1. Maithel, Vijit and Back, Larissa. Moisture recharge-discharge cycles: a gross moist stability-based phase angle perspective. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Volume 79, Issue 9, 2022, pp.2401-2417. Reprint # 8870.
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2. Hansen, Zachary R.; Back, Larissa E. and Zhou, Peigen. Boundary layer quasi-equilibrium limits convective intensity enhancement from the diurnal cycle in surface heating. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Volume 77, Issue 1, 2020, pp.217-237. Reprint # 8495.
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3. Han, Jing; Back, Larissa E.; Liu, Zhengyu and Wen, Xinyu. How far poleward can the seasonal precipitation maxima over land extend under high obliquity?. Climate Dynamics, Volume 54, Issue 9, 2020, pp.4211-4232. Reprint # 8553.
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4. Duffy, Margaret L.; O'Gorman, Paul A. and Back, Larissa E. Importance of Laplacian of low-level warming for the response of precipitation to climate change over tropical oceans. Journal of Climate, Volume 33, Issue 10, 2020, pp.4403-4417. Reprint # 8568.
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5. Serra, Yolande L.; Haase, Jennifer S.; Adams, Deavid K.; Fu, Qiang; Ackerman, Thomas P.; Alexander, M. Joan; Arellano, Avelino; Back, Larissa; Emanuel, Kerry; Kuang, Zhiming; Mapes, Brian; Neelin, David; Raymond, David; Sobel, Adam H.; Staten, Paul W.; Subramanian, Aneesh; Thompson, David W.; Wecchi, Gabriel; Wood, Robert and Zuidema, Paquita. The risks of contracting the acquisition and processing of the nation's weather and climate data to the private sector. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Volume 99, Issue 5, 2018, pp.869-879. Reprint # 8285.
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6. Inoue, Kuniaki and Back, Larissa E. Gross moist stability analysis: Assessment of satellite-based products in the GMS plane. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Volume 74, Issue 6, 2017, pp.1819-1837. Reprint # 7954.
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7. Back, Larissa E.; Hansen, Zachary and Handlos, Zachary. Estimating vertical motion profile top-heaviness: Reanalysis compared to satellite-based observations and stratiform rain fraction. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Volume 74, Issue 3, 2017, 855–864. Reprint # 7885.
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| 8. Hansen, Zachary R. and Back, Larissa E. Higher surface Bowen ratios ineffective at increasing updraft intensity. Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 42, Issue 23, 2015, pp.10503-10511. Reprint # 7518. |
9. Inoue, Kuniaki and Back, Larissa. Column-integrated moist static energy budget analysis on various time scales during TOGA COARE. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Volume 72, Issue 5, 2015, 1856–1871. Reprint # 7381.
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10. Inoue, Kuniaki and Back, Larissa E. Gross moist stability assessment during TOGA COARE: Various interpretations of gross moist stability. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Volume 72, Issue 11, 2015, 4148–4166. Reprint # 7503.
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11. Handlos, Zachary J. and Back, Larissa E. Estimating vertical motion profile shape within tropical weather states over the oceans. Journal of Climate, Volume 27, Issue 20, 2014, 7667–7686. Reprint # 7275.
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12. Back, Larissa; Russ, Karen; Liu, Zhengyu; Inque, Kunaiki; Zhange, Jiaxu and Otto-Bliesner, Better. Global hydrological cycle response to rapid and slow global warming. Journal of Climate, Volume 26, Issue 22, 2013, 8781–8786. Reprint # 7125.
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13. Muller, Caroline J.; O'Gorman, Paul A. and Back, Larissa E. Intensification of precipitation extremes with warming in a cloud-resolving model. Journal of Climate, Volume 24, Issue 11, 2011, 2784–2800. Reprint # 6466.
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14. Back, Larissa E. and Bretherton, Christopher S. On the relationship between SST gradients, boundary layer winds, and convergence over the tropical oceans. Journal of Climate, Volume 22, Issue 15, 2009, pp.4182-4196. Reprint # 6121.
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| 15. Muller, Caroline J.; Back, Larissa E.; O'Gorman, Paul A. and Emanuel, Kerry A. A model for the relationship between tropical precipitation and column water vapor. Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 16, 2009, doi:10.1029/2009GL039667. Reprint # 6122. |
| 16. Back, L. E. and Bretherton, C. S. Geographic variability in the export of moist static energy and vertical motion profiles in the tropical Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, Issue 17, 2006, doi:10.1029/2006Gl026672. Reprint # 6123. |
17. Back, Larissa E. and Bretherton, Christopher S. The relationship between wind speed and precipitation in the Pacific ITCZ. Journal of Climate, Volume 18, Issue 20, 2005, pp.4317-4328. Reprint # 6124.
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18. Bretherton, C. S.; Peters, Matthew E. and Back, Larissa E. Relationships between water vapor path and precipitation over the tropical oceans. Journal of Climate, Volume 17, Issue 7, 2004, pp.1517-1528. Reprint # 6125.
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