Publications

• Ring, M. J., and R. A. Plumb:
  The response of a simplified GCM to axisymmetric forcings: applicability of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem
  J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 3880–3898 (2008).
  
  
• Clift, P. D., and R. A. Plumb:
  The Asian Monsoon: causes, history and effects
  Cambridge Univ. Press, 270pp. (2008).
  
  
• Marshall, J., and R. A. Plumb:
  Atmosphere, ocean, and climate dynamics: an introductory text
  International Geophysics Series v. 93, Elsevier Academic Press, 319pp. (2008).
  
  
• Plumb, R. A.:
  Tracer interrelationships in the stratosphere
  Rev. Geophys., 45, RG4005, doi:10.1029/2005RG000179 (2007).
  
  
• Chan, C. J., I. Cerovecki, and R. A. Plumb:
  Annular modes in a migrating zonal jet regime.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 4053-4068 (2007).
  
  
• Ring, M. J., and R. A. Plumb:
  Forced annular mode patterns in a simple atmospheric general circulation model
  J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 3611–3626 (2007).
  
  
• Plumb, R. A.:
  Dynamical constraints on monsoon circulations.
  In The Global Circulation of the Atmosphere, T. Schneider & A. H. Sobel, eds, Princeton Univ. Press (2007).
  
  
  
• Prive, N.C., and R. A. Plumb:
  Monsoon dynamics with interactive forcing. Part I: Axisymmetric studies.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 1417-1430 (2007)
  
  
  
• Prive, N.C., and R. A. Plumb:
  Monsoon dynamics with interactive forcing. Part II: Impact of eddies and asymmetric geometries.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 1431-1442 (2007)
  
  
• Plumb, R. A., and R. Ferrari:
  Transformed Eulerian mean theory. I: Nongeostrophic theory for eddies on a zonal-mean flow.
  J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, 165-174 (2005).
  
  
  
• Kuo, A., R. A. Plumb, and J. Marshall:
  Transformed Eulerian mean theory. II: potential vorticity homogenization,
  and the equilibrium of a wind- and buoyancy-driven zonal flow.
  J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, 175-187 (2005).
  
  
  
• Koh, T. Y., and R. A. Plumb:
  Isentropic zonal average formalism and near-surface circulation.
  Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 130, 1631-1653 (2004).
  
  
  
• Neu, J. L., L. C. Sparling, and R. A. Plumb:
  Variability of the subtropical " edges" in the stratosphere.
  J. Geophys. Res., 108, 4482, doi:10.1029/2002JD002706, (2003).
  
  
• Ferrari, R., and R. A. Plumb:
  The residual circulation in the ocean.
  Proceedings of the Aha Huliko'a Winter Workshop, Honolulu, Hawaii, (2003).
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• Plumb, R. A., and K. Semeniuk:
  Downward migration of extratropical zonal wind anomalies.
  J. Geophys. Res. 108(D7), 4223, doi: 2002JD002773 (2003).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A., W. Heres, J. L. Neu, N. Mahowald, J. del Corral, G. C. Toon, E. Ray, F. Moore, and A. E. Andrews:
  Global tracer modeling during SOLVE: high latitude descent and mixing.
  J. Geophys. Res. , 107, 8309, doi: 10.1029/2001JD001023 (2002). [printed 108(D5), 2003].
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  Stratospheric transport.
  J. Met. Soc. Japan , 80, 793-809 (2002).
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• Mahowald, N. M., R. A. Plumb, P. J. Rasch, J. del Corral, F. Sassi and W. Heres:
  Stratospheric transport in a three-dimensional isentropic coordinate model.
  J. Geophys. Res. ,10.1029/2001JD001313, 08 August (2002).
  
  
• Popovic, J. M., and R. A. Plumb:
  Eddy shedding from the upper tropospheric Asian monsoon anticyclone.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 93-104 (2001).
  
  
• Koh, T.-Y., and R.A. Plumb:
  Lobe dynamics applied to barotropic Rossby-wave breaking.
  Phys. Fluids, 12, 1518-1528 (2000).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A., D.W. Waugh, and M.P. Chipperfield:
  The effects of mixing on tracer relationships in the polar vortices.
  J. Geophys. Res., 105,10,047-10,062 (2000).
  
  
• Esler, J.G., L.M. Polvani, and R.A. Plumb:
  The effect of a Hadley circulation on the propagation and reflection of planetary waves in a simple one-layer model.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 1536-1556 (2000).
  
  
• Hsu, C.J., and R.A. Plumb:
  Non-axisymmetric thermally driven circulations and upper tropospheric monsoon dynamics.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 1254-1276 (2000).
  
  
• Esler, J.G., L.M. Polvani, and R.A. Plumb:
  On the mix-down times of dynamically active potential vorticity filaments.
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 2953-2956 (1999).
  
  
• Neu, J.L., and R.A. Plumb:
  Age of air in a "leaky pipe" model of stratospheric transport.
  J. Geophys. Res., 104, 19,243-19,255 (1999).
  
  
• Hall, T.M., D.W. Waugh, K.A. Boering, and R.A. Plumb:
  Evaluation of transport in stratospheric models.
  J. Geophys. Res., 104, 18,815-18,839 (1999).
  
  
• Sobel, A.H., and R.A. Plumb:
  Quantitative diagnostics of mixing in a shallow-water model of the stratosphere.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 2811-2829 (1999).
  
  
• Polvani, L.M., J.G. Esler, and R.A. Plumb:
  Time variability and Simmons-Wallace-Branstator instability in a simple nonlinear one-layer model.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 1445-1460 (1999).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A., and J. Eluszkiewicz:
  The Brewer-Dobson circulation: dynamics of the tropical upwelling.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 868-890 (1999).
  
  
• Sobel, A.H., R.A. Plumb, and D.W. Waugh:
  On methods of calculating transport across the polar vortex edge.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 2241-2260 (1997).
  
  
• Waugh, D.W., R.A. Plumb, J.W. Elkins, D.W. Fahey, G.S. Dutton, M. Loewenstein, J.R. Podolske, E. Keim, K.A. Boering, S.C. Wofsy, M.H. Proffitt, K.K. Kelly, C.R. Webster, R.D. May, K.R. Chan, P.A. Newman, and L.R. Lait:
  Mixing of polar vortex air into middle latitudes as revealed by tracer-tracer correlations.
  J. Geophys. Res., 102, 13,119-13,134 (1997).
  
  
• Atkinson, R.J., and R.A. Plumb:
  Three-dimensional ozone transport during the "ozone hole" breakup in December 1987.
  J. Geophys. Res., 102, 1451-1466 (1997).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A., and X. Zheng:
  Source determination from trace gas observations: an orthogonal function approach and results for gases with surface sources.
  J. Geophys. Res., 101, 18,569-18,585 (1996).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  A "tropical pipe" model of stratospheric transport.
  J. Geophys. Res., 101, 3957-3972 (1996). Sorry, no reprints available.
  
  
• Plumb, R.A., M.K.W. Ko, and R.-L. Shia:
  Representation of localized aircraft NO_y emissions in a two-dimensional model of stratospheric ozone.
  J. Geophys. Res., 100, 20901-20912 (1995).
  
  
• Eluszkiewicz, J., R.A. Plumb, and N. Nakamura:
  Dynamics of wintertime stratospheric transport in the GFDL ''SKYHI'' general circulation model,
  J. Geophys. Res., 100, 20883-20900 (1995).
  
  
• Polvani, L.M., D.W. Waugh and R.A. Plumb:
  On the subtropical edge of the stratospheric surf zone.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 1288-1309 (1995).
  
  
• Waugh, D.W., R.A. Plumb, P.A. Newman, M.R. Schoeberl, L.R. Lait, M. Loewenstein, J.R. Podolske, J.W. Elkins and K.R. Chan:
  Fine-scale, poleward transport of tropical air during AASE2.
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2603-2606 (1994).
  
  
• Nakamura, M., and R.A. Plumb:
  The effects of flow asymmetry on the direction of Rossby wave breaking.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 2031-2045 (1994).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A., and D.W. Waugh:
  High-resolution contour advection using NWP products.
  In: Numerical Weather Prediction in the Stratosphere, ECMWF, Reading, UK (1994).
  
  
• Waugh, D.W., L.M. Polvani and R.A. Plumb:
  Nonlinear, barotropic response to a localized topographic forcing: formation of a ''tropical surf zone'' and its effect on interhemispheric propagation.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 1401-1416 (1994).
  
  
• Waugh, D.W., and R.A. Plumb:
  Contour advection with surgery: a technique for investigating fine scale structure in atmospheric transport.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 530-540 (1994).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A., D.W. Waugh, R.J. Atkinson, P.A. Newman, L.R. Lait, M.R. Schoeberl, E.V. Browell, A.J. Simmons and M. Loewenstein:
  Intrusions into the lower stratospheric Arctic vortex during the winter of 1991/92.
  J. Geophys. Res., 99, 1089-1105 (1994).
  
  
• Waugh, D.W., R.A. Plumb, R.J. Atkinson, M.R. Schoeberl, L.R. Lait, P.A. Newman, M. Loewenstein, D.W. Toohey, C.R. Webster and R. May:
  Transport out of the stratospheric Arctic vortex through Rossby wave breaking.
  J. Geophys. Res., 99, 1071-1088 (1994).
  
  
• Hall, T.M., and R.A. Plumb:
  Age as a diagnostic of stratospheric transport.
  J. Geophys. Res., 99, 1059-1069 (1994).
  
  
• Atkinson, R.J., and R.A. Plumb:
  An observational study of the "ozone dilution effect": ozone transport in the Austral spring stratosphere.
  Proc. Quad. Ozone Symposium, (1992).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A., and A.Y. Hou:
  The response of a zonally-symmetric atmosphere to subtropical thermal forcing.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 1790-1799 (1992).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A., and M.K.W. Ko:
  Interrelationships between mixing ratios of long-lived stratospheric constituents.
  J. Geophys. Res., 97, 10,145-10,156 (1992).
  
  
• Polvani, L.M., and R.A. Plumb:
  Rossby wave breaking, filamentation and secondary vortex formation: the dynamics of a perturbed vortex.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 462-476 (1992).
  
  
• Balachandran, N.K., R.A. Plumb, R. Suozzo and D. Rind:
  The QBO and stratospheric warming --model results.
  J. Geomag. Geoelectr., 43, Suppl., 741-757, (1991).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  A nonacceleration theorem for transient quasigeostrophic disturbances on a three-dimensional time-mean flow.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 1825-1836 (1990).
  
  
• Turco, R., R.A. Plumb and E. Condon:
  The Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition: prologue.
  Geophys.Res.Lett., 17, 313-316, (1990).
  
  
• Atkinson, R.J., W.A. Matthews, P.A. Newman and R.A. Plumb:
  Evidence of the midlatitude impact of Antarctic ozone depletion.
  Nature, 340, 290-293, (1989).
  
  
• Karoly, D.J., R.A. Plumb and M.F. Ting:
  Examples of the horizontal propagation of stationary waves.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 2802-2811, (1989).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  Atmospheric ozone --- physics and chemistry.
  Transactions of the Menzies Foundation, 15, 3-13, (1989).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  On the seasonal cycle of stratospheric planetary waves.
  PAGEOPH, 130, 233-242, (1989).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A., and D.D. McConalogue:
  On the meridional structure of long-lived tropospheric constituents.
  J. Geophys. Res., 93, 15897-15913, (1988).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  Parcel dispersion in stratospheric models.
  In Transport Processes in the Middle Atmosphere,
  G. Visconti and R. Garcia, eds., D. Reidel (1987).
  
  
• Newman, P.A., M.R. Schoeberl, R.A. Plumb and J.F. Rosenfeld:
  Mixing rates calculated from potential vorticity.
  J. Geophys. Res., 92, 5221-5240, (1987).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A., R.A. Vincent and R.L. Craig:
  The quasi-two-day wave event of January 1984 and its impact on the mean mesospheric circulation.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 3030-3036, (1987).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A., and J.D. Mahlman:
  The zonally-averaged transport characteristics of the GFDL general circulation/tracer model.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 298-327, (1987).
  
  
• Newman, P.A., M.R. Schoeberl and R.A. Plumb:
  Horizontal mixing coefficients for two-dimensional chemical models calculated from NMC data.
  J. Geophys. Res., 91, 7919-7924, (1986).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A., D.G. Andrews, M.A. Geller, W.L. Grose, A. O'Neill, M. Salby and R.A. Vincent:
  Dynamical processes.
  Chapter 6 of Atmospheric Ozone 1985, WMO, Geneva, (1986).
  
  
• Galbally, I.E., C.R. Roy, R.S. O'Brien, B.A. Ridley, D.R. Hastie, W.F.J. Evans, C.T. McElroy, J.B. Kerr, R.A. Plumb, P. Hyson and J.E. Laby:
  Trace constituents in the austral stratosphere.
  Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 112, 775-810, (1986).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  Three-dimensional propagation of transient quasigeostrophic eddies and its relationship with the eddy forcing of the time-mean flow.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 43, 1657-1678, (1986).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  An alternative form of Andrews' conservation law for quasigeostrophic waves on a steady, nonuniform flow.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 42, 298-300, (1985).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  On the three-dimensional propagation of stationary waves.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 42, 217-229, (1985).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  The quasi-biennial oscillation.
  In Dynamics of the Middle Atmosphere, J.R. Holton and T. Matsuno, eds., pp217-251; Terrapub, Tokyo, (1984).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  A new look at the energy cycle.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 40, 1670-1688, (1983).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  Baroclinic instability of the summer mesosphere: a mechanism for the quasi- two-day wave?
  J. Atmos. Sci., 40, 262-270, (1983).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  The circulation of the middle atmosphere.
  Austr.Meteor.Mag., 30, 107-121, (1982).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A., and R.C. Bell:
  A model of the quasi-biennial oscillation on an equatorial beta-plane.
  Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 108, 335-352, (1982).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A., and R.C. Bell:
  Equatorial waves in steady zonal shear flow.
  Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 108, 313-334, (1982).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  Instability of the distorted polar night vortex: a theory of stratospheric warmings.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 38, 2514-2531, (1981).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  Forced waves in a baroclinic shear flow. Part 2: damped and undamped evolution at finite stability.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 38, 1856-1869, (1981).
  
  
• McEwan, A.D., R. Thompson and R.A. Plumb:
  Mean flows driven by weak eddies in rotating systems.
  J. Fluid Mech., 99, 655-672, (1980).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  Eddy fluxes of conserved quantities by small-amplitude waves.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 36, 1699-1704, (1979).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  Forced waves in a baroclinic shear flow. Part 1: undamped evolution near the baroclinic instability threshold.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 36, 205-216, (1979).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A., and A.D.McEwan:
  The instability of a forced standing wave in a viscous stratified fluid: a laboratory analogue of the quasi-biennial oscillation.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 35, 1827-1839, (1978).
  
  
• McEwan, A.D., and R.A. Plumb:
  Off-resonant amplification of finite internal wave packets.
  Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 2, 83-105, (1977).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  The interaction of two internal gravity waves with the mean flow; implications for the theory of the quasi-biennial oscillation.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 34, 1847-1858, (1977).
  
  
• Hide, R., P.J. Mason and R.A. Plumb:
  Thermal convection in a rotating fluid subject to a horizontal temperature gradient: spatial and temporal characteristics of fully-developed baroclinic waves.
  J. Atmos. Sci., 34, 1847-1858, (1977).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  Angular momentum advection by axisymmetric motions.
  Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 103, 479-485, (1977).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  The stability of small-amplitude Rossby waves in a channel.
  J. Fluid Mech., 80, 705-720, (1977).
  
  
• Plumb, R.A.:
  Momentum transport by the thermal tide in the stratosphere of Venus.
  Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 101, 763-776, (1975).
  
  

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