Publications on Tropical Cyclones
1990 1991
  • Ulrich, W., and R. K. Smith, 1991: A numerical study of tropical cyclone motion using a barotropic model. Part II. Spatially-varying large-scale flows. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 117, 107-124.
  • Smith, R. K., 1991: An analytic theory of tropical cyclone motion in a barotropic shear flow. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 117, 685-714.
  • Weber, H. C., and R. K. Smith, 1991: The stability of barotropic vortices: implications for tropical cyclone motion. In Contributions to Atmospheric Physics, DLR Research Report - DLR-FB 91-30, (Eds. Schumann and Hoinka), 51-63.
1992
  • Reeder, M. J., R.K. Smith and S.J. Lord, 1992: Reply to comments by Holland et al. Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 2398-2400.
  • Shapiro, L. J.,  1992: Hurricane vortex motion and evolution in a three-layer model.  J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 140-153.
1993
  • Shapiro, L. J., and M. T. Montgomery, 1993: A three-dimensional balance theory for rapidly rotating vortices.  J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 3322-3335.
  • Smith R. K., and W. Ulrich, 1993: Vortex motion in relation to the absolute vorticity gradient of the environment. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 119, 207-215.
  • Smith, R. K., 1993: On the theory of tropical cyclone motion. In Tropical Cyclone Disasters. Ed. Lighthill et al., Peking University Press, Beijing, 264-279.
  • Smith, R. K., and H. C. Weber, 1993: An extended analytic theory of tropical cyclone motion. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 119, 1149-1166.
  • Weber, H. C., and R. K. Smith, 1993: The stability of barotropic vortices: implications for tropical cyclone motion. Geo. Astro. Fluid Dyn., 70, 1-30.
1994
  • Möller, J. D., and R.K. Smith, 1994: The development of potential vorticity in a hurricane-like vortex. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 120, 1255-1265.
1995
  • Jones, S. C., 1995: The evolution of vortices in vertical shear: I: initially barotropic vortices. Quart. J. Roy Meteor. Soc., 121, 821-851.
  • M. T. Montgomery, and L. J. Shapiro, 1995: Generalized Charney-Stern and  Fjortoft theorems for rapidly rotating vortices.  J. Atmos. Sci ., 52, 1829-1833.
  • Shapiro, L. J., and J. L. Franklin, 1995: Potential vorticity in Hurricane Gloria. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 1465-1475.
  • Smith, R. K., H. C. Weber and A. Kraus, 1995: On the symmetric circulation of a moving hurricane. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 121, 945-952.
  • Weber, H. C., and R. K. Smith, 1995: Data sparsity and the tropical cyclone analysis and prediction problem: some simulation experiments with a barotropic model. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 121, 631-654.
  • Kraus, A., R. K. Smith, and W. Ulrich, 1995: The barotropic dynamics of tropical cyclone motion in a large-scale deformation field. Beitr. Phys. Atmos., 68, 249-261.
1996
  • Glatz, A., and R. K. Smith, 1996: Vorticity asymmetries in Hurricane Josephine (1984). Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 122, 391-413.
  • Goldenberg, S. B., and L. J. Shapiro, 1996: Physical mechanisms for the association of El Nino and West African rainfall with Atlantic major hurricane activity.   J. Climate, 9, 1169-1187.
  • Shapiro, L. J, 1996: The motion of Hurricane Gloria: A potential vorticity diagnosis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 2497-2508.
1997
  • Dengler, K., and M. J. Reeder, 1997: The effects of convection and baroclinicity on the motion of tropical-cyclone-like vortices. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 123, 699-727.
  • Dengler, K., 1997: A numerical study of the effects of land proximity and changes in sea surface temperature on hurricane tracks. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc. 123, 1307-1321.
  • Smith, R. K., 1997: On the theory of CISK. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 123, 407-418.
  • Smith, R. K. (Ed.), 1997: The physics and parameterization of moist atmospheric convection. NATO Science Series. Kluwer, Dortrecht, 498pp.
1998
  • Hell, R. M., and R. K. Smith, 1998: A monsoon depression over northwestern Australia. Part I: A case study. Aust. Met. Mag., 47, 21-40.
  • Dengler K., and R. K. Smith, 1998: A monsoon depression over northwestern Australia. Part II: A numerical model study. Aust. Met. Mag., 47, 135-144.
  • Callaghan, J., and R. K. Smith, 1998: The relationship between maximum surface wind speeds and central pressure in tropical cyclones. Aust. Met. Mag. 47, 191-202.
  • Möller, J. D. and S. C. Jones, 1998: Potential vorticity inversion for tropical cyclones using the asymmetric balance theory. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 259-282.
  • Shapiro, L. J., and S. B. Goldenberg, 1996: Atlantic sea surface temperatures and hurricane formation. J. Climate, 11, 578-590.
  • Smith, R. K., and A. Glatz, 1998: The detection of hurricane asymmetries from aircraft reconnaissance flight data: some simulation experiments. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 124, 2715-2728.
1999
  • Möller J. D., and M. T. Montgomery, 1999: Vortex Rossby waves and hurricane intensification in a barotropic model. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 1674-1687.
  • Montgomery M. T., J. D. Möller and C. T. Nicklas, 1999: Linear and nonlinear vortex motion in an asymmetric balance shallow water model. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 749-768.
  • Shapiro, L. J., and J. L. Franklin, 1999: Potential vorticity asymmetries and tropical cyclone motion. Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, 124-131.
2000
  • Davidson, N. E., und H. C. Weber, 2000: The BMRC high-resolution tropical cyclone prediction system: TC-LAPS. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 1245-1265.
  • Jones, S. C., 2000: The evolution of vortices in vertical shear. II: Large-scale asymmetries. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc. 126, 3137-3159.
  • Jones, S. C., 2000: The evolution of vortices in vertical shear. III: Baroclinic vortices. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 126, 3161-3185.
  • Juckes, M., and R. K. Smith, 2000: Convective destabilization by tropical upper-level troughs. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 126, 111-123.
  • Möller J. D., and M. T. Montgomery, 2000: Tropical cyclone evolution via potential vorticity anomalies in a three-dimensional balance model. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 3366-3387
  • Shapiro, L. J., 2000: Potential vorticity asymmetries and tropical cyclone evolution in a three-layer model. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 3645-3662.
  • Smith, R. K., W. Ulrich, and G. Sneddon, 2000: The dynamics of hurricane-like vortices in vertical shear flows. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 126, 2653-2670.
  • Smith, R. K., 2000: The role of cumulus convection in hurricanes and its representation in hurricane models. Rev. Geophys., 38, 465-489.
  • Thorncroft, C. D., and S. C. Jones, 2000: The extratropical transitions of hurricanes Felix and Iris in 1995. Mon. Wea. Rev. 128, 947-972.
  • Weber, H. C., 2000: A numerical study of tropical-cyclone structure. Quasi-stationary spiral bands. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 125, 811-836.
  • Weber, H. C., and R. K. Smith, 2000: A monsoon depression over northwestern Australia. Part III: Motion. Aust. Meteor. Mag., 49, 1-21.
2001
  • Weber, H. C., 2001: Hurricane track prediction with a new barotropic model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 1834-1858.
  • Zhu, H., R. K. Smith, and W. Ulrich, 2001: A minimal three-dimensional tropical cyclone model. J. Atmos. Sci., 58,
    • 1924-1944.
2002
  • Möller J. D., and L. J. Shapiro, 2002: Balanced contributions to the intensification of Hurricane Opal as diagnosed from a GFDL model forecast. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 1866-1881.
  • Nguyen, C. M., R. K. Smith, H. Zhu, and W. Ulrich, 2002: A minimal axisymmetric hurricane model. Quart. J. Roy Meteor. Soc., 128, 2641-2661.
  • Ulrich, W., R. K. Smith and Nguyen, C. M., 2002: Comparison of an axisymmetric hurricane model with the corresponding slab-symmetric ITCZ model. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc. 128, 2335-2347.
  • Zhu, H., and R. K. Smith, 2002: The importance of three physical processes in a  three-dimensional tropical cyclone model. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1825-1840.
2003
  • Jones, S. C., P. A. Harr, J. Abraham, L. F. Bosart, P. J. Bowyer, J. L. Evans, D. E. Hanley, B. Hanstrum, R. E. Hart, F. Lalaurette, M. R. Sinclair, R. K. Smith, and C. D. Thorncroft, 2003: The extratropical transition of tropical cyclones: forecasting challenges, current understanding and future directions. Wea. Forecasting, accepted for publication.
  • Shapiro, L. J., and J. D. Möller, 2003: Influence of atmospheric asymmetries on the intensification of Hurricane Opal: Piecewise PV inversion diagnosis of a GFDL model forecast. Mon. Wea. Rev., in press.
  • Smith, R. K., 2003: A simple model of hurricane boundary layer. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc. (In press)
  • Weber, H. C., 2003: Hurricane track prediction using a statistical ensemble of numerical models. Mon. Wea. Rev. (in press).
  • Zhu, H., and R. K. Smith, 2003: Effects of vertical differencing in a minimal hurricane model. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc. (In press).
Last modified  28-Feb-2003