BD
    Boris Dewitte

    Laboratoire d’Études en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales, France

    13 publications · 592 citations

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  3. PL
    P. L. Read

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 307 citations

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  4. DR
    D. Randolph Watts

    University of Rhode Island, United States

    11 publications · 340 citations

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  5. RJ
    Richard J. Greatbatch

    GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany

    10 publications · 306 citations

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  1. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    39 h-index

    106 publications

    11.5K citations

  2. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    31 h-index

    81 publications

    6.6K citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    26 h-index

    63 publications

    6.6K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    26 h-index

    90 publications

    3.6K citations

  5. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    25 h-index

    85 publications

    6.2K citations

  6. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

    24 h-index

    58 publications

    4.3K citations

  7. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    23 h-index

    48 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

    Princeton, United States

    20 h-index

    27 publications

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  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    210 publications · 13.8K citations

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  2. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    206 publications · 12.1K citations

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  3. Monthly Weather Review

    143 publications · 22.3K citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 140 publications · 8.8K citations

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  5. Journal of Climate

    73 publications · 6.4K citations

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