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Richard Rotunno
Researcher at National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publications - 182
Citations - 13820
Richard Rotunno is an academic researcher from National Center for Atmospheric Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vortex & Mesoscale meteorology. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 177 publications receiving 12680 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard Rotunno include University Corporation for Atmospheric Research & Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.
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A Theory for Strong, Long-Lived Squall Lines
TL;DR: In this article, the mechanics of long-lived, line-oriented, precipitating cumulus convection (squall lines) using two-and three-dimensional numerical models of moist convection are studied.
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An Air–Sea Interaction Theory for Tropical Cyclones. Part II: Evolutionary Study Using a Nonhydrostatic Axisymmetric Numerical Model
Richard Rotunno,Kerry Emanuel +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, an analytical model for a steady-state tropical cyclone is constructed on the assumption that boundary-layer air parcels are conditionally neutral to displacements along the angular momentum surfaces of the hurricane vortex.
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Prediction of Landfalling Hurricanes with the Advanced Hurricane WRF Model
Christopher A. Davis,Wei Wang,Shuyi S. Chen,Yongsheng Chen,Kristen L. Corbosiero,Mark DeMaria,Jimy Dudhia,Greg J. Holland,Joseph B. Klemp,John Michalakes,Heather Dawn Reeves,Richard Rotunno,Chris Snyder,Qingnong Xiao +13 more
TL;DR: This paper used the Advanced Hurricane WRF (AHW) model to forecast five landfalling Atlantic hurricanes during 2005 using the Advanced Research Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model at grid spacings of 12 and 4 km revealed performance generally competitive with, and occasionally superior to, other operational forecasts for storm position and intensity.
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On the Rotation and Propagation of Simulated Supercell Thunderstorms
Richard Rotunno,Joseph B. Klemp +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the rotation and propagation of the supercell-like convection produced by a three-dimensional cloud model were examined in terms of the conservation of equivalent potential vorticity and V. Bjerknes' first circulation theorem.
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The Influence of the Shear-Induced Pressure Gradient on Thunderstorm Motion
Richard Rotunno,Joseph B. Klemp +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a simple theory to explain how a veering environmental wind shear vector can cause an initially symmetric updraft to grow preferentially to the right of the wind vector and acquire cyclonic rotation.