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Publications (peer reviewed; Hart-supervised student is underlined):

2023
Jones, E., Parfitt, R., Wing, A., & Hart, R. E., 2023: Gulf Stream Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies Associated with the Extratropical Transition of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones. Geophysical Research Letters, 50.
2022
Ahern, Kyle A., R. E. Hart,and M. Bourassa, 2022: Asymmetric Hurricane Boundary Layer Structure During Storm Decay. Part II: Secondary Eyewall Formation,Mon. Wea. Rev., 150, 1915-1936,1915-1936

2021
Ahern, Kyle A., R. E. Hart, and M. Bourassa, 2021: Asymmetric Hurricane Boundary Layer Structure During Storm Decay. Part I: Formation of Descending Inflow. Mon. Wea. Rev., 149,3851-3874.

2020
Halperin, D.J., A. B. Penny, and R. Hart, 2020: A comparison of tropical cyclone genesis forecast verification from three Global Forecast System (GFS) operational configurations. Wea. Forec., 35, 5.
Cowan, L. P. and R. Hart, 2020: An Objective Identification and Climatology of Upper Tropospheric Jets Near Atlantic Tropical Cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 148, 7.

2019
Ahern, K., M. Bourassa, R. Hart, J. Zhang, and R. Rogers, 2019: Observed Kinematic and Thermodynamic Structure in the Hurricane Boundary Layer During Intensity Change. Mon. Wea. Rev., 147, 2765-2785.

2017
Evans, C. and coauthors, 2017: The Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones. Part I: Cyclone Evolution and Direct Impacts. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 4317-4344.
Hazelton, A., R. Rogers, and R. Hart, 2017: Analyzing Simulated Convective Bursts in Two Atlantic Hurricanes, Part I: Burst Formation and Development. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 3073-3094.
Hazelton, A., R. Hart, and R. Rogers, 2017: Analyzing Simulated Convective Bursts in Two Atlantic Hurricanes, Part II: Intensity Change Due to Bursts. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 3095-3117.

Halperin, D., R. Hart, H. Fuelberg, and J. Cossuth, 2017: The development and evaluation of a statistical-dynamical tropical cyclone genesis guidance tool. Wea. Forec., 32, 27-46.

2016

Halperin, D., H. Fuelberg, R. Hart, and J. Cossuth, 2016: Verification of tropical cyclone genesis forecasts from global models: Comparisons between the North Atlantic and eastern North Pacific basins. Wea. Forec., 31, 947-955.
Hart, R. E., D. R. Chavas, and M. P. Guishard, 2016: The arbitrary definition of the current Atlantic major hurricane landfall drought. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 97, 713-722.

2015
Schenkel, B. and R. E. Hart, 2015: An examination of the thermodynamic impacts of western North Pacific tropical cyclones on their tropical tropospheric environment. J. Climate, 28, 7529-7560.
Helms, C. N. and R. E. Hart, 2015: The evolution of dropsonde-derived kinematic and thermodynamic structures in developing and non-developing Atlantic tropical convective systems. Mon. Wea. Rev., 143, 3109-3135.
Ryglicki, D. and R. E. Hart, 2015: An Investigation of Center-Finding Techniques for Tropical Cyclones in Mesoscale Models. J. Applied Meteor. and Climatology, 54, 825-846.
Schenkel, B. and R. E. Hart, 2015: An analysis of the environmental moisture impacts of western North Pacific tropical cyclones. J. Climate, 28, 2600-2622.
Hazelton, A., R. Rogers, and R. E. Hart, 2015: Shear-Relative Asymmetries in Tropical Cyclone Eyewall Slope. Monthly Weather Review, 14, 883-903.

2014
Halperin, D., H. Fuelberg, R. Hart, J. Cossuth, Sura, P., and R. Pasch, 2014: An evaluation of tropical cyclone genesis forecasts from global numerical models.Wea. Forec., 28, 1423-1445.

2013

Truchelut, R., R. E. Hart, and B. Luthman, 2013: Global identification of previously undetected tropical cyclone candidates in NOAA/CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis data. J. Appl. Meteor. and Clim., 52, 2243-2259.
Hart, R.E. and J. H. Cossuth, 2013: A family tree of tropical meteorology's academic community and its proposed expansion. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 94, 1837-1848.
Helms, C. N. and R. Hart, 2013: A polygon-based line integral method for calculating vorticity, divergence, and deformation for non-uniform observations. J. Appl. Meteor. and Clim., 52, 1511-1521.
Creighton, G.A., R.E. Hart, and P. Cunningham, 2013: A spatial filter approach to determining the role of convection on the evolution of a mesoscale vortex. J. Atm. Sci., 70, 1954-1976.

Hazelton, A. and R. E. Hart, 2013: Hurricane eye slope as determined by using airborne radar reflectivity data: Composites and Case Studies. Wea. and Forec., 28, 368-386.
Cossuth, J., R. Knabb, D. Brown, and R. E. Hart, 2013: Tropical cyclone genesis guidance using pre-development Dvorak climatology. Wea. and Forec., 28, 100-118.

2012

Schenkel, B. and R. E. Hart, 2012: An examination of tropical cyclone position and intensity differences within reanalysis datasets. J. Climate, MERRA Special Collection, 25, 3453-3475. doi: 10.1175/2011JCLI4208.1.

2011
Schenkel, B. and R. Hart, 2011: Conference Notebook: Potential Precursors to Tropical Cyclone Passage. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., October 2011, 1282-1283.
Truchelut, R.E. and R.E. Hart, 2011: Quantifying the possible existence of undocumented Atlantic warm-core cyclones in NOAA/CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis Data. Geo. Res. Let., 38, L08811, doi:10.1029/2011GL046756.

2010
Hart, R.E.,2010: An inverse relationship between aggregate tropical cyclone activity and subsequent winter climate. Geo. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2010GL045612.

2009
Guishard, M.P., J. E. Evans, R. E. Hart, 2009: Atlantic Subtropical Storms. Part II: Climatology. J. Climate, 22, 3574-3594.

2008
Hart, R., R. Maue, and M. Watson, 2008:Papers of Note: How long does the climate "remember" a tropical cyclone? Bulletin of the Amer. Meteor. Soc., May 2008, 596-598.
Junker, N.W, Richard. H. Grumm, R. E. Hart, L.F. Bosart, K. M. Bell, and Frank J. Pereira, 2008: Use of anomalous fields to anticipate extreme rainfall in the mountains of northern California. Wea. Forec., 23, 336-356.
Evans, C. and R.E. Hart, 2008: Analysis of the wind field evolution associated with the extratropical transition of Bonnie (1998).Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 2047-2065.

2007
Hart, R., R. Maue, and M. Watson, 2007: Estimating the atmospheric and SST memory of tropical cyclones through MPI anomaly evolution. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 3990-4005.
Maue, R. and R. Hart, 2007: Comment on: "Low frequency variability in globally integrated tropical cyclone power dissipation." Geo. Res. Letters, 34, L11703, doi:1029/2006GL028283
Manning, D. and R. E. Hart, 2007: Evolution of North Atlantic ERA40 Tropical Cyclone Representation. Geo. Res. Letters, 34, L05705. doi:10.1029/2006GL028266
Guishard, M.P., E. A. Nelson, J. L. Evans, R. E. Hart, and D. G. O'Connell, 2007: Bermuda subtropical storms. Meteor. and Atmos. Phys.. doi:10.1007/s00703-006-0255-y

2006
Hart, R., 2006: "Hurricanes: A Primer on Formation, Structure, Intensity Change, and Frequency." Ed: Jeff Kueter. Marshall Institute. 20pp.
Evans, J.E. and R. E. Hart, 2006: "Extratropical Transition of tropical cyclones". Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions. Volume 2. Wessex Institute of Technology. Ed: William Perrie.
Hart, R., J. L. Evans, and C. Evans, 2006: Synoptic composites of the extratropical transition lifecycle of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones: Factors Determining Post-Transition Evolution. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 553-578.

2003
Jones, S.C., P.A. Harr, J. Abraham, L.F. Bosart, P.J. Bowyer, J.L. Evans, D. E. Hanley, B. N. Hanstrum, R.E. Hart, F. Lalaurette, M.R. Sinclair, R.K. Smith, and C. Thorncroft, 2003: The extratropical transition of tropical cyclones: Forecast challenges, current understanding, and future directions. Wea. Forecasting, 18, 1052-1092.
Evans, J.L. and R. Hart, 2003: Objective indicators of the extratropical transition lifecycle of Atlantic tropical cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 909-925.
Hart, R.,2003: A cyclone phase space derived from thermal wind and thermal asymmetry. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 585-616.

2001
Grumm, R. H. and R. Hart, 2001: Standardized Anomalies Applied to Significant Cold Season Weather Events: Preliminary Findings Wea. Forecasting, 16, 736-754.
Hart, R. and R.H. Grumm, 2001: Using normalized climatological anomalies to objectively rank extreme synoptic-scale events. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 2426-2442.
Hart, R. and J.L. Evans, 2001: A climatology of the extratropical transition of Atlantic tropical cyclones. J. Climate, 14, 546-564.

1999
Hart, R., and J.L. Evans, 1999: Simulations of dual-vortex interaction within Environmental Shear. J. Atm. Science., 56, 3605-3621.
Hart, R.E, and G. S. Forbes, 1999: The use of hourly model-generated soundings to forecast mesoscale phenomena: Part II: Forecasting non-convective strong wind gusts.Wea and Forecasting, 14, 461-469.

1998
Hart, R.E., G. S. Forbes, and R. H. Grumm, 1998: The use of hourly model-generated soundings to forecast mesoscale phenomena: Part I: Forecasting warm-season phenomena. Wea and Forecasting, 13, 1165-1185.

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