David Vollaro

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

David Vollaro is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, David Vollaro has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Atmospheric Science, 28 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 13 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in David Vollaro's work include Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (28 papers), Climate variability and models (24 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (18 papers). David Vollaro is often cited by papers focused on Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (28 papers), Climate variability and models (24 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (18 papers). David Vollaro collaborates with scholars based in United States. David Vollaro's co-authors include John Molinari, David M. Romps, Steven Skubis, Jacob T. Seeley, Kristen L. Corbosiero, Michael Dickinson, David J. Knight, Sergio F. Abarca, Kelly Lombardo and Leon Nguyen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

David Vollaro

32 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Projected increase in lightning strikes in the United States due to global warming
    2014 404 citations David M. Romps, Jacob T. Seeley et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David Vollaro 2.0k 1.9k 939 235 67 32 2.3k
Yuriy Kuleshov 884 0.4× 1.1k 0.6× 466 0.5× 318 1.4× 79 1.2× 109 1.5k
Bomin Sun 1.5k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 330 0.4× 196 0.8× 74 1.1× 39 2.1k
Kyle Hilburn 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 456 0.5× 96 0.4× 62 0.9× 49 1.6k
E. M. Volodin 1.5k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 407 0.4× 106 0.5× 39 0.6× 90 1.9k
C. A. Wilson 839 0.4× 944 0.5× 427 0.5× 231 1.0× 56 0.8× 13 1.4k
Rémy Roca 2.8k 1.4× 2.7k 1.4× 377 0.4× 114 0.5× 36 0.5× 93 3.2k
Graham Mills 799 0.4× 1.0k 0.5× 150 0.2× 108 0.5× 64 1.0× 65 1.2k
Caroline Müller 2.0k 1.0× 2.1k 1.1× 398 0.4× 40 0.2× 35 0.5× 50 2.3k
Fei Zheng 1.6k 0.8× 1.8k 0.9× 1.0k 1.1× 62 0.3× 40 0.6× 103 2.1k
Tatsushi Tokioka 1.5k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 565 0.6× 98 0.4× 83 1.2× 46 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by David Vollaro

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Vollaro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David Vollaro. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by David Vollaro. The network helps show where David Vollaro may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Vollaro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Vollaro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Vollaro based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Vollaro. David Vollaro is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Molinari, John, et al.. (2019). Turbulence Variations in the Upper Troposphere in Tropical Cyclones from NOAA G-IV Flight-Level Vertical Acceleration Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 58(3). 569–583. 3 indexed citations
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Molinari, John, Jun A. Zhang, Robert F. Rogers, & David Vollaro. (2019). Repeated Eyewall Replacement Cycles in Hurricane Frances (2004). Monthly Weather Review. 147(6). 2009–2022. 15 indexed citations
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Romps, David M., et al.. (2018). CAPE Times P Explains Lightning Over Land But Not the Land‐Ocean Contrast. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(22). 56 indexed citations
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Molinari, John, et al.. (2016). Tropical Cyclone Outflow-Layer Structure and Balanced Response to Eddy Forcings. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 74(1). 133–149. 12 indexed citations
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Molinari, John & David Vollaro. (2016). Monsoon Gyres of the Northwest Pacific: Influences of ENSO, the MJO, and the Pacific–Japan Pattern. Journal of Climate. 30(5). 1765–1777. 24 indexed citations
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Romps, David M., Jacob T. Seeley, David Vollaro, & John Molinari. (2014). Projected Increase in Lightning Strikes in the United States Due to Global Warming. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 2 indexed citations
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Molinari, John & David Vollaro. (2014). Symmetric Instability in the Outflow Layer of a Major Hurricane. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 71(10). 3739–3746. 22 indexed citations
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Molinari, John, et al.. (2014). Low Richardson Number in the Tropical Cyclone Outflow Layer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 71(9). 3164–3179. 29 indexed citations
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Molinari, John, et al.. (2012). Convective Bursts, Downdraft Cooling, and Boundary Layer Recovery in a Sheared Tropical Storm. Monthly Weather Review. 141(3). 1048–1060. 74 indexed citations
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Molinari, John, David M. Romps, David Vollaro, & Leon Nguyen. (2012). CAPE in Tropical Cyclones. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 69(8). 2452–2463. 77 indexed citations
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Molinari, John & David Vollaro. (2012). What Percentage of Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclones Form within the Monsoon Trough?. Monthly Weather Review. 141(2). 499–505. 114 indexed citations
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Hutchins, M. L., R. H. Holzworth, Craig J. Rodger, et al.. (2010). Global Estimates of Lightning Peak Current from the WWLLN. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations
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Abarca, Sergio F., Kristen L. Corbosiero, & David Vollaro. (2010). The World Wide Lightning Location Network and Convective Activity in Tropical Cyclones. Monthly Weather Review. 139(1). 175–191. 75 indexed citations
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Molinari, John & David Vollaro. (2009). Distribution of Helicity, CAPE, and Shear in Tropical Cyclones. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 67(1). 274–284. 77 indexed citations
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Molinari, John & David Vollaro. (2008). Extreme Helicity and Intense Convective Towers in Hurricane Bonnie. Monthly Weather Review. 136(11). 4355–4372. 62 indexed citations
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Molinari, John, David Vollaro, & Kristen L. Corbosiero. (2004). Tropical Cyclone Formation in a Sheared Environment: A Case Study. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 61(21). 2493–2509. 106 indexed citations
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Molinari, John, et al.. (1998). Potential Vorticity Analysis of Tropical Cyclone Intensification. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 55(16). 2632–2644. 85 indexed citations
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Molinari, John, David J. Knight, Michael Dickinson, David Vollaro, & Steven Skubis. (1997). Potential Vorticity, Easterly Waves, and Eastern Pacific Tropical Cyclogenesis. Monthly Weather Review. 125(10). 2699–2708. 136 indexed citations
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Molinari, John, Steven Skubis, & David Vollaro. (1995). External Influences on Hurricane Intensity. Part III: Potential Vorticity Structure. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 52(20). 3593–3606. 140 indexed citations
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Molinari, John, et al.. (1992). Use of ECMWF operational analyses for studies of the tropical cyclone environment. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 47(2-4). 127–144. 16 indexed citations

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