Melville E. Nicholls

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

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Melville E. Nicholls is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Melville E. Nicholls has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Atmospheric Science, 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 6 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Melville E. Nicholls's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (24 papers), Climate variability and models (17 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (16 papers). Melville E. Nicholls is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (24 papers), Climate variability and models (17 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (16 papers). Melville E. Nicholls collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Melville E. Nicholls's co-authors include Roger A. Pielke, William R. Cotton, Michael T. Montgomery, R. L. Walko, Craig J. Tremback, Thomas Cram, Ashley B. Saunders, Michael D. Moran, Lewis D. Grasso and Jeffrey H. Copeland and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Global Change Biology and Earth-Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Melville E. Nicholls

33 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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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 comprehensive meteorological modeling system?RAMS

1992 1.3k citations Roger A. Pielke, William R. Cotton et al. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics profile →
RAMS 2001: Current status and future directions

2002 750 citations William R. Cotton, Roger A. Pielke et al. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melville E. Nicholls United States	20	3.3k	2.7k	626	596	232	34	3.8k
Philippe Drobinski France	39	3.1k 0.9×	3.4k 1.2×	578 0.9×	883 1.5×	224 1.0×	175	4.5k
Yuh‐Lang Lin United States	30	5.1k 1.6×	4.2k 1.5×	577 0.9×	858 1.4×	249 1.1×	128	5.6k
Craig J. Tremback United States	12	2.7k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	210 0.3×	710 1.2×	326 1.4×	16	3.4k
Lewis D. Grasso United States	15	1.9k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	375 0.6×	395 0.7×	151 0.7×	34	2.2k
Jielun Sun United States	35	2.8k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	477 0.8×	1.7k 2.9×	131 0.6×	83	3.9k
Jean‐Jacques Morcrette United Kingdom	36	4.8k 1.5×	5.1k 1.9×	327 0.5×	383 0.6×	148 0.6×	59	5.9k
Zavisă Janjić United States	23	5.6k 1.7×	5.2k 1.9×	554 0.9×	1.2k 2.0×	370 1.6×	55	6.4k
Hua‐Lu Pan United States	22	4.4k 1.4×	4.3k 1.6×	687 1.1×	695 1.2×	117 0.5×	32	5.1k
Mario Marcello Miglietta Italy	36	2.8k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	663 1.1×	328 0.6×	78 0.3×	144	3.4k
David Gill United States	10	2.0k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	314 0.5×	534 0.9×	238 1.0×	12	2.7k

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Nicholls, Melville E., et al.. (2019). A numerical modelling study of the physical mechanisms causing radiation to accelerate tropical cyclogenesisand cause diurnal cycles. 1 indexed citations

Nicholls, Melville E., et al.. (2019). On the Creation and Evolution of Small-Scale Low-Level Vorticity Anomalies during Tropical Cyclogenesis. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 76(8). 2335–2355. 5 indexed citations

Nicholls, Melville E. & Roger A. Pielke. (2018). On the role of thermal expansion and compression in large-scale atmospheric energy and mass transports. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(21). 15975–16003.

Nicholls, Melville E., et al.. (2018). A numerical modelling investigation of the role of diabatic heating and cooling in the development of a mid-level vortex prior to tropical cyclogenesis – Part 1: The response to stratiform components of diabatic forcing. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(19). 14393–14416. 7 indexed citations

Nicholls, Melville E.. (2015). An investigation of how radiation may cause accelerated rates of tropical cyclogenesis and diurnal cycles of convective activity. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(15). 9003–9029. 38 indexed citations

Riemer, Michael, Michael T. Montgomery, & Melville E. Nicholls. (2013). Further examination of the thermodynamic modification of the inflow layer of tropical cyclones by vertical wind shear. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(1). 327–346. 74 indexed citations

Nicholls, Melville E. & Michael T. Montgomery. (2013). An examination of two pathways to tropical cyclogenesis occurring in idealized simulations with a cloud-resolving numerical model. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(12). 5999–6022. 25 indexed citations

Sojka, J. J., R. W. Schunk, Melville E. Nicholls, & C. J. Heinselman. (2010). Possibility and Demonstrations of 27 Day Ionospheric Forecasting. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

Riemer, Michael, Michael T. Montgomery, & Melville E. Nicholls. (2010). A new paradigm for intensity modification of tropical cyclones: thermodynamic impact of vertical wind shear on the inflow layer. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(7). 3163–3188. 258 indexed citations

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Riemer, Michael, Michael T. Montgomery, & Melville E. Nicholls. (2010). A new paradigm for intensity modification of tropical cyclones. Calhoun: The Naval Postgraduate School Institutional Archive (Naval Postgraduate School). 7 indexed citations

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Schecter, David A. & Melville E. Nicholls. (2009). Generation of Infrasound by Evaporating Hydrometeors in a Cloud Model. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 49(4). 664–675. 8 indexed citations

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Nicholls, Melville E.. (2004). Preliminary numerical simulations of infrasound generation processes by severe weather using a fully compressible numerical model. 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace and the 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms. 5 indexed citations

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Denning, Scott, Melville E. Nicholls, Lara Prihodko, et al.. (2003). Simulated variations in atmospheric CO₂ over a Wisconsin forest using a coupled ecosystem–atmosphere model. Global Change Biology. 9(9). 1241–1250. 76 indexed citations

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Cotton, William R., Roger A. Pielke, R. L. Walko, et al.. (2002). RAMS 2001: Current status and future directions. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 82(1-4). 5–29. 750 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cotton, William R., G. David Alexander, Rolf Hertenstein, et al.. (1995). Cloud venting — A review and some new global annual estimates. Earth-Science Reviews. 39(3-4). 169–206. 106 indexed citations

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Pielke, Roger A., Melville E. Nicholls, & Alfred J. Bedard. (1993). Using thermal compression waves to assess latent heating from clouds. Eos. 74(43). 493–493. 4 indexed citations

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Nicholls, Melville E., Roger A. Pielke, & William R. Cotton. (1991). A Two-Dimensional Numerical Investigation of the interaction between Sea Breezes and Deep Convection over the Florida Peninsula. Monthly Weather Review. 119(2). 298–323. 67 indexed citations

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Nicholls, Melville E., Richard H. Johnson, & William R. Cotton. (1988). The Sensitivity of Two-Dimensional Simulations of Tropical Squall Lines to Environmental Profiles. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 45(23). 3625–3649. 50 indexed citations

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Nicholls, Melville E. & Richard H. Johnson. (1984). A Model of a Tropical Squall Line Boundary Layer Wake. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 41(18). 2774–2796. 5 indexed citations

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Johnson, Richard H. & Melville E. Nicholls. (1983). A Composite Analysis of the Boundary Layer Accompanying a Tropical Squall Line. Monthly Weather Review. 111(2). 308–319. 70 indexed citations

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