Recent Publications 



  • Thorncroft, C.D., Hoskins, B.J., and McIntyre,
M.E., (1993). Two paradigms of baroclinic
wave life-cycle behaviour. Q.J.Roy.Meteorol.Soc., 119, 17-55
    

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  • Thorncroft, C.D., and Hoskins, B.J., (1994).
An idealized study of African Easterly Waves.
I: A linear view. Q.J.Roy.Meteorol.Soc., 120, 953-982
    

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  • Thorncroft, C.D., and Hoskins, B.J., (1994).
An idealized study of African Easterly Waves.
II: A nonlinear view. Q.J.Roy.Meteorol.Soc., 120, 983-1015
    

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  • Thorncroft, C.D., (1995). An idealized study
of African Easterly Waves. III: More realistic basic states. Q.J.Roy.Meteorol.Soc., 121, 1589-1614
    

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  • Thorncroft, C.D., and Haile, M., (1995). The
mean dynamic and thermodynamic fields for July
1989 over tropical North Africa and their relationship to convective storm
activity. Mon.Wea.Rev., 123, 3016-3031
    

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  • Thorncroft, C.D., and Flocas, H.A., (1997). A
case study of Saharan cyclogenesis. Mon.Wea.Rev.,
125, 1147-1165.
    

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  • Hodges, K.I., and Thorncroft, C.D., (1997).
Distribution and statistics of African mesoscale
weather systems based on the ISCCP Meteosat imagery. Mon.Wea.Rev.,
125, 2821-2837.
    

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  • Pytharoulis, I., and Thorncroft, C.D., (1997).
The transformation of the African Easterly
Waves into Tropical Cyclones in North Atlantic in 1995. Proceedings
of 22nd conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. Ft.Collins,
Colorado. 585-586.
    

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  • Thorncroft, C.D., and Rowell, D.P., (1998).
Interannual variability of African Wave activity
in a GCM. Int.Journ.Clim., 18, 1305-1323.
    

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  • Jones, C.G., and Thorncroft, C.D., (1998).
The role of El Nino in Atlantic Tropical Cyclone
Activity. Weather, 53, 324-336.
    

    



  • Thorncroft, C.D., and Blackburn, M., (1999).
Maintenance of the African Easterly Jet.
Q.J.Roy.Meteorol.Soc., 125, 763-786.
    

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  • Pytharoulis, I., and Thorncroft, C.D., (1999).
The low-level structure of African Easterly
Waves in 1995. Mon.Wea.Rev., 127, 2266-2280.
    

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  • Thorncroft, C.D., and Jones, S.C., (1999).
On the extratropical transition of hurricane Felix
and Iris in 1995. Mon.Wea.Rev., in press.
    

    


  • Thorncroft, C.D., and Hodges, K., (1999).
Interannual variability of African easterly wave
activity and its relationship to tropical cyclone activity
 J. Clim., to be submitted