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#	Title	Journal	Year	Citations
1	Decomposition of the Continuous Ranked Probability Score for Ensemble Prediction Systems	Weather and Forecasting	2000	932
2	Flash Flood Forecasting: An Ingredients-Based Methodology	Weather and Forecasting	1996	830
3	The WSR-88D Rainfall Algorithm	Weather and Forecasting	1998	783
4	The Critical Success Index as an Indicator of Warning Skill	Weather and Forecasting	1990	590
5	Large-Scale Characteristics of Rapidly Intensifying Tropical Cyclones in the North Atlantic Basin	Weather and Forecasting	2003	568
6	What Is a Good Forecast? An Essay on the Nature of Goodness in Weather Forecasting	Weather and Forecasting	1993	555
7	A Baseline Climatology of Sounding-Derived Supercell andTornado Forecast Parameters	Weather and Forecasting	1998	555
8	The New NMC Mesoscale Eta Model: Description and Forecast Examples	Weather and Forecasting	1994	552
9	Further Improvements to the Statistical Hurricane Intensity Prediction Scheme (SHIPS)	Weather and Forecasting	2005	507
10	Description of the NMC Global Data Assimilation and Forecast System	Weather and Forecasting	1989	506
11	Close Proximity Soundings within Supercell Environments Obtained from the Rapid Update Cycle	Weather and Forecasting	2003	477
12	Introduction of the GSI into the NCEP Global Data Assimilation System	Weather and Forecasting	2009	439
13	Severe Local Storms Forecasting	Weather and Forecasting	1992	428
14	Revision of Convection and Vertical Diffusion Schemes in the NCEP Global Forecast System	Weather and Forecasting	2011	413
15	The Hydrometeor Classification Algorithm for the Polarimetric WSR-88D: Description and Application to an MCS	Weather and Forecasting	2009	409
16	The Storm Cell Identification and Tracking Algorithm: An Enhanced WSR-88D Algorithm	Weather and Forecasting	1998	404
17	A Revised Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification Index for the Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific Basins	Weather and Forecasting	2010	402
18	Experiences with 0–36-h Explicit Convective Forecasts with the WRF-ARW Model	Weather and Forecasting	2008	399
19	The Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones: Forecast Challenges, Current Understanding, and Future Directions	Weather and Forecasting	2003	395
20	Normalized Hurricane Damages in the United States: 1925–95	Weather and Forecasting	1998	385
21	Some Practical Considerations Regarding Horizontal Resolution in the First Generation of Operational Convection-Allowing NWP	Weather and Forecasting	2008	385
22	Visualizing Multiple Measures of Forecast Quality	Weather and Forecasting	2009	342
23	On Summary Measures of Skill in Rare Event Forecasting Based on Contingency Tables	Weather and Forecasting	1990	341
24	A Statistical Hurricane Intensity Prediction Scheme (SHIPS) for the Atlantic Basin	Weather and Forecasting	1994	334
25	Advances and Challenges at the National Hurricane Center	Weather and Forecasting	2009	321
26	GPS Dropwindsonde Wind Profiles in Hurricanes and Their Operational Implications	Weather and Forecasting	2003	316
27	Intercomparison of Spatial Forecast Verification Methods	Weather and Forecasting	2009	315
28	Hypothesis Tests for Evaluating Numerical Precipitation Forecasts	Weather and Forecasting	1999	297
29	Operational Ensemble Prediction at the National Meteorological Center: Practical Aspects	Weather and Forecasting	1993	293
30	Correspondence among the Correlation, RMSE, and Heidke Forecast Verification Measures; Refinement of the Heidke Score	Weather and Forecasting	1992	279
31	Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Tornado Fatalities in the United States: 1880–2005	Weather and Forecasting	2007	274
32	The New Global Operational Analysis System at the National Meteorological Center	Weather and Forecasting	1991	273
33	Climatological Estimates of Local Daily Tornado Probability for the United States	Weather and Forecasting	2003	271
34	Development and Implementation of Wind-Generated Ocean Surface Wave Modelsat NCEP*	Weather and Forecasting	2002	266
35	An Updated Statistical Hurricane Intensity Prediction Scheme (SHIPS) for the Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific Basins	Weather and Forecasting	1999	260
36	Recent Changes Implemented into the Global Forecast System at NMC	Weather and Forecasting	1991	258
37	Conditional Probabilities, Relative Operating Characteristics, and Relative Operating Levels	Weather and Forecasting	1999	254
38	Predicting Supercell Motion Using a New Hodograph Technique	Weather and Forecasting	2000	254
39	The Effect of Neglecting the Virtual Temperature Correction on CAPE Calculations	Weather and Forecasting	1994	247
40	Convective Modes for Significant Severe Thunderstorms in the Contiguous United States. Part I: Storm Classification and Climatology	Weather and Forecasting	2012	247
41	Derechos: Widespread Convectively Induced Windstorms	Weather and Forecasting	1987	244
42	The Distinction between Large-Scale and Mesoscale Contribution to Severe Convection: A Case Study Example	Weather and Forecasting	1987	242
43	Use of the “Odds Ratio” for Diagnosing Forecast Skill	Weather and Forecasting	2000	242
44	Intercomparison of the Performance of Operational Ocean Wave Forecasting Systems with Buoy Data	Weather and Forecasting	2002	238
45	Some Common Ingredients for Heavy Orographic Rainfall	Weather and Forecasting	2001	235
46	Evolution of the U.S. Tornado Database: 1954–2003	Weather and Forecasting	2006	232
47	The Integrated Nowcasting through Comprehensive Analysis (INCA) System and Its Validation over the Eastern Alpine Region	Weather and Forecasting	2011	231
48	On the Environments of Tornadic and Nontornadic Mesocyclones	Weather and Forecasting	1994	230
49	The Use of Moisture Flux Convergence in Forecasting Convective Initiation: Historical and Operational Perspectives	Weather and Forecasting	2005	229
50	The Advanced Dvorak Technique: Continued Development of an Objective Scheme to Estimate Tropical Cyclone Intensity Using Geostationary Infrared Satellite Imagery	Weather and Forecasting	2007	229

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