Christopher D. Thorncroft - Publications

Affiliations: 
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences-Athmospheric Science State University of New York, Albany, Albany, NY, United States 
Area:
Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology

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2019 Dunion JP, Thorncroft CD, Nolan DS. Tropical Cyclone Diurnal Cycle Signals in a Hurricane Nature Run Monthly Weather Review. 147: 363-388. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr-D-18-0130.1  0.402
2019 Cheng Y, Thorncroft CD, Kiladis GN. Two Contrasting African Easterly Wave Behaviors Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 76: 1753-1768. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-18-0300.1  0.38
2019 Cornforth R, Parker DJ, Diop-Kane M, Fink AH, Lafore J, Laing A, Afiesimama E, Caughey J, Diongue-Niang A, Kassimou A, Lamb P, Lamptey B, Mumba Z, Nnodu I, Omotosho J, ... ... Thorncroft C, et al. The first Forecasters Handbook for West Africa Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 100: 2343-2351. DOI: 10.1175/Bams-D-16-0273.1  0.364
2019 Grogan DFP, Thorncroft CD. The characteristics of African easterly waves coupled to Saharan mineral dust aerosols Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 145: 1130-1146. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.3483  0.373
2018 Brammer A, Thorncroft CD, Dunion JP. Observations and Predictability of a Nondeveloping Tropical Disturbance over the Eastern Atlantic Monthly Weather Review. 146: 3079-3096. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr-D-18-0065.1  0.479
2017 Brammer A, Thorncroft CD. Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Three-Dimensional Flow around African Easterly Waves Monthly Weather Review. 145: 2879-2895. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr-D-16-0454.1  0.429
2017 Parsons DB, Beland M, Burridge D, Bougeault P, Brunet G, Caughey J, Cavallo SM, Charron M, Davies HC, Niang AD, Ducrocq V, Gauthier P, Hamill TM, Harr PA, Jones SC, ... ... Thorncroft C, et al. THORPEX Research and the Science of Prediction Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 98: 807-830. DOI: 10.1175/Bams-D-14-00025.1  0.33
2016 Janiga MA, Thorncroft CD. The influence of African easterly waves on convection over tropical Africa and the east Atlantic Monthly Weather Review. 144: 171-192. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr-D-14-00419.1  0.514
2016 Mekonnen A, Thorncroft CD. On mechanisms that determine synoptic time scale convection over East Africa International Journal of Climatology. DOI: 10.1002/Joc.4614  0.533
2015 Brammer A, Thorncroft CD. Variability and evolution of African easterly wave structures and their relationship with tropical cyclogenesis over the eastern Atlantic Monthly Weather Review. 143: 4975-4995. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr-D-15-0106.1  0.472
2015 Martin ER, Thorncroft C. Representation of African easterly waves in CMIP5 models Journal of Climate. 28: 7702-7715. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-15-0145.1  0.421
2014 Dunion JP, Thorncroft CD, Velden CS. The tropical cyclone diurnal cycle of mature hurricanes Monthly Weather Review. 142: 3900-3919. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr-D-13-00191.1  0.438
2014 Janiga MA, Thorncroft CD. Convection over tropical Africa and the East Atlantic during the West African monsoon: Regional and diurnal variability Journal of Climate. 27: 4189-4208. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-13-00449.1  0.482
2014 Martin ER, Thorncroft C, Booth BBB. The multidecadal atlantic SST-sahel rainfall teleconnection in CMIP5 simulations Journal of Climate. 27: 784-806. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-13-00242.1  0.446
2014 Karam DB, Williams E, Janiga M, Flamant C, McGraw‐Herdeg M, Cuesta J, Auby A, Thorncroft C. Synoptic-scale dust emissions over the Sahara Desert initiated by a moist convective cold pool in early August 2006 Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 140: 2591-2607. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.2326  0.465
2014 Martin ER, Thorncroft CD. The impact of the AMO on the West African monsoon annual cycle Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 140: 31-46. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.2107  0.477
2014 Martin ER, Thorncroft C. Sahel rainfall in multimodel CMIP5 decadal hindcasts Geophysical Research Letters. 41: 2169-2175. DOI: 10.1002/2014Gl059338  0.402
2013 Ventrice MJ, Wheeler MC, Hendon HH, Schreck CJ, Thorncroft CD, Kiladis GN. A modified multivariate Madden-Julian oscillation index using velocity potential Monthly Weather Review. 141: 4197-4210. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr-D-13-00022.1  0.44
2013 Ventrice MJ, Thorncroft CD. The role of convectively coupled atmospheric Kelvin waves on African easterly wave activity Monthly Weather Review. 141: 1910-1924. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr-D-12-00147.1  0.503
2013 Janiga MA, Thorncroft CD. Regional differences in the kinematic and thermodynamic structure of African easterly waves Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 139: 1598-1614. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.2047  0.478
2012 Ventrice MJ, Thorncroft CD, Schreck CJ. Impacts of convectively coupled kelvinwaves on environmental conditions for Atlantic tropical cyclogenesis Monthly Weather Review. 140: 2198-2214. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr-D-11-00305.1  0.497
2012 Ventrice MJ, Thorncroft CD, Janiga MA. Atlantic tropical cyclogenesis: A three-way interaction between an African easterly wave, diurnally varying convection, and a convectively coupled atmospheric Kelvin wave Monthly Weather Review. 140: 1108-1124. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr-D-11-00122.1  0.526
2012 Berry GJ, Thorncroft CD. African easterly wave dynamics in a mesoscale numerical model: The upscale role of convection Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 69: 1267-1283. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-11-099.1  0.643
2012 Wu MLC, Reale O, Schubert SD, Suarez MJ, Thorncroft CD. African easterly jet: Barotropic instability, waves, and cyclogenesis Journal of Climate. 25: 1489-1510. DOI: 10.1175/2011Jcli4241.1  0.54
2012 Waliser DE, Moncrieff MW, Burridge D, Fink AH, Gochis D, Goswami BN, Guan B, Harr P, Heming J, Hsu HH, Jakob C, Janiga M, Johnson R, Jones S, Knippertz P, ... ... Thorncroft C, et al. The "year" of tropical convection (May 2008-April 2010): Climate variability and weather highlights Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 93: 1189-1218. DOI: 10.1175/2011Bams3095.1  0.417
2012 Zhou L, Tian Y, Baidya Roy S, Thorncroft C, Bosart LF, Hu Y. Impacts of wind farms on land surface temperature Nature Climate Change. 2: 539-543. DOI: 10.1038/Nclimate1505  0.373
2011 Ventrice MJ, Thorncroft CD, Roundy PE. The Madden-Julian oscillation's influence on African easterly waves and downstream tropical cyclogenesis Monthly Weather Review. 139: 2704-2722. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr-D-10-05028.1  0.434
2011 Aiyyer A, Thorncroft C. Interannual-to-multidecadal variability of vertical shear and tropical cyclone activity Journal of Climate. 24: 2949-2962. DOI: 10.1175/2010Jcli3698.1  0.494
2011 Nguyen H, Thorncroft CD, Zhang C. Guinean coastal rainfall of the West African Monsoon Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 137: 1828-1840. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.867  0.425
2011 Thorncroft CD, Nguyen H, Zhang C, Peyrille P. Annual cycle of the West African monsoon: Regional circulations and associated water vapour transport Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 137: 129-147. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.728  0.46
2011 Lafore JP, Flamant C, Guichard F, Parker DJ, Bouniol D, Fink AH, Giraud V, Gosset M, Hall N, Höller H, Jones SC, Protat A, Roca R, Roux F, Saïd F, ... Thorncroft C, et al. Progress in understanding of weather systems in West Africa Atmospheric Science Letters. 12: 7-12. DOI: 10.1002/Asl.335  0.385
2011 Lebel T, Parker DJ, Flamant C, Höller H, Polcher J, Redelsperger JL, Thorncroft C, Bock O, Bourles B, Galle S, Marticorena B, Mougin E, Peugeot C, Cappelaere B, Descroix L, et al. The AMMA field campaigns: Accomplishments and lessons learned Atmospheric Science Letters. 12: 123-128. DOI: 10.1002/Asl.323  0.381
2011 Polcher J, Parker DJ, Gaye A, Diedhiou A, Eymard L, Fierli F, Genesio L, Höller H, Janicot S, Lafore JP, Karambiri H, Lebel T, Redelsperger JL, Reeves CE, Ruti P, ... ... Thorncroft C, et al. AMMA's contribution to the evolution of prediction and decision-making systems for West Africa Atmospheric Science Letters. 12: 2-6. DOI: 10.1002/Asl.320  0.329
2010 Agustí-Panareda A, Beljaars A, Cardinali C, Genkova I, Thorncroft C. Impacts of Assimilating AMMA Soundings on ECMWF Analyses and Forecasts Weather and Forecasting. 25: 1142-1160. DOI: 10.1175/2010Waf2222370.1  0.467
2010 Hopsch SB, Thorncroft CD, Tyle KR. Analysis of African easterly wave structures and their role in influencing tropical cyclogenesis Monthly Weather Review. 138: 1399-1419. DOI: 10.1175/2009Mwr2760.1  0.518
2010 Lebel T, Parker DJ, Flamant C, Bourlès B, Marticorena B, Mougin E, Peugeot C, Diedhiou A, Haywood JM, Ngamini JB, Polcher J, Redelsperger JL, Thorncroft CD. The AMMA field campaigns: Multiscale and multidisciplinary observations in the West African region Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 136: 8-33. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.486  0.386
2009 Mohr KI, Molinari J, Thorncroft CD. The interannual stability of cumulative frequency distributions for convective system size and intensity Journal of Climate. 22: 5218-5231. DOI: 10.1175/2009Jcli2940.1  0.416
2009 Cornforth RJ, Hoskins BJ, Thorncroft CD. The impact of moist processes on the African Easterly Jet-African Easterly Wave system Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 135: 894-913. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.414  0.489
2008 Janicot S, Thorncroft CD, Ali A, Asencio N, Berry G, Bock O, Bourles B, Caniaux G, Chauvin F, Deme A, Kergoat L, Lafore JP, Lavaysse C, Lebel T, Marticorena B, et al. Large-scale overview of the summer monsoon over West Africa during the AMMA field experiment in 2006 Annales Geophysicae. 26: 2569-2595. DOI: 10.5194/Angeo-26-2569-2008  0.641
2008 Mekonnen A, Thorncroft CD, Aiyyer AR, Kiladis GN. Convectively coupled Kelvin waves over tropical Africa during the boreal summer: Structure and variability Journal of Climate. 21: 6649-6667. DOI: 10.1175/2008Jcli2008.1  0.483
2008 Thorncroft CD, Hall NMJ, Kiladis GN. Three-dimensional structure and dynamics of African easterly waves. Part III: Genesis Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 65: 3596-3607. DOI: 10.1175/2008Jas2575.1  0.42
2008 Zhang C, Nolan DS, Thorncroft CD, Nguyen H. Shallow meridional circulations in the tropical atmosphere Journal of Climate. 21: 3453-3470. DOI: 10.1175/2007Jcli1870.1  0.473
2007 Berry G, Thorncroft C, Hewson T. African Easterly Waves during 2004—Analysis Using Objective Techniques Monthly Weather Review. 135: 1251-1267. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr3343.1  0.581
2007 Hopsch SB, Thorncroft CD, Hodges K, Aiyyer A. West African storm tracks and their relationship to Atlantic tropical cyclones Journal of Climate. 20: 2468-2483. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli4139.1  0.524
2006 Mohr KI, Thorncroft CD. Intense convective systems in West Africa and their relationship to the African easterly jet Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 132: 163-176. DOI: 10.1256/Qj.05.55  0.411
2006 Mekonnen A, Thorncroft CD, Aiyyer AR. Analysis of convection and its association with African easterly waves Journal of Climate. 19: 5405-5421. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli3920.1  0.543
2006 Aiyyer AR, Thorncroft C. Climatology of vertical wind shear over the tropical Atlantic Journal of Climate. 19: 2969-2983. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli3685.1  0.465
2006 Hall NMJ, Kiladis GN, Thorncroft CD. Three-dimensional structure and dynamics of African easterly waves. Part II: Dynamical modes Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 63: 2231-2245. DOI: 10.1175/Jas3742.1  0.399
2006 Kiladis GN, Thorncroft CD, Hall NMJ. Three-dimensional structure and dynamics of African easterly waves. Part I: Observations Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 63: 2212-2230. DOI: 10.1175/Jas3741.1  0.468
2006 Redelsperger JL, Thorncroft CD, Diedhiou A, Lebel T, Parker DJ, Polcher J. African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis: An international research project and field campaign Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 87: 1739-1746. DOI: 10.1175/Bams-87-12-1739  0.4
2005 Parker DJ, Burton RR, Diongue-Niang A, Ellis RJ, Felton M, Taylor CM, Thorncroft CD, Bessemoulin P, Tompkins AM. The diurnal cycle of the West African monsoon circulation Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 131: 2839-2860. DOI: 10.1256/Qj.04.52  0.448
2005 Tompkins AM, Diongue-Niang A, Parker DJ, Thorncroft CD. The African easterly jet in the ECMWF integrated forecast system: 4D-Var analysis Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 131: 2861-2885. DOI: 10.1256/Qj.04.136  0.436
2005 Taylor CM, Parker DJ, Lloyd CR, Thorncroft CD. Observations of synoptic-scale land surface variability and its coupling with the atmosphere Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 131: 913-937. DOI: 10.1256/Qj.04.119  0.471
2005 Parker DJ, Thorncroft CD, Burton RR, Diongue-Niang A. Analysis of the African easterly jet, using aircraft observations from the JET2000 experiment Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 131: 1461-1482. DOI: 10.1256/Qj.03.189  0.364
2005 Agustí-Panareda A, Gray SL, Craig GC, Thorncroft C. The extratropical transition of Tropical Cyclone Lili (1996) and its crucial contribution to a moderate extratropical development Monthly Weather Review. 133: 1562-1573. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr2935.1  0.374
2004 Agusti-Panareda A, Thorncroft CD, Craig GC, Gray SL. The extratropical transition of hurricane Irene (1999): A potential-vorticity perspective Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 130: 1047-1074. DOI: 10.1256/Qj.02.140  0.444
2004 Kiladis GN, Thorncroft CD. Three dimensional structure of easterly wave disturbances over africa and the tropical north atlantic 26th Conference On Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. 19-20.  0.367
2004 Aiyyer AR, Thorncroft CD. Seasonal to decadal variability of vertical shear over the tropical Atlantic 26th Conference On Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. 310-311.  0.352
2003 Taylor CM, Ellis RJ, Parker DJ, Burton RR, Thorncroft CD. Linking boundary-layer variability convection: A case-study from JET2000 Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 129: 2233-2253. DOI: 10.1256/Qj.02.134  0.402
2003 Thorncroft CD, Parker DJ, Burton RR, Diop M, Ayers JH, Barjat H, Devereau S, Diongue A, Dumelow R, Kindred DR, Price NM, Saloum M, Tayor CM, Tompkins AM. The JET2000 project Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 84: 337-351. DOI: 10.1175/Bams-84-3-337  0.403
2003 Hodges KI, Hoskins BJ, Boyle J, Thorncroft C. A Comparison of Recent Reanalysis Datasets Using Objective Feature Tracking: Storm Tracks and Tropical Easterly Waves Monthly Weather Review. 131: 2012-2037. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<2012:Acorrd>2.0.Co;2  0.455
2003 Jones SC, Harr PA, Abraham J, Bosart LF, Bowyer PJ, Evans JL, Hanley DE, Hanstrum BN, Hart RE, Lalaurette F, Sinclair MR, Smith RK, Thorncroft C. The extratropical transition of tropical cyclones: Forecast challenges, current understanding, and future directions Weather and Forecasting. 18: 1052-1092. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2003)018<1052:Tetotc>2.0.Co;2  0.383
2001 Thorncroft C, Hodges KI. African Easterly Wave Variability and Its Relationship to Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity Journal of Climate. 14: 1166-1179. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<1166:Aewvai>2.0.Co;2  0.478
2001 Thorncroft C, Pytharoulis I. A Dynamical Approach to Seasonal Prediction of Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity Weather and Forecasting. 16: 725-734. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2002)016<0725:Adatsp>2.0.Co;2  0.442
2000 Thorncroft C, Jones SC. The Extratropical Transitions of Hurricanes Felix and Iris in 1995 Monthly Weather Review. 128: 947-972. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<0947:Tetohf>2.0.Co;2  0.41
1999 Pytharoulis I, Thorncroft C. The Low-Level Structure of African Easterly Waves in 1995 Monthly Weather Review. 127: 2266-2280. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<2266:Tllsoa>2.0.Co;2  0.444
1999 Thorncroft CD, Blackburn M. Maintenance of the African easterly jet Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 125: 763-786. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.49712555502  0.439
1998 Jones CG, Thorncroft CD. The rôle of El Niño in Atlantic tropical cyclone activity Weather. 53: 324-336. DOI: 10.1002/J.1477-8696.1998.Tb06409.X  0.39
1998 Thorncroft CD, Rowell DP. Interannual variability of African wave activity in a general circulation model International Journal of Climatology. 18: 1305-1323. DOI: 10.1002/(Sici)1097-0088(1998100)18:12<1305::Aid-Joc281>3.0.Co;2-N  0.518
1997 Hodges KI, Thorncroft CD. Distribution and statistics of african mesoscale convective weather systems based on the ISCCP meteosat imagery Monthly Weather Review. 125: 2821-2837. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<2821:Dasoam>2.0.Co;2  0.491
1997 Thorncroft CD, Flocas HA. A case study of Saharan cyclogenesis Monthly Weather Review. 125: 1147-1165. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1147:Acsosc>2.0.Co;2  0.429
1995 Thorncroft CD. An idealized study of African easterly waves. III: More realistic basic states Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 121: 1589-1614. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.49712152706  0.428
1994 Thorncroft CD, Hoskins BJ. An idealized study of African easterly waves. II: A nonlinear view Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 120: 983-1015. DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712051810  0.356
1994 Thorncroft CD, Hoskins BJ. An idealized study of African easterly waves. I: A linear view Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 120: 953-982. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.49712051809  0.378
1993 Thorncroft CD, Hoskins BJ, McIntyre ME. Two paradigms of baroclinic‐wave life‐cycle behaviour Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 119: 17-55. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.49711950903  0.337
1990 Thorncroft CD, Hoskins BJ. Frontal cyclogenesis Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 47: 2317-2336.  0.376
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