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Warm Fronts

Warm Fronts is a synoptic-scale meteorological construct representing the leading edge of an advancing warm air mass that gradually overrides a retreating colder air mass, characterized by a gradual slope and sustained cloud development and precipitation ahead of the frontal boundary.

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319

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2017–2026

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Warm Front

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Publications

140

The Mesoscale and Microscale Structure and Organization of Clouds and Precipitation in Midlatitude Cyclones. VIII: A Model for the “Seeder-Feeder” Process in Warm-Frontal Rainbands

Steven A. Rutledge, P. V. Hobbs · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1983 · 731 citations

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How Do Atmospheric Rivers Form?

Helen Dacre, Peter Clark, Oscar Martínez‐Alvarado et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2014 · 326 citations · Full text

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Relating global precipitation to atmospheric fronts

Jennifer L. Catto, Christian Jakob, Gareth Berry et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 2012 · 311 citations · Full text

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Conceptual Models of Precipitation Systems

Keith A. Browning · Weather and Forecasting · 1986 · 259 citations · Full text

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The importance of fronts for extreme precipitation

Jennifer L. Catto, Stephan Pfahl · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2013 · 258 citations

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Authors

319

  1. CM
    Catherine M. Naud

    Columbia University, United States

    7 publications · 300 citations

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  2. DM
    David M. Schultz

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 474 citations

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  3. JL
    Jennifer L. Catto

    University of Exeter, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 863 citations

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  4. HW
    Heini Wernli

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    5 publications · 220 citations

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  5. SC
    Susan C. van den Heever

    Colorado State University, United States

    4 publications · 183 citations

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Institutions

137

  1. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    9 h-index

    23 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    2.5K citations

  4. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    497 citations

  5. Met Office

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    391 citations

  7. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    369 citations

  8. University of Oklahoma

    Norman, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    471 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    26 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. Monthly Weather Review

    24 publications · 958 citations

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  4. Weather and Forecasting

    9 publications · 655 citations

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  5. Journal of Climate

    9 publications · 626 citations

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