Roger Smith's Publications (1968 - )
 

1968

1. R. K. SMITH, 1968: Radiation effects on large fire plumes. Eleventh International Symposium on Combustion, (Berkeley, 1966) 507-515.

2. R. K. SMITH, 1968: The surface boundary layer of a hurricane.Tellus, 20, 473-484.

1969

3. R. K. SMITH, 1969: The constraints of the airflow above fires. Proc. TCP Mass Fire Symposium (Canberra), 33pp.

4. R. K. SMITH, 1969: On the effects of vorticity entrainment in zonal jet flows. J. Atmos. Sci., 26, 1233-1237.

1970

5. A. E. Gill and R. K. SMITH, 1970: On similarity solutions of the differential equation ψxxxx<\sub> + β ψ = 0$. Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc., 67, 163-171.

6. R. K. SMITH, 1970: The laminar free-convection boundary layer on a vertical heated plate in the neighbourhood of a discontinuity in plate temperature. Austr. Math. Soc., 11, 148-168.

7. L. M. Leslie and R. K. SMITH, 1970: The surface boundary layer of a hurricane - Part II. Tellus, 22, 288-297.

8. L. M. Leslie, B. R. Morton and R. K. SMITH: 1970: On modelling tornadoes, Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc. 96, 544-548.

1972

9. A. D. McEwan, D. W. Mander and R. K. SMITH, 1972: Forced resonant second-order interaction between damped internal waves. J. Fluid Mech., 55,589-608.

1974

10. R. K. SMITH, 1974: On limit cycles and vacillating baroclinic waves. J. Atmos. Sci., 31, 2008-2011.

11. L. M. Leslie and R. K. SMITH, 1974: A numerical study of katabatic winds and their effects on pollutant dispersal in urban areas. Proc. Conf. on Hydraul. Fluid Dyn., Christchurch, New Zealand, 553-560.

1975

12. R. K. SMITH, 1975: A note on a theory of vacillating baroclinic waves. J. Atmos. Sci., 32, 2027.

13. L. Bode and R. K. SMITH, 1975: A parameterization of the boundary layer of a tropical cyclone. Bound. Layer Met., 8, 3-19.

14. L. Bode, L. M. Leslie and R. K. SMITH, 1975: A numerical study of boundary effects on concentrated vortices with application to tornadoes and waterspouts. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 101, 313-324.

15. B. R. Morton, L. M. Leslie and R. K. SMITH, 1975: The role of dynamic pressure in generating fire wind. J. Fluid Mech., 68, 1-19.

1976

16. B. R. Morton, M. E. McIntyre and R. K. SMITH, 1976: Contribution to Tornado Forum. Nature, 260, 457-458.

17. R. K. SMITH and L. M. Leslie, 1976: Thermally driven vortices: A numerical study with application to dust devil dynamics. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc.,102, 791-804.

1977

18. R. K. SMITH, 1977: On a theory of amplitude vacillation in baroclinic waves. J. Fluid Mech., 79, 289-298.

19. L. M. Leslie, J. V. Mansbridge and R. K. SMITH, 1977: Comments on Effect of a precipitation-driven downdraft on a rotating wind field: a possible trigger mechanism for tornadoes? J. Atmos. Sci., 34, 548-549.

20. L. M. Leslie and R. K. SMITH, 1977: On the choice of radial boundary conditions for numerical models of sub-synoptic vortex flows in the atmosphere with application to dust devils. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 103, 499-510.

21. R. K. SMITH and J. Reilly, 1977: On the theory of amplitude vacillation in baroclinic waves: some solutions. J. Atmos. Sci., 34, 1256-1260.

22. R. K. SMITH, 1977: Theories of Atmospheric Fronts: a review. Royal Meteorological Society (Australian Branch). Workshop on Fronts Handbook - invited review paper 7.1 - 7.13, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, May 1977.

1978

23. L. M. Leslie and R. K. SMITH, 1978: Tornadogenesis. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 104, 189-198.

24. R. K. SMITH, 1978: Tornado Dynamics, Proc. Third U.S.Conference on Wind Engineering, Gainesville, Florida (26 Feb. - 1 March), invited review paper.

25. L. M. Leslie and R. K. SMITH, 1978: The effect of vertical stability on tornadogenesis. J. Atmos. Sci., 35, 1281-1288.

1979

26. R. K. SMITH and L. M. Leslie, 1979: A numerical study of tornadogenesis in a rotating thunderstorm. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 105, 107-127.

1980

27. R. K. SMITH, (1980): Tropical cyclone eye dynamics. J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 1227-1232.

28. R. K. SMITH, (1980): Untwisting the mysteries of tornadoes. New Scientist, 85, 650-652.

1981

29. R. K. SMITH and J. Goodfield, 1981: The Morning Glory Expedition. Weather, 36, 130-136.

30. R. H. Clarke, R. K. SMITH and D. G. Reid, 1981: The Morning Glory of the Gulf of Carpentaria: an atmospheric undular bore. Mon. Wea. Rev., 109,1726-1750.

31. R. K. SMITH, 1981: The cyclostrophic adjustment of vortices with application to tropical cyclone modification. J. Atmos. Sci., 38, 2020-2030.

32. B. F. Ryan, R. K. SMITH, J. R. Garratt and M. H. van Dijk, 1981: Strategy and Logistics of Phase I of the Cold Fronts Research Programme, Chapter I of Bureau of Meteorology Tech. Rep. No. 46 on the Cold Fronts Research Programme.

1982

33. L. M. Leslie and R. K. SMITH, 1982: Numerical studies of tornado structure and genesis. Invited Paper, Proc. Intern. Symp. on Intense Atmospheric Vortices (Reading, U.K., 1981), Springer-Verlag, 205-213.

34. R. K. SMITH, N. Crook and G. Roff, 1982: Morning Glory: an extraordinary atmospheric undular bore. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 198, 937-956.

35. R. K. SMITH, B. F. Ryan, A. J. Troup and K. H. Wilson, 1982: Cold Fronts Research: The Australian summertime cool change. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 63, 1028-1934.

1983

36. J. V. Mansbridge and R. K. SMITH, 1983: Resonant interaction between baroclinic waves. J. Atmos. Sci., 40, 378-395.

37. P. Howells and R. K. SMITH, 1983: Numerical simulations of tornado-like vortices: Part I, vortex evolution. Geo. Astro. Fluid Dyn., 27, 284-298.

38. R. K. SMITH and P. Howells, 1983: Numerical simulations of tornado-like vortices: Part II, two-cell vortices. Geo. Astro. Fluid Dyn., 27, 284-298.

1984

39. R. K. SMITH and B. R. Morton, 1984: An observational study of northeasterly ´Morning glory´ wind surges. Aust. Met. Mag., 32, 155-175.

40. S. Haase and R. K. SMITH, 1984: ´Morning glory´ wave clouds in Oklahoma: a case study. Mon. Wea. Rev., 112, 2078-2089.

1985

41. J. R. Garratt, W. L. Physick, R. K. SMITH and A. J. Troup, 1985: The Australian summertime cool change: Part II, mesoscale aspects. Mon. Wea. Rev., 113,202-223.

42. J. A. Noonan and R. K. SMITH, 1985: Linear and weakly nonlinear internal wave theories applied to ´morning glory´ waves. Geo. Astro. Fluid Dyn., 29, 123-143.

43. C. E. Coulman, J. R. Colquhoun, R. K. SMITH and K. McInnes, 1985: Orographically forced cold fronts - mean structure and motion. Bound. Layer Met., 32, 57-83.

44. B. F. Ryan, K. J. Wilson, J. R. Garratt and R. K. SMITH, 1985: Cold Fronts Research Programme: Progress, Future and Plans and Research Directions. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 66, 1118-1122.

45. J. R. Colquhoun, D. J. Shepherd, C. E. Coulman, R. K. SMITH and K. McInnes, 1985: The southerly buster of southeastern Australia: An orographically forced cold front. Mon. Wea. Rev., 113, 2090-2107.

46. W. L. Physick and R. K. SMITH, 1985: Observations and dynamics of sea breezes in northern Australia. Aust. Met. Mag., 33, 51-63.

47. R. K. SMITH and M. A. Page, 1985: ´ Morning glory´ wind surges and the Gulf of Carpentaria cloud line of 25-26 October 1984. Aust. Met. Mag., 33, 185-194.

1986

48. M. J. Reeder and R. K. SMITH, 1986: A comparison between frontogenesis in the two-dimensional Eady model of baroclinic instability and summertime cold fronts in the Australian region. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 112, 293-313.

49. R. K. SMITH, M. J. Coughlan and J. Evans-Lopez, 1986: Southerly nocturnal wind surges and bores in northeastern Australia. Mon. Wea. Rev., 114, 1501-1518.

50. R. K. SMITH, 1986: ´ Evening Glory´ wave-cloud lines in northwestern Australia. Aust. Met. Mag., 34, 27-33.

51. J. A. Noonan and R. K. SMITH, 1986: Sea breeze circulations over Cape York Peninsula and the generation of Gulf of Carpentaria cloud line disturbances. J. Atmos. Sci., 43, 1679-1693.<

52. K. P. Hoinka and R. K. SMITH, 1986: A questionnaire on Cold Fronts in Alpine Regions, DFVLR-Mitteilung 86-02, Köln, 78pp.

53. G.J. Holland, J.L. McBride, R.K. SMITH, D. Jasper and T. Keenan, 1986: The BMRC Australian Monsoon Experiment: AMEX. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 67, 1466-1472.

1987

54. M. J. Reeder and R. K. SMITH, 1987: A study of frontal dynamics with application to the Australian summertime ´cool change´. J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 687-705.

55. J. A, Noonan and R. K. SMITH, 1987: The generation of the North Australian Cloud Line and the ´Morning Glory´. Aust. Met. Mag., 35, 31-45.

56. J. T, Steiner, C. G. Revell, R. N. Ridley, R. K. SMITH, M. A. Page K. McInnes and A. P. Sturman, 1987: The New Zealand Southerly Change Experiment. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 68, 1226-1229.

1988

57. P. Howells, R. Rotunno and R. K. SMITH, 1988: Numerical studies on the evolution of vortex breakdown in tornado-like vortices. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 114, 801-822.

58. R. K. SMITH and M. J. Reeder, 1988: On the movement and low-level structure of cold fronts. Mon. Wea. Rev., 116, 1927-1944.

59. K. P. Hoinka and R. K. SMITH, 1988: A dry cold front in southern Bavaria. Weather, 43, 255-260.

60. R. K. SMITH, 1988: Waves and bores in the lower atmosphere: the ´morning glory´ and related phenomena. Invited review paper. Earth Sci. Rev., 25, 267-290.

61. M. J. Reeder and R. K. SMITH, 1988: On the horizontal of fronts in numerical weather prediction models. Aust. Met. Mag., 36, 11-16.

62. M. J. Reeder and R. K. SMITH, 1988: On air motion trajectories in cold fronts. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 4005-4007.

1989

63. S. P. Haase and R. K. SMITH, 1989: The numerical simulation of atmospheric gravity currents. Part I. Neutrally-stable environments. Geo. Astro. Fluid Dyn., 46, 1-33.

64. S. P. Haase and R. K. SMITH, 1989: The numerical simulation of atmospheric gravity currents. Part II. Environments with stable layers. Geo. Astro. Fluid Dyn., 46, 35-51.

65. W. Drosdowsky, G. J. Holland and R. K. SMITH, 1989: Structure and evolution of North Australian cloud lines during AMEX Phase I. Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 1181-1192.

1990

66. R. K. SMITH, W. Ulrich and G. Dietachmayer, 1990: A numerical study of tropical cyclone motion using a barotropic model. Part I. The role of vortex asymmetries. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 116, 337-362.

67. R. K. SMITH and W. Ulrich, 1990: An analytical study of tropical cyclone motion using a barotropic model. J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 1973-1986.

68. R. K. SMITH and R. N. Ridley, 1990: Subtropical continental cold fronts. Aust. Met. Mag., 38, 91-200.

69. R. K. SMITH, 1990: Surface pressure fields in balanced air mass models of fronts. Mon. Wea. Rev., 118, 1922-1926.

70. A. P. Sturman, R. K. SMITH, M. A. Page, R. N. Ridley and J. T. Steiner, 1990: Meso-scale surface wind changes associated with the passage of cold fronts along the eastern side of the Southern Alps, New Zealand. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 42, 133-143.

1991

71. W. Ulrich and R. K. SMITH, 1991: A numerical study of tropical cyclone motion using a barotropic model. Part II. Spatially-varying large-scale flows. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 117, 107-124.

72. R. K. SMITH, R. N. Ridley, M. A. Page, J. T. Steiner and A. P. Sturman, 1991: Southerly changes on the East Coast of New Zealand. Mon. Wea. Rev., 119, 1259-1282.

73. M. J. Reeder, R. K. SMITH and S. J. Lord, 1991: The detection of large scale asymmetries in the tropical cyclone environment. Mon. Wea. Rev., 119,848-854.

74. R. K. SMITH, 1991: An analytic theory of tropical cyclone motion in a barotropic shear flow. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 117, 685-714.

75. H. Weber and R. K. SMITH, 1991: The stability of barotropic vortices: implications for tropical cyclone motion. In Contributions to Atmospheric Physics, DLR Research Report - DLR-FB 91-30, (Eds. Schumann and Hoinka), 51-63.

1992

76. J. Kepert and R. K. SMITH, 1992: A simple model for the West Australian Heat Trough. Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 2042-2055.

77. M. J. Reeder, R. K. SMITH and S. J. Lord, 1992: Reply to comments by Holland et al. Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 2398-2400.

78. M. J. Reeder, R. K. SMITH, 1992: Australian spring and summer cold fronts. Aust. Met. Mag., 41, 101-124.

1993

79. H. C. Weber and R. K. SMITH, 1993: The stability of barotropic vortices: implications for tropical cyclone motion. Geo. Astro. Fluid Dyn., 70, 1-30.

80. R. K. SMITH and W. Ulrich, 1993: Vortex motion in relation to the absolute vorticity gradient of the environment. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 119, 207-215.

81. R. K. SMITH, 1993: On the theory of tropical cyclone motion. In Tropical Cyclone Disasters. Ed. Lighthill et al., Peking University Press, Beijing, 264-279.

82. R. K. SMITH and H. C. Weber, 1993: An extended analytic theory of tropical cyclone motion. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 119, 1149-1166.

1994

83. J. D. Möller and R. K. SMITH, 1994: The development of potential vorticity in a hurricane-like vortex. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 120, 1255-1265.

1995

84. R. K. SMITH, M. J. Reeder, N. J. Tapper and D. R. Christie,1995: Central Australian cold fronts. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 16-38.

85. R. K. SMITH, H. C. Weber and A. Kraus, 1995: On the symmetric circulation of a moving hurricane. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 121, 945-952.

86 H. C. Weber and R. K. SMITH, 1995: Data sparsity and the tropical cyclone analysis and prediction problem: some simulation experiments with a barotropic model. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 121, 631-654.

87 A. Kraus, R. K. SMITH and W. Ulrich, 1995: The barotropic dynamics of tropical cyclone motion in a large-scale deformation field. Beitr. Phys.Atmos., 68, 249-261.

88 M. J. Reeder, D. R. Christie, R. K. SMITH and R. Grimshaw, 1995: Nonlinear waves and bores over northern Australia. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 123, 1165-1171.

1996

89 A. Glatz and R. K. SMITH, 1996: Vorticity asymmetries in Hurricane Josephine (1984). Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 122, 391-413.

1997

90. R. K. SMITH, 1997: On the theory of CISK. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 123, 407-418.

91 A. Menhofer, R. K. SMITH, M. J. Reeder and D. R. Christie, 1997: "Morning Glory’ disturbances and the environment in which they propagate. J. Atmos. Sci., 54 , 1712-1725.

92.  A. Menhofer, R. K. SMITH, M. J. Reeder and D. R. Christie, 1997: The bore-like character of three morning glories observed during the Central Australian Fronts Experiment. Aust. Met. Mag., 46, 277-285.

93.  S. P. Haase-Straub, M. Hagen, T. Hauf, D. Heimann, M. Peristeri, and R. K. SMITH, 1997: The squall line of 21 July 1992 in southern Germany: an observational case study. Contr. Atmos. Phys., 70: 147-165.

94. R. K. SMITH (Ed.), 1997: The physics and parameterization of moist atmospheric convection. NATO Series. Kluwer, Dortrecht, 498pp

1998

95. R. M Hell and R. K. SMITH, 1998: A monsoon depression over northwestern Australia. Part I: A case study. Aust. Met. Mag., 47, 21-40.

96. K. Dengler and R. K. SMITH, 1998: A monsoon depression over northwestern Australia. Part II: A numerical model study. Aust. Met. Mag., 47, 135-144.

97. R. K. SMITH and J. A. Noonan, 1998: On the generation of low-level mesoscale convergence lines over northeastern Australia. Mon. Wea. Rev. 126, 167-185.

98. J. Callaghan and R. K. SMITH, 1998: The relationship between maximum surface wind speeds and central pressure in tropical cyclones. Aust. Met. Mag. 47, 191-202.

99. M. J. Reeder and R. K. SMITH, 1998: Mesoscale meteorology in the Southern Hemisphere. Chapter 5 of Meteorology of the Southern Hemisphere. Ed. D. J. Karoly and D. Vincent. American Meteorological Society Monograph, No. 49, 201-241.

100. R. K. SMITH and A. Glatz, 1998: The detection of hurricane asymmetries from aircraft reconnaissance flight data: some simulation experiments. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 124, 2715-2728.

1999

101.  Zs. Rácz and R. K. SMITH, 1999: The dynamics of heat lows. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 125, 225-252.

2000

102. M. Juckes and R. K. SMITH, 2000: Convective destabilization by tropical upper-level troughs. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 126, 111-123.

103 M. Peristeri, W. Ulrich and R. K. SMITH, 2000: Genesis conditions for thunderstorm growth and the development of a squall line in the northern alpine foreland. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 72, 251-260.

104  H. Weber and R. K. SMITH, 2000: A monsoon depression over northwestern Australia. Part III: Motion. Aust. Meteor. Mag., 49, 1-21.

105. R. K. SMITH, W. Ulrich and G. Sneddon, 2000: The dynamics of vortices in vertical shear flows. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 126, 2653-2670.

106 R. K. SMITH, 2000: The role of cumulus convection in hurricanes and its representation in hurricane models. Rev. Geophys., 38, 465-489.

107 M. J. Reeder, R. K. SMITH, R. Deslandes, N. J. Tapper and G. A. Mills, 2000: Subtropical fronts observed during the 1996 Central Australian Fronts Experiment. Aust. Meteor. Mag., 49, 181-200.

2001

108 H. Zhu, R. K. SMITH and W. Ulrich, 2001: A minimal three-dimensional tropical cyclone model. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 1924-1944.

109 R. K. SMITH, G. Garden, J. Molinari and B. R. Morton, 2001, Proceedings of an International Workshop on the Dynamics and Forecasting of Tropical Weather Systems. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 82, 2825-2829.

2002

110 H. Zhu, and R. K. SMITH, 2002: The importance of three physical processes in a three-dimensional tropical cyclone model. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1825-1840.

111 G. E. Jackson, R. K. SMITH and T. Spengler, 2002: The prediction of low-level mesoscale convergence lines over northeastern Australia. Aust. Meteor. Mag., 51, 13-23.

112 M. Preissler, M. J. Reeder and R. K. SMITH, 2002: A case study of a heat low over central Australia. Aust. Meteor. Mag., 51, 155-163.

113 Nguyen, C. M., R. K. SMITH, H. Zhu, and W. Ulrich, 2002: A minimal axisymmetric hurricane model. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 128, 2641-2661.

114 W. Ulrich, R. K. SMITH and Nguyen, C. M., 2002: Comparison of an axisymmetric hurricane model with the corresponding slab-symmetric ITCZ model. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 128, 2335-2347. 

2003

115 H. Zhu and R. K. SMITH, 2003: Effects of vertical differencing in a minimal hurricane model. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 129, 1051-1069.

116 R. K. SMITH, 2003: A simple model of hurricane boundary layer. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 129, 1007-1027.

117 Zs. Reichmann and R. K. SMITH, 2003: Terrain influences on the dynamics of heat lows. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 129, 1179-1194.

118 Jones, S. C., P. A. Harr, J. Abraham, L. F. Bosart, P. J. Bowyer, J. L. Evans, D. E. Hanley, B. Hanstrum, R. E. Hart, F. Lalaurette, M. R. Sinclair, R. K. SMITH, and C. D. Thorncroft, 2003: The extratropical transition of tropical cyclones: forecasting challenges, current understanding and future directions. Wea. Forecasting, 18, 6, 1052–1092.

2004

119 H. Zhu, W. Ulrich, and R. K. SMITH, 2004: Ocean effects on tropical cyclone intensification and inner-core asymmetries. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 1245-1258.

2005

120 R. K. SMITH, M. T. Montgomery, and H. Zhu, 2005: Buoyancy in tropical cyclones and other rapidly rotating atmospheric vortices. Dyn. Ocean Atmos. Ocean, 40, 189-208.

121 R. K. SMITH, 2005: Weather, 131, 326-328.

122 T. Spengler, M. J. Reeder and R. K. SMITH, 2005: The dynamics of heat lows in simple background flows. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 131, 3147-3165.

123 S. Shin, R. K. SMITH, and J. Callaghan, 2005: Severe thunderstorms over northeastern Queensland on 19 January 2001: The influence of an upper-level trough on the convective destabilization of the atmosphere . Aust. Meteor. Mag., 54, 333-346.

2006

124 R. K. SMITH, 2006: Accurate determination of a balanced axisymmetric vortex in a compressible atmosphere. Tellus, 58A, 98-103

125 G. Thomsen, and R. K. SMITH, 2006: Simulations of low-level convergence lines over northeastern Australia. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 132, 691-707.

126 R. Goler, M. J. Reeder, R. K. SMITH, H. Richter, S. Arnup, T. Keenan, P. May, and J. Hacker, 2006: Low-level convergence lines over northeastern Australia. I. The North Australian Cloud Line. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 3092-3108.

127 R. K. SMITH, M. J. Reeder, H. Richter, and P. May, 2006: Low-level convergence lines over northeastern Australia. I. Southerly disturbances. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 3109-3124.

128 R. K. SMITH, 2006: Hurricane force. Physics World, 19, 32-37. (see http://www.physicsweb.org)

2007

129 B. Weinzierl, R. K. SMITH, M. J. Reeder, and G. Jackson, 2007: MesoLAPS predictions of low-level convergence lines over northeastern Australia. Wea. Forecasting, 22, 910-927.

130 R. K. SMITH, 2007: A balanced axisymmetric vortex in a compressible atmosphere: corrigendum and addendum. Tellus, 59A, 785-786.

2008

131 G. L. Thomsen and R. K. SMITH, 2008: The importance of the boundary layer parameterization in the prediction of low-level convergence lines. Mon. Wea. Rev. 136, 2173-2185..

132 R. K. SMITH and S. Vogl, 2008: A simple model of the hurricane boundary layer revisited . Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 134, 337-351.

133 S. V. Nguyen, R. K. SMITH and M. T. Montgomery, 2008: Tropical-cyclone intensification and predictability in three dimensions. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc. 134, 563-582.

134 R. K. SMITH, M. T. Montgomery, and S. Vogl, 2008: A critique of Emanuel's hurricane model and potential intensity theory. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 134, 551-561.

135 R. K. SMITH, and M. T. Montgomery, 2008: Balanced depth-averaged boundary layers used in hurricane models. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 134, 1385-1395.

136 S. Shin, and R. K. SMITH, 2008: Tropical-cyclone intensification and predictability in a minimal three dimensional model . Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc. 134, 1661-1671.

137 T. Spengler, and R. K. SMITH, 2008: The dynamics of heat lows over flat terrain. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 134, 2157-2172

2009

138 G. L. Thomsen, M. J. Reeder, and R. K. SMITH, 2009: The diurnal evolution of cold fronts in the Australian subtropics . Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 135, 395-411.

139 S. Vogl and R. K. SMITH, 2009: Limitations of a linear model for the hurricane boundary layer. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 135, 839-850.

140 M. T. Montgomery, S. V. Nguyen, R. K. SMITH and J. Persing, 2009: Is WISHE essential for tropical cyclone intensification? Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 135, 1697-1714

141 R. K. SMITH, M. T. Montgomery, and S. V. Nguyen, 2009: Tropical cyclone spin-up revisited. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 135, 1321-1335.

142 H. H. Bui, R. K. SMITH, M. T. Montgomery, and J. Peng, 2009: Balanced and unbalanced aspects of tropical-cyclone intensification. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc. 135, 1715-1731.

2010

143 G. L. Thomsen and R. K. SMITH, 2010: Darwin’s second sea breeze.Darwin’s second sea breeze. Aust. Meteor. and Ocean. Journl., 60, 25-36.

144 I. Nudelman, R. K. SMITH, and M. J. Reeder, 2010: A climatology of pressure jumps around the Gulf of Carpentaria. Aust. Meteor. and Ocean. Journl., 60, 91-101.

145 M. T. Montgomery, and R. K. SMITH, 2010: On an analytical model for the rapid intensification of tropical cyclones. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc. 136: 549=551.

146 R. K. SMITH, and M. T. Montgomery, 2010: Hurricane boundary-layer theory. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 136, 1665-1670.

147 R. K. SMITH, and G. L. Thomsen, 2010: Dependence of tropical-cyclone intensification on the boundary layer representation in a numerical model. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc. 136, 1671-1685.

148 M. T. Montgomery, R. K. SMITH, and S. V. Nguyen, 2010: Sensitivity of tropical cyclone models to the surface exchange coefficients Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 136, 1945–1953.

149 U. Wissmeier, R. K. SMITH, and R. Goler, 2010: The formation of a multicell thunderstorm behind a sea breeze front. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 136, 2176-2188.

150 M. T. Montgomery, and R. K. SMITH, 2010: Tropical-cyclone formation: Theory and idealized modelling. Report for the Seventh International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones, La Réunion, Nov. 2010. World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

2011

151 R. K. SMITH and T. Spengler, 2011: The dynamics of heat lows over elevated terrain. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 137, 250-263.

152 U. Wissmeier, and R. K. SMITH, 2011: Tropical-cyclone convection: the effects of ambient vertical vorticity. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 137, 845-857.

153 C. M. Nguyen, M. J. Reeder, N. E. Davidson, R. K. SMITH, and M. T. Montgomery, 2011: Inner-core vacillation cycles during the rapid intensification of Hurricane Katrina. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 137, 829-844.

154 R. K. SMITH, M. T. Montgomery, and C. Schmidt, 2011: Dynamical constraints on the intensity and size of tropical cyclones. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 137, 1841-1855.

2012

155 M. T. Montgomery, M. T., C. Davis, T. Dunkerton, Z. Wang, C. Velden, R. Torn, S. Majumdar, F. Zhang, R. K. SMITH, L. Bosart, M. Bell, J. Haase, M. A. Boothe, 2012: The Pre-Depression Investigation of Cloud Systems in the Tropics (PREDICT) Experiment: Scientific basis and some first results. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 153-172.

156 R. K. SMITH, and M. T. Montgomery, 2012: Observations of the convective environment in developing and non-developing tropical disturbances. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 138, 1721-1739.

157 M. T. Montgomery, and R. K. SMITH, 2012: The genesis of Typhoon Nuri as observed during the Tropical Cyclone Structure 2008 (TCS08) field experiment - Part II: Observations of the convective environment. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 4001-4009.

2013

158 R. K. SMITH and M. T. Montgomery, 2013: How important is the isothermal expansion effect to elevating equivalent potential temperature in the hurricane inner-core? Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 138, 1-5.

159 G. Kilroy and R. K. SMITH, 2012: A numerical study of rotating convection during tropical cyclogenesis. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 139, 1255-1269.

160 M. J. Reeder, R. K. SMITH, D. J. Low, J. Taylor, S. J. Arnup, L. Muir, and G. Thomsen. 2013: Diurnal-Forced Convergence Lines in the Australian Tropics Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 139, 1283-1297.

161 Persing, J., M. T. Montgomery, J. McWilliams, and R. K. SMITH, 2013: Asymmetric and axisymmetric dynamics of tropical cyclones . Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 12249-12341.

2014

162 G. L. Thosmen, M. T. Montgomery, and R. K. SMITH, 2014: Sensitivity of tropical cyclone intensification to perturbations in the surface drag coefficient . Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 140, 407-415.

163 R. K. SMITH and M. T. Montgomery, 2014: On the existence of the logarithmic surface layer in hurricanes . Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 140, 72-81.

164 G. Kilroy, R. K. SMITH and U. Wissmeier, 2014: Tropical cyclone convection: the effects of ambient vertical and horizontal vorticity . Quart. J. Roy Meteor. Soc., 140, 1756-1770.

165 M. T. Montgomery, J. A. Zhang, and R. K. SMITH, 2014: The low-level structure of rapidly intensifying and mature Hurricane Earl (2010). Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 140, 2132-2146.

166 N. T. Sanger, M. T. Montgomery, R. K. SMITH, and M. M. Bell, 2014: An observational study of tropical cyclone spin-up in Supertyphoon Jangmi (2008) from 24 - 27 September. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 3-28.

167 R. K. SMITH, M. T. Montgomery, and G. Thomsen, 2014: Sensitivity of tropical cyclone models to the surface drag coefficient in different boundary-layer schemes . Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc., 140, 792-804.

168 M. T. Montgomery, and R. K. SMITH, 2014: Paradigms for tropical-cyclone intensification. Aust. Meteor. Ocean. Journl. (Bruce Morton Memorial Volume), 64, 37-66.

169 R. K. SMITH, M. T. Montgomery, J. Persing, 2014: On steady state tropical cyclones. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 140, 2638-2146.

170 J. A. Zhang, M. T. Montgomery, F. D. Marks, and R. K. SMITH, 2014: Comments on: Symmetric and asymmetric structures of hurricane boundary layer in coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean models and observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 2782-7587.

171 M. T. Montgomery, S. F. Abarca, R. K. SMITH, C-C Wu, Y-H. Huang, 2014: Comments on 'How does the boundary layer contribute to eyewall replacement cycles in axisymmetric tropical cyclones?' by J. D. Kepert. J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 4682-4691.

172 R. K. SMITH, and M. J. Reeder, 2014: A review of research on the dry season mesoscale meteorology of northern Australia. Aust. Meteor. Ocean. Journl. (Bruce Morton Memorial Volume), 64, .

2015

173 G. Kilroy, and R. K. SMITH, 2014: Tropical-cyclone convection: the effects of a vortex boundary layer wind profile on deep convection. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc. 141, 714-726.

174 M. T. Montgomery, J., Persing, and R. K. SMITH, 2015: Putting to rest WISHE-ful misconceptions . J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 07, doi:10.1002/2014MS000362.

175 R. K. SMITH, G. Kilroy, and M. T. Montgomery, 2015: Why do model tropical cyclones intensify more rapidly at low latitudes? J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 1783-1804.

176 R. K. SMITH, and M. T. Montgomery, 2015: Towards clarity on understanding tropical cyclone intensification. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 3020-3031.

177 G. Thomsen, R. K. SMITH, and M. T. Montgomery, 2015: Tropical-cyclone flow asymmetries induced by a uniform flow revisited. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 07, doi:10.1002/.

178 R. K. SMITH, M. T. Montgomery, G. Kilroy, S. Tang, and S. Müller, 2015: Tropical low formation during the Australian monsoon: the events of January 2013. Aust. Meteor. Ocean. Journl., 65, 318-341.

2016

179 G. Kilroy, R. K. SMITH, M. T. Montgomery, 2016: Why do model tropical cyclones grow progressively in size and decay in intensity after reaching maturity? J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 487-503.

180 N. Črnivec, R. K. SMITH, and G. Kilroy, 2016: Dependence of tropical cyclone intensification rate on sea surface temperature. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 142, 1618-1627

181 C. W. Schmidt and R. K. SMITH, 2016: Tropical cyclone evolution in a minimal axisymmetric model revisited. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 142, 1505-1516.

182 N. Črnivec and R. K. SMITH, 2016: Mean radiosonde soundings for the Australian monsoon/cyclone season Intern. J. Clim., 37, 66-78.

183 S. Tang, R. K. SMITH, M. T. Montgomery and M. Gu, 2016: Numerical study of the spin up of a tropical low over land during the Australian monsoon. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 142, 2021-2032.

184 G. Kilroy, R. K. SMITH, M. T. Montgomery, B. Lynch and C. Earl-Spurr, 2016: A case study of a monsoon low that intensified over land as seen in the ECMWF analyses. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 142, 2244-2255.

185 R. K. SMITH, and M. T. Montgomery, 2016: The efficiency of diabatic heating and tropical cyclone intensification. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 142, 2081-2086.

186 R. K. SMITH, and M. T. Montgomery, 2016: Understanding hurricanes. Weather, 71, 219-223.

187 G. Kilroy and R. K. SMITH, 2016: A numerical study of deep convection in tropical cyclones.. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 142, 3138-3151.

188 R. K. SMITH, M. T. Montgomery, 2016: Comments on: Nonlinear response of a tropical cyclone vortex to prescribed eyewall heating with and without surface friction in TCM4: Implications for tropical cyclone intensification, by J. Heng and Y. Wang. J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 5101-5103.

2017

189 R. K. SMITH, J. A. Zhang and M. T. Montgomery, 2017: The dynamics of intensification in an HWRF simulation of Hurricane Earl (2010). Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 143, 293-308.

190 G. Kilroy, R. K. SMITH, M. T. Montgomery, 2017: Tropical low formation and intensification over land as seen in ECMWF analyses. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 143, 772-784.

191 C. W. Schmidt and R. K. SMITH, 2017: Southerly nocturnal bore generation over northeastern Australia. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 143, 395-407.

192 G. Kilroy, R. K. SMITH, M. T. Montgomery, 2017: A unified view of tropical cyclogenesis and intensification. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 143, 450-462.

193 M. T. Montgomery and R. K. SMITH, 2017: Recent developments in the fluid dynamics of tropical cyclones. Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech., 49, 541-574, doi: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-010816-060022.

194 G. Kilroy, M. T. Montgomery, and R. K. SMITH, 2017: The role of boundary layer friction on tropical cyclogenesis and intensification. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 143, 2524-2536.

195 G. Kilroy, R. K. SMITH, 2017: The effects of initial vortex size on hurricane genesis and intensification. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 143, 2832-2845.

196 M. T. Montgomery and R. K. SMITH, 2017: On the applicability of linear, axisymmetric dynamics in intensifying and mature tropical cyclones. Fluids, 2, 69.

2018

197 G. Kilroy, R. K. SMITH, M. T. Montgomery, 2018: The role of heating and cooling associated with ice processes on tropical cyclogenesis and intensification. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 144, 99-114.

198 M. T. Montgomery and R. K. SMITH, 2018: Comments on: Revisiting the balanced and unbalanced aspects of tropical cyclone intensification, by J. Heng, Y. Wang and W. Zhou. J. Atmos. Sci., 75, 2491-2496.

199 R. K. SMITH, M. T. Montgomery and G. Kilroy, 2018: The generation of kinetic energy in tropical cyclones revisited. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 145, 2481-2490.

200 R. K. SMITH, M. T. Montgomery and H. Bui, 2018: Axisymmetric balance dynamics of tropical cyclone intensification and its breakdown revisited. J. Atmos. Sci., 75, 3169-3189.

201 R. K. SMITH, and S. Wang, 2018: Axisymmetric balance dynamics of tropical cyclone intensification: Diabatic heating versus surface friction. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 144, 2350-2357.

2019

202 R. K. SMITH, M. T. Montgomery and S. Braun, 2019 Azimuthally-averaged structure of Hurricane Edouard (2014) just after peak intensity. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 145, 211-216.

203 M. T. Montgomery, J. Persing, and R. K. SMITH, 2019: On the hypothesized outflow control of tropical cyclone intensification. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 145, 1309-1322.

204 S. C. Steenkamp, G. Kilroy, and R. K. SMITH, 2019: Tropical cyclogenesis at and near the Equator. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 145, 1846-1863.

205 M. T. Montgomery and R. K. SMITH, 2019: Towards understanding the dynamics of spin up in Emanuel's tropical cyclone model. J. Atmos. Sci., 76, 3089-3093.

206 J. Persing, M. T. Montgomery, R. K. SMITH and J. C. Williams, 2019: Quasi steady-state hurricanes revisited. Trop. Cycl. Res. Rev., 8, 1-17.

207 S. Wang and R. K. SMITH, 2019: Consequences of regularizing the Sawyer-Eliassen equation in balance models for tropical cyclone behaviour. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 145, 3766-3779.

2020

208 H. Zhu and R. K. SMITH, 2020: A case study of a tropical low over northern Australia. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 146, 1702-1718.

209 G. Kilroy, R. K. SMITH and M. T. Montgomery, 2020: An idealized numerical study of tropical cyclogenesis at the Equator. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 146, 685-699.

210 M. T. Montgomery and R. K. SMITH, 2020: Comments on: An evaluation of hurricane superintensity in axisymmetric numerical models by Raphaël Rousseau-Rizzi and Kerry Emanuel. J. Atmos. Sci., 76, 1887-1892.

211 M. T. Montgomery, G. Kilroy, R. K. SMITH, and N. Črnivec, 2020: Contribution of mean and eddy momentum processes to tropical cyclone intensification. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 146, 3101-3117.

212 R. K. SMITH and M. T. Montgomery, 2020: The generalized Ekman model for the tropical cyclone boundary layer revisited: the myth of inertial stability as a restoring force. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 146, 3435-3449. Addendum and Corrigendum, see #216 below.

213 S. Wang, R. K. SMITH and M. T. Montgomery, 2020: Upper-tropospheric inflow layers in tropical cyclones. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 146, 3466-3487.

214 R. K. SMITH, G. Kilroy, and M. T. Montgomery, 2020 Comments on: How much does the upward advection of supergradient component of boundary-layer wind contribute to tropical cyclone intensification and maximum intensity? by Yuanlong Li, Yuqing Wang and Yanluan Lin. J. Atmos. Sci., 77, 4377-4378.

2021

215 S. Hardy, J. Schwendike, R. K. SMITH, C. J. Short, M. J. Reeder and C. E. Birch, 2019: Fluctuations in inner-core structure during the rapid intensification of Super Typhoon Nepartak (2016). Mon Wea. Rev., 149, 221-243.

216 R. K. SMITH and M. T. Montgomery, 2021: The generalized Ekman model for the tropical cyclone boundary layer revisited: Addendum and Corrigendum. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 147, 1471-1476

217 S. Wang, M. T. Montgomery, and R. K. SMITH, 2021 Solutions of the Eliassen balance equation for inertially and/or symmetrically stable and unstable vortices. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 146, 2760-2771.

218 S. Wang and R. K. SMITH, 2021 Upper level trajectories in the prototype problem for tropical cyclone intensification. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc.,, 147, 2978-2987.

219 R. K. SMITH, G. Kilroy, and M. T. Montgomery, 2021 Tropical cyclone life cycle in a three-dimensional numerical simulation Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 147, 3373-3393.

2022

220 A. U. Kumar, N. Brüggemann, R. K. SMITH, and J. Marotzke, 2022 Response of a tropical cyclone to a subsurface ocean eddy and the role of boundary layer dynamics Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 148, 378-402.

221 R. K. SMITH and M. T. Montgomery, 2022 Effective buoyancy and CAPE: some implications for tropical cyclones Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 148, 2118-2131.

222 R. K. SMITH and M. T. Montgomery, 2022 Comments on: Thermodynamic characteristics of downdrafts in tropical cyclones as seen in idealized simulations of different intensities, by J. B. Wadler, D. S. Nolan, J. A. Zhang and L. K. Shay J. Atmos. Sci., 79, 2011-2012.

223 M. T. Montgomery and R. K. SMITH, 2022 Minimal conceptual models for tropical cyclone intensification Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 11, 61-75.

224 G. Kilroy, H. Zhu, M. Chang and R. K. SMITH, 2022 Application of the rotating-convection paradigm for tropical cyclones to interpreting medicanes: an example Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 11, 131-145.

2023

225 R. K. SMITH and M. T. Montgomery, 2023 Tropical cyclones: Observations and basic processes, Elsevier, 411 pages. Elsevier link

Submitted for Publication

226 M. Chang and R. K. SMITH, 2022 Genesis of Typhoon Hagupit (2008) as revealed by ERA5 reanalyses and satellite observations In revision.

227 R. K. SMITH and M. T. Montgomery, 2023 Comments on: "Can existing theory predict the response of tropical cyclone intensity to idealized landfall?" by Jie Chen and Daniel R. Chavas. Submitted to J. Atmos Soc., 16 Dec.

2024

228 R. K. SMITH and M. T. Montgomery, 2024 Can one reconcile the classical theories and the WISHE-theories of tropical cyclone intensification? Submitted to Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 24 Jan.

229 M. T. Montgomery and R. K. SMITH, 2024 Comments on: "Marathon versus sprint: Two modes of tropical cyclone rapid intensification in a global convection-permitting simulation" by F. Judt and coauthors Submitted to Mon. Wea. Rev., 6 Feb.


Date 6 February 2024

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