Thomas M. Rickenbach

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas M. Rickenbach is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas M. Rickenbach has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Atmospheric Science, 25 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Thomas M. Rickenbach's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (24 papers), Climate variability and models (22 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (14 papers). Thomas M. Rickenbach is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (24 papers), Climate variability and models (22 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (14 papers). Thomas M. Rickenbach collaborates with scholars based in United States and Brazil. Thomas M. Rickenbach's co-authors include Steven A. Rutledge, Richard H. Johnson, Paul E. Ciesielski, Wayne H. Schubert, Earle Williams, Rosana Nieto Ferreira, N. Rennó, S. A. Rutledge, Erik N. Rasmussen and Spiros G. Geotis and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas M. Rickenbach

32 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Trimodal Characteristics of Tropical Convection

1999 680 citations Richard H. Johnson, Thomas M. Rickenbach et al. Journal of Climate profile →

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Cheng‐Zhi Zou United States

Chiara Cagnazzo Italy

Stuart Webster United Kingdom

Gui‐Ying Yang United Kingdom

Mao‐Sung Yao United States

James S. Boyle United States

Melissa Free United States

Arindam Chakraborty India

Jeffrey B. Halverson United States

V. Ya. Galin Russia

Cheng‐Zhi Zou United States

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Ferreira, Rosana Nieto & Thomas M. Rickenbach. (2021). Mechanisms for Springtime Onset of Isolated Precipitation across the Southeastern United States. Atmosphere. 12(2). 213–213. 3 indexed citations

Ferreira, Rosana Nieto & Thomas M. Rickenbach. (2020). Effects of the North Atlantic Subtropical High on summertime precipitation organization in the southeast United States. International Journal of Climatology. 40(14). 5987–6001. 12 indexed citations

Ferreira, Rosana Nieto, et al.. (2018). Climate change effects on summertime precipitation organization in the Southeast United States. Atmospheric Research. 214. 348–363. 19 indexed citations

Montz, Burrell E., et al.. (2018). Weather on the Go: An Assessment of Smartphone Mobile Weather Application Use among College Students. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 99(11). 2245–2257. 20 indexed citations

Ferreira, Rosana Nieto, et al.. (2017). Influence of the North Atlantic Subtropical High on wet and dry sea-breeze events in North Carolina, United States. Investigaciones Geográficas. 9–9. 6 indexed citations

Johnson, Richard H., Paul E. Ciesielski, & Thomas M. Rickenbach. (2016). A Further Look at Q1 and Q2 from TOGA COARE. 56. 1.1–1.12. 22 indexed citations

Ferreira, Rosana Nieto, et al.. (2013). A Climatology of the Structure, Evolution, and Propagation of Midlatitude Cyclones in the Southeast United States. Journal of Climate. 26(21). 8406–8421. 19 indexed citations

Rickenbach, Thomas M., et al.. (2011). The role of cold fronts in the onset of the monsoon season in the South Atlantic convergence zone. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 137(657). 908–922. 29 indexed citations

Prat, O. P., Brian R. Nelson, & Thomas M. Rickenbach. (2010). A Multi-Sensor Approach to Access Precipitation Patterns and Hydro-Climatic Extremes in the Southeastern United States. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Rickenbach, Thomas M., et al.. (2010). Regionality of monsoon onset in South America: a three‐stage conceptual model. International Journal of Climatology. 31(9). 1309–1321. 26 indexed citations

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Ferreira, Rosana Nieto, et al.. (2009). Radar Observations of Convective System Variability in Relationship to African Easterly Waves during the 2006 AMMA Special Observing Period. Monthly Weather Review. 137(12). 4136–4150. 8 indexed citations

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Haertel, Patrick, et al.. (2008). Vertical-Mode Decompositions of 2-Day Waves and the Madden–Julian Oscillation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 65(3). 813–833. 84 indexed citations

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Starr, David Oc., et al.. (2006). Cirrus Anvil Dissipation Simulated by a Mesoscale Model with Bulk Microphysics. AGUFM. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Ferreira, Rosana Nieto, Thomas M. Rickenbach, Dirceu Luís Herdies, & Leila M. V. Carvalho. (2003). Variability of South American Convective Cloud Systems and Tropospheric Circulation during January–March 1998 and 1999. Monthly Weather Review. 131(5). 961–973. 54 indexed citations

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Rickenbach, Thomas M., Rosana Nieto Ferreira, Jeffrey B. Halverson, Dirceu Luís Herdies, & Maria A. F. Silva Dias. (2002). Modulation of convection in the southwestern Amazon basin by extratropical stationary fronts. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107(D20). 95 indexed citations

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Halverson, Jeffrey B., Thomas M. Rickenbach, Biswadev Roy, Harold F. Pierce, & Earle Williams. (2002). Environmental Characteristics of Convective Systems during TRMM-LBA. Monthly Weather Review. 130(6). 1493–1509. 65 indexed citations

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Rickenbach, Thomas M.. (2000). Convective systems in contrasting regimes during TRMM-LBA in Rondonia, Brazil. 2 indexed citations

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Rickenbach, Thomas M.. (1999). Relationship between mesoscale properties of convection and large-scale regimes during TRMM-LBA in Rondonia, Brazil. 1 indexed citations

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Rickenbach, Thomas M.. (1999). Cloud-Top Evolution of Tropical Oceanic Squall Lines from Radar Reflectivity and Infrared Satellite Data. Monthly Weather Review. 127(12). 2951–2976. 34 indexed citations

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Halverson, Jeffrey B., Brad S. Ferrier, Thomas M. Rickenbach, Joanne Simpson, & Wei‐Kuo Tao. (1999). An Ensemble of Convective Systems on 11 February 1993 during TOGA COARE:Morphology, Rainfall Characteristics, and Anvil Cloud Interactions. Monthly Weather Review. 127(6). 1208–1228. 19 indexed citations

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