Timothy J. Dunkerton

15.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
132 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

About

Timothy J. Dunkerton is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy J. Dunkerton has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Atmospheric Science, 76 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 66 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Timothy J. Dunkerton's work include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (75 papers), Climate variability and models (68 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (50 papers). Timothy J. Dunkerton is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (75 papers), Climate variability and models (68 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (50 papers). Timothy J. Dunkerton collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Timothy J. Dunkerton's co-authors include Mark Baldwin, Donald P. Delisi, Michael T. Montgomery, K. Sato, M. Joan Alexander, Lesley J. Gray, Philip W. Mote, Daniel W. O’Sullivan, Masaaki Takahashi and Qiang Fu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Timothy J. Dunkerton

129 papers receiving 10.6k citations

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What are hit papers?

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.

The quasi‐biennial oscillation

2001 1.6k citations Mark Baldwin, Timothy J. Dunkerton et al. profile →
Stratospheric Harbingers of Anomalous Weather Regimes

2001 1.5k citations Mark Baldwin, Timothy J. Dunkerton profile →
Tropical tropopause layer

2009 748 citations Timothy J. Dunkerton et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Timothy J. Dunkerton United States	51	10.4k	8.0k	4.0k	2.0k	192	132	11.4k
R. Alan Plumb United States	46	6.7k 0.6×	5.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	135 0.7×	112	7.6k
Peter Haynes United Kingdom	42	7.9k 0.8×	6.8k 0.9×	1.8k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	122 0.6×	129	9.1k
Lesley J. Gray United Kingdom	52	9.2k 0.9×	8.2k 1.0×	2.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	200 1.0×	166	10.4k
Byron A. Boville United States	37	6.2k 0.6×	5.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.3×	1.1k 0.5×	54 0.3×	70	7.0k
Mark Baldwin United States	43	8.4k 0.8×	7.8k 1.0×	1.6k 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	94 0.5×	72	9.1k
Marvin A. Geller United States	35	3.7k 0.4×	2.5k 0.3×	2.2k 0.6×	698 0.3×	182 0.9×	116	4.6k
Murry L. Salby United States	36	4.4k 0.4×	3.6k 0.4×	2.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	217 1.1×	95	5.2k
M. Joan Alexander United States	53	8.9k 0.9×	4.1k 0.5×	8.4k 2.1×	2.5k 1.3×	398 2.1×	164	11.4k
Dong L. Wu United States	49	6.4k 0.6×	4.1k 0.5×	3.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	327 1.7×	252	8.1k
Fabrizio Sassi United States	36	4.8k 0.5×	3.4k 0.4×	2.6k 0.7×	626 0.3×	229 1.2×	83	5.7k

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Scott, R. K. & Timothy J. Dunkerton. (2017). Vertical structure of tropospheric winds on gas giants. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(7). 3073–3081. 3 indexed citations

Dunkerton, Timothy J., et al.. (2017). The genesis of Hurricane Nate and its interaction with a nearby environment of very dry air. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 17(17). 10349–10366. 4 indexed citations

Wu, Longtao, Hui Su, Robert G. Fovell, et al.. (2015). Impact of environmental moisture on tropical cyclone intensification. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(24). 14041–14053. 42 indexed citations

Wang, Zhuo, Michael T. Montgomery, & Timothy J. Dunkerton. (2010). Genesis of Pre-Hurricane Felix (2007). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 67(6). 4 indexed citations

Dunkerton, Timothy J.. (2010). Microwave imagery and in situ validation of eye mesovortex structure in Hurricane Katrina (2005) at peak intensity. 1 indexed citations

Montgomery, Michael T., et al.. (2010). Coarse, intermediate and high resolution numerical simulations of the transition of a tropical wave critical layer to a tropical storm. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(22). 10803–10827. 51 indexed citations

Dunkerton, Timothy J., et al.. (2009). Tropical cyclogenesis in a tropical wave critical layer: easterly waves. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 9(15). 5587–5646. 327 indexed citations

Dunkerton, Timothy J., et al.. (2008). Tropical cyclogenesis in a tropical wave critical layer: easterly waves. 27 indexed citations

Dunkerton, Timothy J., D. A. Ortland, & Mark Baldwin. (2001). Stratospheric Vacillation and the Dynamics of Annular Mode Variability. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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Dunkerton, Timothy J.. (1995). Horizontal Buoyancy Flux of Internal Gravity Waves in Vertical Shear. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 73(3). 747–755. 12 indexed citations

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Dunkerton, Timothy J. & Mark Baldwin. (1995). Observation of 3–6-Day Meridional Wind Oscillations over the Tropical Pacific, 1973–1992: Horizontal Structure and Propagation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 52(10). 1585–1601. 84 indexed citations

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Dunkerton, Timothy J.. (1995). Evidence of meridional motion in the summer lower stratosphere adjacent to monsoon regions. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 100(D8). 16675–16688. 113 indexed citations

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Dunkerton, Timothy J., et al.. (1994). CISK and Evaporation-Wind Feedback with Conditional Heating on an Equatorial Beta-Plane. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 72(1). 11–18. 10 indexed citations

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Dunkerton, Timothy J.. (1993). Inertial Instability of Nonparallel Flow on an Equatorial β Plane. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 50(16). 2744–2758. 21 indexed citations

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Dunkerton, Timothy J. & Robert E. Robins. (1992). Evidence of Saturation in a Gravity-Wave Critical Layer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 49(24). 2560–2563.

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Dunkerton, Timothy J., et al.. (1991). Scale Selection and Propagation of Wave-CISK with Conditional Heating. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 69(4). 449–458. 8 indexed citations

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Dunkerton, Timothy J.. (1990). Annual Variation of Deseasonalized Mean Flow Acceleration in the Equatorial Lower Stratosphere. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 68(4). 499–508. 68 indexed citations

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Delisi, Donald P. & Timothy J. Dunkerton. (1988). Equatorial semiannual oscillation in zonally averaged temperature observed by the Nimbus 7 SAMS and LIMS. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 93(D4). 3899–3904. 23 indexed citations

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Dunkerton, Timothy J., et al.. (1981). Some Eulerian and Lagrangian Diagnostics for a Model Stratospheric Warming. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 38(4). 819–844. 183 indexed citations

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Holton, James R. & Timothy J. Dunkerton. (1978). On the Role of Wave Transience and Dissipation in Stratospheric Mean Flow Vacillations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 35(4). 740–744. 25 indexed citations

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