Ryan D. Torn

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Ryan D. Torn is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan D. Torn has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Atmospheric Science, 64 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 10 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Ryan D. Torn's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (57 papers), Climate variability and models (57 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (49 papers). Ryan D. Torn is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (57 papers), Climate variability and models (57 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (49 papers). Ryan D. Torn collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Ryan D. Torn's co-authors include Gregory J. Hakim, Chris Snyder, Christopher A. Davis, Rosimar Rios‐Berrios, Martha C. Anderson, John M. Norman, William P. Kustas, T. J. Hoar, Nancy Collins and Hui Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Ryan D. Torn

71 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ryan D. Torn	2.9k	2.8k	691	506	165	74	3.5k
Jonathon S. Wright	2.2k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	410 0.6×	199 0.4×	188 1.1×	86	3.0k
Abdel Hannachi	2.4k 0.8×	2.8k 1.0×	907 1.3×	164 0.3×	156 0.9×	93	3.4k
Mitchell D. Goldberg	2.4k 0.9×	2.3k 0.8×	369 0.5×	643 1.3×	145 0.9×	128	3.3k
João Teixeira	1.8k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	241 0.3×	418 0.8×	180 1.1×	67	2.6k
Mario Marcello Miglietta	2.8k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	663 1.0×	328 0.6×	137 0.8×	144	3.4k
Huug M. van den Dool	2.9k 1.0×	3.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.5×	417 0.8×	310 1.9×	68	3.7k
Chiaki Kobayashi	4.5k 1.6×	4.8k 1.7×	1.6k 2.3×	209 0.4×	292 1.8×	47	5.4k
Melville E. Nicholls	3.3k 1.1×	2.7k 1.0×	626 0.9×	596 1.2×	85 0.5×	34	3.8k
Shrinivas Moorthi	4.5k 1.6×	4.5k 1.6×	1.7k 2.5×	353 0.7×	305 1.8×	38	5.5k
John S. Woollen	3.3k 1.2×	3.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	199 0.4×	157 1.0×	14	4.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Torn, Ryan D., Michael J. Brennan, & Jason Dunion. (2025). Application of Ensemble Sensitivity for Hurricane Track Forecast Sensitivity and Flight Planning. Weather and Forecasting. 40(3). 411–424. 1 indexed citations

Torn, Ryan D., et al.. (2025). A Comparison of Arctic and Atlantic Basin Cyclone Track and Intensity Forecast Uncertainty. Monthly Weather Review. 153(4). 673–690.

Zheng, Minghua, Luca Delle Monache, Xingren Wu, et al.. (2024). Impact of Atmospheric River Reconnaissance Dropsonde Data on the Assimilation of Satellite Radiance Data in GFS. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 41(9). 819–832. 1 indexed citations

Li, Ying, et al.. (2023). Unusual tracks: Statistical, controlling factors and model prediction. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12(4). 309–322.

Lavers, David A., Ryan D. Torn, Chris Davis, et al.. (2023). Forecast evaluation of the North Pacific jet stream using AR Recon dropwindsondes. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 149(756). 3044–3063. 5 indexed citations

Lavers, David A., Anna M. Wilson, F. Martin Ralph, et al.. (2023). Advancing Atmospheric River Science and Inspiring Future Development of the Atmospheric River Reconnaissance Program. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 105(1). E75–E83. 7 indexed citations

Fischer, Michael S., Paul D. Reasor, Brian H. Tang, et al.. (2022). A Tale of Two Vortex Evolutions: Using a High-Resolution Ensemble to Assess the Impacts of Ventilation on a Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification Event. Monthly Weather Review. 151(1). 297–320. 18 indexed citations

Torn, Ryan D., et al.. (2021). Validation of HWRF-based Probabilistic TC Wind and Precipitation forecasts. Weather and Forecasting. 7 indexed citations

Torn, Ryan D., et al.. (2021). Process-Based Evaluation of Stochastic Perturbed Microphysics Parameterization Tendencies on Ensemble Forecasts of Heavy Rainfall Events. Monthly Weather Review. 150(1). 175–191. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Chin-Hung, et al.. (2021). Sensitivity of Forecast Uncertainty to Different Microphysics Schemes within a Convection-Allowing Ensemble during SoWMEX-IOP8. Monthly Weather Review. 149(12). 4145–4166. 5 indexed citations

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Bosart, Lance F., et al.. (2020). A Feature-Based Approach to Classifying Summertime Potential Vorticity Streamers Linked to Rossby Wave Breaking in the North Atlantic Basin. Journal of Climate. 33(14). 5953–5969. 25 indexed citations

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Torn, Ryan D., et al.. (2020). Ensemble Variability in Rainfall Forecasts of Hurricane Irene (2011). Weather and Forecasting. 35(5). 1761–1781. 5 indexed citations

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Coniglio, Michael C., Glen S. Romine, David D. Turner, & Ryan D. Torn. (2019). Impacts of Targeted AERI and Doppler Lidar Wind Retrievals on Short-Term Forecasts of the Initiation and Early Evolution of Thunderstorms. Monthly Weather Review. 147(4). 1149–1170. 37 indexed citations

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Keller, Julia, Christian M. Grams, Michael Riemer, et al.. (2018). The Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones. Part II: Interaction with the Midlatitude Flow, Downstream Impacts, and Implications for Predictability. Monthly Weather Review. 147(4). 1077–1106. 70 indexed citations

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Bosart, Lance F., et al.. (2017). A Climatology of Central American Gyres. Monthly Weather Review. 145(5). 1983–2000. 14 indexed citations

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Torn, Ryan D., et al.. (2016). Diagnosis of the Source and Evolution of Medium-Range Forecast Errors for Extratropical Cyclone Joachim. Weather and Forecasting. 31(4). 1197–1214. 22 indexed citations

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Majumdar, Sharanya J. & Ryan D. Torn. (2014). Probabilistic Verification of Global and Mesoscale Ensemble Forecasts of Tropical Cyclogenesis. Weather and Forecasting. 29(5). 1181–1198. 21 indexed citations

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Torn, Ryan D.. (2014). The Impact of Targeted Dropwindsonde Observations on Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasts of Four Weak Systems during PREDICT. Monthly Weather Review. 142(8). 2860–2878. 25 indexed citations

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Torn, Ryan D.. (2010). Performance of a Mesoscale Ensemble Kalman Filter (EnKF) during the NOAA High-Resolution Hurricane Test. Monthly Weather Review. 138(12). 4375–4392. 84 indexed citations

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Torn, Ryan D. & Gilbert M. Nathanson. (2002). Surface Tensions and Surface Segregation of n-Butanol in Sulfuric Acid. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 106(33). 8064–8069. 26 indexed citations

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