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Frontal Cyclones

Frontal Cyclone is a synoptic-scale extratropical cyclone characterized by the presence of distinct frontal boundaries between air masses, which drive its development and precipitation patterns through baroclinic instability within the midlatitude westerlies.

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Frontal Cyclone

Parents

Publications

143

Orographic effects on precipitating clouds

Robert A. Houze · Reviews of Geophysics · 2011 · 951 citations · Full text

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Causes and Predictability of the 2012 Great Plains Drought

Martin P. Hoerling, Jon Eischeid, Arun Kumar et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2013 · 533 citations · Full text

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On the development of extratropical cyclones

Sverre Petterssen, S. J. Smebye · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 1971 · 330 citations

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Meteorological Causes of the Secular Variations in Observed Extreme Precipitation Events for the Conterminous United States

Kenneth E. Kunkel, David R. Easterling, David A. R. Kristovich et al. · Journal of Hydrometeorology · 2012 · 310 citations

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Structure of a frontal cyclone

K. A. Browning, N M Roberts · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 1994 · 207 citations

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Authors

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  1. LF
    Lance F. Bosart

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

    5 publications · 287 citations

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  2. JE
    Jonathan E. Martin

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    4 publications · 84 citations

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  3. RJ
    Richard J. Reed

    University of Washington, United States

    3 publications · 95 citations

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  4. TH
    Tim Hewson

    European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 96 citations

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  5. KW
    Kevin Walsh

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    3 publications · 112 citations

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Institutions

141

  1. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    21 publications

    980 citations

  2. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. University at Albany, State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    736 citations

  4. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    866 citations

  5. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    236 citations

  6. Meteorological Research Institute

    Tsukuba, Japan

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    246 citations

  7. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    231 citations

  8. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    839 citations

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Venues

  1. Monthly Weather Review

    32 publications · 1.1K citations

    18

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  2. 18

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  3. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    10 publications · 453 citations

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  4. 8

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    6 publications · 519 citations

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