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Michael T. Montgomery is affiliated with the Naval Postgraduate School in the United States. The research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change as subfields.

The main topics covered in their work include Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate Variability and Models, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, and Wind and Air Flow Studies.

Frequent co-authors in their body of work include:

  • Roger K. Smith
  • Gerard Kilroy
  • Shanghong Wang
  • John Persing
  • Svetla Hristova-Veleva

Common publication venues for their research are:

  • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Tropical Cyclone Research and Review
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael T. Montgomery include:

  • Contribution of mean and eddy momentum processes to tropical cyclone intensification, 2020, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Does Balance Dynamics Well Capture the Secondary Circulation and Spinup of a Simulated Hurricane?, 2020, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Tropical cyclone life cycle in a three-dimensional numerical simulation, 2021, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Upper-tropospheric inflow layers in tropical cyclones, 2020, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • The generalized Ekman model for the tropical cyclone boundary layer revisited: The myth of inertial stability as a restoring force, 2020, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

The research contributions have focused heavily on the dynamics, structure, and modeling of tropical cyclones and related meteorological processes. This includes detailed investigations into momentum processes, inflow layers, and boundary layer dynamics within hurricanes and cyclones.

Best Publications

  • A theory for vortex rossby-waves and its application to spiral bands and intensity changes in hurricanes

    Michael T. Montgomery;Randall J. Kallenbach

  • A Vortical Hot Tower Route to Tropical Cyclogenesis.

    M. T. Montgomery;M. E. Nicholls;T. A. Cram;A. B. Saunders

  • The Role of “Vortical” Hot Towers in the Formation of Tropical Cyclone Diana (1984)

    Eric A. Hendricks;Michael T. Montgomery;Christopher A. Davis

  • Polygonal Eyewalls, Asymmetric Eye Contraction, and Potential Vorticity Mixing in Hurricanes

    Wayne H. Schubert;Michael T. Montgomery;Richard K. Taft;Thomas A. Guinn

  • Tropical cyclogenesis in a tropical wave critical layer: easterly waves

    T. J. Dunkerton;M. T. Montgomery;Z. Wang

  • Low-Wavenumber Structure and Evolution of the Hurricane Inner Core Observed by Airborne Dual-Doppler Radar

    Paul D. Reasor;Michael T. Montgomery;Frank D. Marks;John F. Gamache

  • Fluorescence tracking of dissolved and particulate organic matter quality in a river-dominated estuary.

    Christopher L. Osburn;Lauren T. Handsel;Molly P. Mikan;Hans W. Paerl

  • Tropical cyclone spin‐up revisited

    Roger K. Smith;Michael T. Montgomery;Michael T. Montgomery;Nguyen Van Sang

  • Tropical Cyclogenesis via Convectively Forced Vortex Rossby Waves in a Three-Dimensional Quasigeostrophic Model

    Michael T. Montgomery;Janice Enagonio

  • A new paradigm for intensity modification of tropical cyclones: thermodynamic impact of vertical wind shear on the inflow layer

    M. Riemer;M. T. Montgomery;M. T. Montgomery;M. E. Nicholls

  • Tropical-cyclone intensification and predictability in three dimensions

    Nguyen Van Sang;Roger K. Smith;Michael T. Montgomery

  • A New Look at the Problem of Tropical Cyclones in Vertical Shear Flow: Vortex Resiliency

    Paul D. Reasor;Michael T. Montgomery;Lewis D. Grasso

  • Air-Sea Enthalpy and Momentum Exchange at Major Hurricane Wind Speeds Observed during CBLAST

    Michael M. Bell;Michael T. Montgomery;Kerry A. Emanuel

  • Tropical Cyclone Formation

    Michael T. Montgomery;Brian F. Farrell

  • A Three-Dimensional Balance Theory for Rapidly Rotating Vortices

    Lloyd J. Shapiro;Michael T. Montgomery

  • High-Resolution Simulation of Hurricane Bonnie 1998, Part 1: The Organization of Vertical Motion

    Scott A. Braun;Michael T. Montgomery;Zhaoxia Pu

  • Paradigms for Tropical Cyclone Intensification

    Michael T Montgomery;Roger K Smith

  • Observed Structure, Evolution, and Potential Intensity of Category 5 Hurricane Isabel (2003) from 12 to 14 September

    Michael M. Bell;Michael T. Montgomery

  • Reexamining the Near-Core Radial Structure of the Tropical Cyclone Primary Circulation: Implications for Vortex Resiliency

    Kevin J. Mallen;Michael T. Montgomery;Bin Wang

  • Tropical Cyclone Evolution via Potential Vorticity Anomalies in a Three-Dimensional Balance Model

    J. Dominique Möller;Michael T. Montgomery

  • A new paradigm for intensity modification of tropical cyclones

    Michael Riemer;Michael T. Montgomery;Melville E. Nicholls

  • Tropical-Cyclone Intensification and Predictability in Three Dimensions

    M. Montgomery

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger K. Smith
Roger K. Smith Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Christopher L. Osburn
Christopher L. Osburn North Carolina State University
Richard B. Coffin
Richard B. Coffin Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
Scott A. Braun
Scott A. Braun Goddard Space Flight Center
Frank D. Marks
Frank D. Marks National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
James C. McWilliams
James C. McWilliams University of California, Los Angeles
Chun-Chieh Wu
Chun-Chieh Wu National Taiwan University
David S. Nolan
David S. Nolan University of Miami
David C. Smith
David C. Smith University of Rhode Island
Jun A. Zhang
Jun A. Zhang University of Miami

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