Publications

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Molinari, J., J. Zhang, R. Rogers, and D. Vollaro 2019:REPEATED EYEWALL REPLACEMENT CYCLES IN HURRICANE FRANCES (2004). Monthly Weather Review, 147, 2009-2022.doc

Molinari, J., M. Rosenmayer, D. Vollaro, and S. Ditchek 2019: Turbulence Variations in the Upper Troposphere in Tropical Cyclones from NOAA G-IV Flight-Level Vertical Acceleration Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 58, 569-583.doc

Romps, D.M., A. Charn, R. Holzwith, W. Lawrence, J. Molinari, and D. Vollaro 2018: CAPE times P explains lightning over land but not the land-ocean contrast. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 12623-12630.doc

Molinari, J., and D. Vollaro 2018: Development of a One-Month-Long, Westward-Propagating Subtropical Low in Boreal Summer. Monthly Weather Review, 146, 231-242.doc

Molinari, J., and D. Vollaro 2017: Monsoon Gyres of the Northwest Pacific: Influences of ENSO, the MJO, and the PacificJapan Pattern. Journal of Climate, 30, 1765-1777.doc

Ditchek, S., J. Molinari, and D. Vollaro 2017: Tropical Cyclone Outflow-Layer Structure and Balanced Response to Eddy Forcings. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 74, 133-149.doc

Romps, D.M., J.T. Seeley, D. Vollaro, and J. Molinari, 2014: Projected increase in lightning strikes in the United States due to global warming. Science, 346, 851-854.doc

Molinari, J., and D. Vollaro, 2014:Symmetric instability in the outflow layer of a major hurricane. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 71, 3739-3746.doc

Molinari, J., P. Duran, and D. Vollaro, 2014: Low Richardson number in the tropical cyclone outflow layer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 71, 3164-3179.doc

Crandall, B., J. Molinari, and D. Vollaro, 2013: Forecasting Challenges Associated with Tropical Cyclones Within Subtropical Gyres. Weather and Forecasting, accepted.doc

Molinari, J., J. Frank, and D. Vollaro, 2013: Convective bursts, downdraft cooling, and boundary layer recovery in a sheared tropical storm. Monthly Weather Review, 141,1048-1060.pdf

Molinari, J.,and D. Vollaro, 2013: What percentage of western north Pacific tropical cyclones form within the monsoon trough? Monthly Weather Review, 141, 499-505.pdf

Molinari, J., D.M. Romps, D. Vollaro, and L. Nguyen, 2012: CAPE in tropical cyclones. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 69, 2452-2463.pdf

Molinari, J., and D. Vollaro, 2012: A subtropical cyclonic gyre associated with interactions of the MJO and the midlatitude jet. Monthly Weather Review, 140, 343-357.pdf

Molinari, J., and D. Vollaro, 2010: Rapid intensification of a sheared tropical storm. Monthly Weather Review, 138, 3869-3885.pdf

Molinari, J., and D. Vollaro, 2010: Distribution of helicity, CAPE, and shear in tropical cyclones. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 67, 274-284.pdf

Molinari, J.,and D. Vollaro, 2008: Extreme helicity and intense convective towers in Hurricane Bonnie. Monthly Weather Review, 136, 4355-4372.pdf

Molinari, J., K. Lombardo, and D. Vollaro, 2007: Tropical cyclogenesis within an equatorial Rossby wave packet. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64, 1301-1317.pdf

Molinari, J., P. Dodge, D. Vollaro, K.L. Corbosiero, and F. Marks, Jr., 2006: Mesoscale aspects of the downshear reformation of a tropical cyclone. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 63, 341-354.pdf

Molinari, J., D. Vollaro, and K.L. Corbosiero, 2004: Tropical cyclone formation in a sheared environment: A case study. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 61, 2493-2509.pdf

Molinari, J., and D. Vollaro, 2000: Planetary and synoptic scale influences on eastern Pacific tropical cyclogenesis. Monthly Weather Review, 128, 3296-3307. pdf

Molinari, J., D. Vollaro, S. Skubis, and M. Dickinson, 2000: Origins and mechanisms of eastern Pacific tropical cyclogenesis: A case study. Monthly Weather Review, 128, 125-139. pdf

Molinari, J., S. Skubis, D. Vollaro, F. Alsheimer, and H. Willoughby, 1998: Potential vorticity analysis of hurricane intensification. J.Atmos. Sci., 55, 2632-2644.pdf

Molinari, J., D. Knight, M. Dickinson, D. Vollaro, and S. Skubis, 1997: Potential vorticity, easterly waves, and tropical cyclogenesis. Monthly Weather Review, 125, 2699-2708. pdf

Molinari, J., S. Skubis, and D. Vollaro, 1995: External influences on hurricane intensity: Part III. Potential vorticity structure. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 3593-3606. pdf

Molinari, J., D. Vollaro, and S. Skubis, 1993: ,Application of the Eliassen balanced model to real-data tropical cyclones. Monthly Weather Review, 121, 2409-2419. pdf

Molinari, J., D. Vollaro, and F. Robasky, 1992: Use of ECMWF operational analyses for studies of the tropical cyclone environment. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 47, 127-144.

Molinari, J., and D. Vollaro, 1990: External influences on hurricane intensity: Part II. Vertical structure and response of the hurricane vortex.Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 47, 1902-1918. pdf

Molinari, J., and D. Vollaro, 1989: External influences on hurricane intensity: Part I. Outflow layer eddy angular momentum fluxes.Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 46, 1093-1105. pdf





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