J. Michael Fritsch

11.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
84 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

J. Michael Fritsch is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Michael Fritsch has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Atmospheric Science, 57 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 13 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in J. Michael Fritsch's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (64 papers), Climate variability and models (49 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (29 papers). J. Michael Fritsch is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (64 papers), Climate variability and models (49 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (29 papers). J. Michael Fritsch collaborates with scholars based in United States, Tunisia and France. J. Michael Fritsch's co-authors include John S. Kain, George H. Bryan, Arlene Laing, Charles F. Chappell, J. C. Wyngaard, Inés Velasco, Da‐Lin Zhang, Richard J. Kane, Richard E. Carbone and David J. Stensrud and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

J. Michael Fritsch

81 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A One-Dimensional Entraining/Detraining Plume Model and Its Application in Convective Parameterization

1990 1.7k citations John S. Kain, J. Michael Fritsch Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences profile →
Resolution Requirements for the Simulation of Deep Moist Convection

2003 674 citations George H. Bryan, J. Michael Fritsch et al. Monthly Weather Review profile →
Numerical Prediction of Convectively Driven Mesoscale Pressure Systems. Part I: Convective Parameterization

1980 572 citations J. Michael Fritsch et al. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences profile →
A Benchmark Simulation for Moist Nonhydrostatic Numerical Models

2002 556 citations George H. Bryan, J. Michael Fritsch Monthly Weather Review profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Michael Fritsch United States	41	7.5k	6.9k	879	642	318	84	8.1k
Zavisă Janjić United States	23	5.6k 0.7×	5.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	554 0.9×	338 1.1×	55	6.4k
Jean‐Luc Redelsperger France	41	5.3k 0.7×	5.3k 0.8×	891 1.0×	1.0k 1.6×	129 0.4×	103	6.3k
Margaret A. LeMone United States	44	5.6k 0.7×	5.0k 0.7×	1.8k 2.0×	702 1.1×	166 0.5×	114	6.7k
David J. Stensrud United States	48	6.7k 0.9×	6.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	349 0.5×	197 0.6×	164	7.5k
John S. Kain United States	35	8.5k 1.1×	7.8k 1.1×	1.4k 1.6×	656 1.0×	252 0.8×	60	9.0k
Song‐You Hong South Korea	46	7.2k 1.0×	6.9k 1.0×	970 1.1×	869 1.4×	414 1.3×	178	8.0k
K. A. Browning United Kingdom	37	4.5k 0.6×	3.6k 0.5×	648 0.7×	583 0.9×	93 0.3×	171	5.1k
Song-You Hong South Korea	8	9.0k 1.2×	8.0k 1.2×	1.6k 1.9×	950 1.5×	218 0.7×	8	9.7k
John Edwards United Kingdom	31	3.4k 0.4×	3.4k 0.5×	512 0.6×	362 0.6×	268 0.8×	64	4.1k
Dick Dee United Kingdom	40	6.0k 0.8×	6.0k 0.9×	903 1.0×	1.6k 2.5×	540 1.7×	80	7.6k

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Markowski, Paul, et al.. (2006). Bow Echo Sensitivity to Ambient Moisture and Cold Pool Strength. Monthly Weather Review. 134(3). 950–964. 48 indexed citations

Fritsch, J. Michael, et al.. (2004). The Impact of High-Frequency Surface Weather Observations on Short-Term Probabilistic Forecasts of Ceiling and Visibility. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 43(1). 145–156. 15 indexed citations

Bryan, George H. & J. Michael Fritsch. (2004). A Reevaluation of Ice–Liquid Water Potential Temperature. Monthly Weather Review. 132(10). 2421–2431. 31 indexed citations

Grover‐Kopec, E. & J. Michael Fritsch. (2003). The Impact of Radar Data on Short-Term Forecasts of Surface Temperature, Dewpoint Depression, and Wind Speed. Weather and Forecasting. 18(6). 1230–1241. 3 indexed citations

Spencer, Phillip L., David J. Stensrud, & J. Michael Fritsch. (2003). A Method for Improved Analyses of Scalars and Their Derivatives. Monthly Weather Review. 131(11). 2555–2576. 5 indexed citations

Laing, Arlene & J. Michael Fritsch. (2000). The Large-Scale Environments of the Global Populations of Mesoscale Convective Complexes. Monthly Weather Review. 128(8). 2756–2776. 155 indexed citations

Laing, Arlene, J. Michael Fritsch, & Andrew J. Negri. (1999). Contribution of Mesoscale Convective Complexes to Rainfall in Sahelian Africa: Estimates from Geostationary Infrared and Passive Microwave Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 38(7). 957–964. 69 indexed citations

Rogers, Robert F. & J. Michael Fritsch. (1996). A General Framework for Convective Trigger Functions. Monthly Weather Review. 124(11). 2438–2452. 30 indexed citations

Fritsch, J. Michael, et al.. (1995). Improved Model Output Statistics Forecasts through Model Consensus. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 76(7). 1157–1164. 81 indexed citations

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Fritsch, J. Michael, et al.. (1993). Mesoscale Convective Complexes over the Indian Monsoon Region. Journal of Climate. 6(5). 911–919. 69 indexed citations

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Kain, John S. & J. Michael Fritsch. (1992). The role of the convective ?trigger function? in numerical forecasts of mesoscale convective systems. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 49(1-4). 93–106. 164 indexed citations

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Zhang, Da‐Lin & J. Michael Fritsch. (1988). Numerical Sensitivity Experiments of Varying Model Physics on the Structure, Evolution and Dynamics of Two Mesoscale Convective Systems. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 45(2). 261–293. 41 indexed citations

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Fritsch, J. Michael, et al.. (1988). Forcing Mechanisms and Other Characteristics of Significant Summertime Precipitation. Weather and Forecasting. 3(2). 115–130. 66 indexed citations

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Zhang, Da‐Lin, Hai‐Ru Chang, Nelson L. Seaman, Thomas T. Warner, & J. Michael Fritsch. (1986). A Two-Way Interactive Nesting Procedure with Variable Terrain Resolution. Monthly Weather Review. 114(7). 1330–1339. 123 indexed citations

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Fritsch, J. Michael, et al.. (1986). The Contribution of Mesoscale Convective Weather Systems to the Warm-Season Precipitation in the United States. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology. 25(10). 1333–1345. 335 indexed citations

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Caracena, F. & J. Michael Fritsch. (1983). Focusing Mechanisms in the Texas Hill Country Flash FIOMS of 1978. Monthly Weather Review. 111(12). 2319–2332. 32 indexed citations

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Fritsch, J. Michael & John M. Brown. (1982). On the Generation of Convectively Driven Mesohighs Aloft. Monthly Weather Review. 110(11). 1554–1563. 25 indexed citations

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Maddox, Robert A., et al.. (1981). Evolution of Upper Tropospheric Features during the Development of a Mesoscale Convective Complex. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 38(8). 1664–1674. 46 indexed citations

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Fritsch, J. Michael. (1978). Parameterization of Mid-Latitude Organized Convection..

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Fritsch, J. Michael. (1971). OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS OF A TWO-DIMENSIONAL DATA FIELD BY THE CUBIC SPLINE TECHNIQUE. Monthly Weather Review. 99(5). 379–386. 13 indexed citations

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