Morris A. Bender

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Morris A. Bender is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Morris A. Bender has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Atmospheric Science, 21 papers in Oceanography and 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Morris A. Bender's work include Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (36 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (28 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (21 papers). Morris A. Bender is often cited by papers focused on Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (36 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (28 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (21 papers). Morris A. Bender collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Taiwan. Morris A. Bender's co-authors include Yoshio Kurihara, Robert E. Tuleya, Isaac Ginis, Rebecca J. Ross, Thomas R. Knutson, J. Sirutis, Gabriel A. Vecchi, Isaac M. Held, Stephen T. Garner and Gabriele Villarini and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Morris A. Bender

41 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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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.

Modeled Impact of Anthropogenic Warming on the Frequency of Intense Atlantic Hurricanes

2010 806 citations Morris A. Bender, Thomas R. Knutson et al. profile →
Global Projections of Intense Tropical Cyclone Activity for the Late Twenty-First Century from Dynamical Downscaling of CMIP5/RCP4.5 Scenarios

2015 382 citations Thomas R. Knutson, J. Sirutis et al. Journal of Climate profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Morris A. Bender United States	25	3.7k	2.7k	2.0k	358	319	42	4.2k
Robert E. Tuleya United States	31	4.2k 1.1×	3.4k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	402 1.1×	417 1.3×	42	4.9k
Rein Haarsma Netherlands	41	3.4k 0.9×	3.5k 1.3×	1.5k 0.7×	235 0.7×	305 1.0×	107	4.5k
J. Sirutis United States	14	1.8k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	814 0.4×	230 0.6×	329 1.0×	18	2.4k
David H. Levinson United States	17	2.5k 0.7×	2.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	215 0.6×	168 0.5×	24	3.0k
Hai‐Ru Chang United States	13	2.1k 0.6×	1.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	331 0.9×	584 1.8×	15	3.0k
Chang-Hoi Ho South Korea	30	3.6k 1.0×	3.4k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	163 0.5×	221 0.7×	98	4.2k
Wonsun Park Germany	39	3.5k 0.9×	3.5k 1.3×	2.6k 1.3×	237 0.7×	438 1.4×	126	4.9k
Stanley B. Goldenberg United States	11	2.2k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	141 0.4×	309 1.0×	16	2.7k
Chris Landsea United States	11	2.6k 0.7×	2.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	445 1.2×	643 2.0×	16	3.6k
M. Mohapatra India	26	2.6k 0.7×	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	213 0.6×	194 0.6×	154	3.2k

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Chen, Jan‐Huey, Timothy Marchok, Morris A. Bender, et al.. (2025). Closing the Gap—Hurricane Prediction Advances in the U.S. FV3-Based Models. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 106(7). E1211–E1220. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Kun, Lucas Harris, Morris A. Bender, et al.. (2023). Regulating Fine‐Scale Resolved Convection in High‐Resolution Models for Better Hurricane Track Prediction. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(13). 9 indexed citations

Knutson, Thomas R., J. Sirutis, Morris A. Bender, Robert E. Tuleya, & Benjamin A. Schenkel. (2022). Dynamical downscaling projections of late twenty-first-century U.S. landfalling hurricane activity. Climatic Change. 171(3-4). 28 indexed citations

Gao, Kun, Lucas Harris, Linjiong Zhou, Morris A. Bender, & Matthew Morin. (2021). On the Sensitivity of Hurricane Intensity and Structure to Horizontal Tracer Advection Schemes in FV3. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 78(9). 3007–3021. 12 indexed citations

Chen, Jan‐Huey, Shian‐Jiann Lin, Linjiong Zhou, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of Tropical Cyclone Forecasts in the Next Generation Global Prediction System. Monthly Weather Review. 147(9). 3409–3428. 27 indexed citations

Lin, Shian‐Jiann, et al.. (2017). Performance of the FV3-powered Next Generation Global Prediction System for Harvey and Irma, and a vision for a "beyond weather timescale" prediction system for long-range hurricane track and intensity predictions. AGUFM. 2017. 1 indexed citations

Bender, Morris A., Timothy Marchok, Charles R. Sampson, John A. Knaff, & Matthew Morin. (2017). Impact of Storm Size on Prediction of Storm Track and Intensity Using the 2016 Operational GFDL Hurricane Model. Weather and Forecasting. 32(4). 1491–1508. 31 indexed citations

Tuleya, Robert E., Morris A. Bender, Thomas R. Knutson, et al.. (2016). Impact of Upper-Tropospheric Temperature Anomalies and Vertical Wind Shear on Tropical Cyclone Evolution Using an Idealized Version of the Operational GFDL Hurricane Model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 73(10). 3803–3820. 30 indexed citations

Zhang, Banglin, Richard S. Lindzen, Vijay Tallapragada, et al.. (2016). Increasing vertical resolution in US models to improve track forecasts of Hurricane Joaquin with HWRF as an example. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(42). 11765–11769. 14 indexed citations

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Knutson, Thomas R., J. Sirutis, Ming Zhao, et al.. (2015). Global Projections of Intense Tropical Cyclone Activity for the Late Twenty-First Century from Dynamical Downscaling of CMIP5/RCP4.5 Scenarios. Journal of Climate. 28(18). 7203–7224. 382 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Chun‐Chieh, Morris A. Bender, & Yoshio Kurihara. (2000). Typhoon Forecast with the GFDL Hurricane Model. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 78(6). 777–788. 9 indexed citations

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Bender, Morris A.. (2000). Comparison of the performance of the GFDL hurricane model, using the AVN, UKMET and NOGAPS analysis. 1 indexed citations

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Kurihara, Yoshio, Christopher Kerr, & Morris A. Bender. (1989). An Improved Numerical Scheme to Treat the Open Lateral Boundary of a Regional Model. Monthly Weather Review. 117(12). 2714–2722. 9 indexed citations

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Bender, Morris A., Robert E. Tuleya, & Yoshio Kurihara. (1987). A Numerical Study of the Effect of Island Terrain on Tropical Cyclones. Monthly Weather Review. 115(1). 130–155. 109 indexed citations

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Bender, Morris A. & Yoshio Kurihara. (1986). A Numerical Study of the Effect of the Mountainous Terrain of Japan on Tropical Cyclones. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 64A(0). 651–663. 2 indexed citations

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Tuleya, Robert E., Morris A. Bender, & Yoshio Kurihara. (1984). A Simulation Study of the Landfall of Tropical Cyclones. Monthly Weather Review. 112(1). 124–136. 70 indexed citations

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Bender, Morris A. & Yoshio Kurihara. (1983). The Energy Budgets for the Eye and Eye Wall of a Numerically Simulated Tropical Cyclone. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 61(2). 239–243. 1 indexed citations

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Kurihara, Yoshio & Morris A. Bender. (1982). Structure and Aanalysis of the Eye of a Numerically Simulated Tropical Cyclone. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 60(1). 381–395. 28 indexed citations

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Heck, W., H. A. Panofsky, & Morris A. Bender. (1977). The effect of clear-air turbulence on a model of the general circulation of the atmosphere. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 3 indexed citations

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Bender, Morris A., et al.. (1976). Temperature Gradients and Clear-Air Turbulence Probabilities. Journal of applied meteorology. 15(11). 1193–1199. 2 indexed citations

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