John Molinari

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

John Molinari is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, John Molinari has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Atmospheric Science, 63 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 38 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in John Molinari's work include Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (67 papers), Climate variability and models (56 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (44 papers). John Molinari is often cited by papers focused on Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (67 papers), Climate variability and models (56 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (44 papers). John Molinari collaborates with scholars based in United States and Mexico. John Molinari's co-authors include David Vollaro, Kristen L. Corbosiero, Michael Dickinson, Michael P. Dudek, David M. Romps, Steven Skubis, Anantha Aiyyer, Leon Nguyen, Jacob T. Seeley and Carl J. Schreck and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

John Molinari

80 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

  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
John Molinari 5.4k 4.7k 2.4k 322 147 80 5.7k
Kiyotoshi Takahashi 5.1k 1.0× 5.4k 1.1× 1.8k 0.7× 182 0.6× 226 1.5× 14 6.2k
Kazutoshi Onogi 5.2k 1.0× 5.5k 1.2× 1.8k 0.7× 188 0.6× 245 1.7× 15 6.3k
Chiaki Kobayashi 4.5k 0.8× 4.8k 1.0× 1.6k 0.6× 158 0.5× 209 1.4× 47 5.4k
Shrinivas Moorthi 4.5k 0.8× 4.5k 0.9× 1.7k 0.7× 214 0.7× 353 2.4× 38 5.5k
Roy L. Jenne 3.9k 0.7× 4.4k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 254 0.8× 178 1.2× 24 5.2k
Brian Mapes 5.5k 1.0× 5.5k 1.2× 1.6k 0.6× 153 0.5× 110 0.7× 98 6.1k
Glenn H. White 5.0k 0.9× 5.4k 1.1× 2.1k 0.9× 105 0.3× 257 1.7× 22 6.1k
David J. Raymond 4.6k 0.9× 4.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 257 0.8× 200 1.4× 115 5.0k
John R. Lanzante 3.6k 0.7× 4.2k 0.9× 1.5k 0.6× 200 0.6× 158 1.1× 52 4.8k
Christopher S. Velden 5.8k 1.1× 4.5k 0.9× 2.5k 1.0× 156 0.5× 251 1.7× 121 6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by John Molinari

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Molinari

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Molinari

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Molinari. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Molinari 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 John Molinari. John Molinari 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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Corbosiero, Kristen L., et al.. (2020). Electrically Active Diurnal Pulses in Hurricane Harvey (2017). Monthly Weather Review. 148(6). 2283–2305. 12 indexed citations
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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.. (2015). Upper-Tropospheric Low Richardson Number in Tropical Cyclones: Sensitivity to Cyclone Intensity and the Diurnal Cycle. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 73(2). 545–554. 20 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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Nguyen, Leon, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of Tropical Cyclone Center Identification Methods in Numerical Models. Monthly Weather Review. 142(11). 4326–4339. 79 indexed citations
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Wang, Junhong, Terry Hock, Michael L. Black, et al.. (2014). A Long-Term, High-Quality, High-Vertical-Resolution GPS Dropsonde Dataset for Hurricane and Other Studies. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 96(6). 961–973. 56 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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Schreck, Carl J. & John Molinari. (2011). Tropical Cyclogenesis Associated with Kelvin Waves and the Madden–Julian Oscillation. Monthly Weather Review. 139(9). 2723–2734. 45 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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Schreck, Carl J. & John Molinari. (2008). A Case Study of an Outbreak of Twin Tropical Cyclones. Monthly Weather Review. 137(3). 863–875. 21 indexed citations
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Halverson, James, Michael L. Black, S. A. Braun, et al.. (2007). Nasa's Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes Experiment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 88(6). 867–882. 54 indexed citations
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Molinari, John. (2006). Incorporation of equatorial wave modes into tropical synoptic meteorology: Is It worth the trouble?. 2 indexed citations
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Raymond, David J., Christopher S. Bretherton, & John Molinari. (2006). Dynamics of the Intertropical Convergence Zone of the East Pacific. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 63(2). 582–597. 50 indexed citations
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Simpson, Joanne, et al.. (2006). Structure of Highly Sheared Tropical Storm Chantal during CAMEX-4. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 63(1). 268–287. 31 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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Baker, W. E., G. D. Emmitt, Franklin R. Robertson, et al.. (1995). Lidar-Measured Winds from Space: A Key Component for Weather and Climate Prediction. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 76(6). 869–888. 106 indexed citations
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Molinari, John. (1985). A General Form of Kuo's Cumulus Parameterization. Monthly Weather Review. 113(8). 1411–1416. 58 indexed citations
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Molinari, John. (1982). Numerical Hurricane Prediction Using Assimilation of Remotely-Sensed Rainfall Rates. Monthly Weather Review. 110(6). 553–571. 9 indexed citations

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