Publications:

  • Rowe, S. M., and M. H. Hitchman, 2015: On the Role of Inertial Instability in Stratosphere -Troposphere Exchange in Midlatitude Cyclones. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 2131–2151
  • Rowe, S. M., and M. H. Hitchman, 2016: On the Relationship between Inertial Instability, Poleward Momentum Surges and Jet Intensifications near Midlatitude Cyclones. J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 2299-2315.
  • Hitchman, M. H., and S. M. Rowe, 2017: On the Similarity of Lower Stratospheric Potential Vorticity Dipoles above Tropical and Midlatitude Deep Convection. J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 2593-2613.
  • Hitchman, M. H., and S. M. Rowe, 2019: On the Formation of UTLS PV Dipole/Jetlets in Tropical Cyclones by Convective Momentum Surges. Mon Wea Rev., 147, 4107-4125.
  • Rowe, S. M., and M. H. Hitchman, 2020: Rapid Destruction of a Stratospheric Potential Vorticity Anomaly by Convectively Induced Inertial Instability during the 20 August 2018 Southern Wisconsin Extreme Flooding Event. Mon Wea Rev., 148, 4397-4414.
  • Hitchman, M. H., and S. M. Rowe, 2020: Reply to comment on “On the Structure and Formation of UTLS PV Dipole/Jetlets in Tropical Cyclones by Convective Momentum Surges.” Mon. Wea. Rev., 148, 4697.
  • Hitchman, M. H., and S. M. Rowe, 2021: On the formation of tropopause folds and constituent gradient enhancement near westerly jets. J. Atmos. Sci., 78, 2057-2074.
  • Hitchman, M. H., and S. M. Rowe, 2022: Lower tropospheric horizontal potential vorticity dipole and equatorward outflow associated with the Iowa derecho of 10 August 2020 Mon. Wea. Rev., in review.