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Overview

Melvyn A. Shapiro is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their work is connected to this federal scientific agency that focuses on the conditions of the oceans, major waterways, and the atmosphere.

While specific publication details are not available, their active involvement with NOAA suggests a professional focus on environmental and atmospheric research aligned with the agency's objectives.

No records indicate recent papers, co-authors, or frequent publication venues for Melvyn A. Shapiro. Similarly, there are no notes on any book publications, awards, or defined main and subfields of study linked to their research profile.

The absence of documented research topics, publications, or collaborations limits detailed insight into the specific areas of scientific contribution by this individual beyond their organizational association.

Best Publications

  • Turbulent Mixing within Tropopause Folds as a Mechanism for the Exchange of Chemical Constituents between the Stratosphere and Troposphere

    M. A. Shapiro

  • Fronts, Jet Streams and the Tropopause

    M. A. Shapiro;Daniel Keyser

  • A Review of the Structure and Dynamics of Upper-Level Frontal Zones

    Daniel Keyser;M. A. Shapiro

  • The North Pacific Experiment (NORPEX-98): Targeted Observations for Improved North American Weather Forecasts

    Rolf H. Langland;Z. Toth;R. Gelaro;I. Szunyogh

  • Collaboration of the Weather and Climate Communities to Advance Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Prediction

    Gilbert Brunet;Melvyn Shapiro;Melvyn Shapiro;Brian Hoskins;Brian Hoskins;Mitch Moncrieff

  • The Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track Experiment (FASTEX): Scientific Objectives and Experimental Design

    Alain Joly;Dave Jorgensen;Melvyn A. Shapiro;Alan Thorpe

  • The Interaction between Baroclinic and Diabatic Processes in a Numerical Simulation of a Rapidly Intensifying Extratropical Marine Cyclone

    Ying-Hwa Kuo;M. A. Shapiro;Evelyn G. Donall

  • Flow response to large-scale topography: the Greenland tip jet

    James D. Doyle;Melvyn A. Shapiro

  • The Life Cycle of an Extratropical Marine Cyclone. Part II: Mesoscale Structure and Diagnostics

    Paul J. Neiman;M. A. Shapiro;L. S. Fedor

  • The Life Cycle of an Extratropical Marine Cyclone. Part I: Frontal-Cyclone Evolution and Thermodynamic Air-Sea Interaction

    Paul J. Neiman;M. A. Shapiro

  • Overview of the field phase of the fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track EXperiment (FASTEX) project

    Alain Joly;Keith A. Browning;Pierre Bessemoulin;Jean‐Pierre Cammas

  • Multiscale Convective Organization and the YOTC Virtual Global Field Campaign

    Mitchell W. Moncrieff;Duane E. Waliser;Martin J. Miller;Melvyn A. Shapiro

  • Frontogenesis and Geostrophically Forced Secondary Circulations in the Vicinity of Jet Stream-Frontal Zone Systems

    M. A. Shapiro

  • Further Evidence of the Mesoscale and Turbulent Structure of Upper Level Jet Stream–Frontal Zone Systems

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  • Collisions of small drops in a turbulent flow

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  • The Arctic Tropopause Fold

    M. A. Shapiro;T. Hampel;A. J. Krueger

  • Intensification of Hurricane Sandy (2012) through Extratropical Warm Core Seclusion

    Thomas J. Galarneau;Christopher A. Davis;Melvyn A. Shapiro

  • Large-Amplitude Mountain Wave Breaking over Greenland

    James D. Doyle;Melvyn A. Shapiro;Qingfang Jiang;Diana L. Bartels

  • Research aircraft measurements of a polar low over the Norwegian Sea

    M. A. Shapiro;L. S. Fedor;Tamara Hampel

  • Turbulence and Gravity Waves within an Upper-Level Front

    Steven E. Koch;Brian D. Jamison;Brian D. Jamison;Chungu Lu;Chungu Lu;Tracy L. Smith;Tracy L. Smith

  • General circulation model estimates of the net vertical flux of ozone in the lower stratosphere and the implications for the tropospheric ozone budget

    Louis T. Gidel;M. A. Shapiro

  • The Balanced Dynamical Nature of a Rapidly Intensifying Oceanic Cyclone

    Christopher A. Davis;Evelyn Donall Grell;M. A. Shapiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Neiman
Paul J. Neiman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Heini Wernli
Heini Wernli ETH Zurich
James D. Doyle
James D. Doyle United States Naval Research Laboratory
Christopher A. Davis
Christopher A. Davis National Center for Atmospheric Research
Xiaolei Zou
Xiaolei Zou Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Nicholas A. Bond
Nicholas A. Bond Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean
Brian J. Hoskins
Brian J. Hoskins University of Reading
Mitchell W. Moncrieff
Mitchell W. Moncrieff National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jagadish Shukla
Jagadish Shukla George Mason University

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