Journal Articles:*

* If interested in journal articles that have yet to be published, please send me an email at edrappin@wisc.edu

PhD Thesis:

  • Rappin, E.D., 2004: The role of envrionmental inertial stability in tropical cyclone intensification. PhD thesis, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison,(Request electronic copy via e-mail)

Conference Abstracts/Presentations:

Rappin, Eric D., Gregory J. Tripoli, and Michael C. Morgan. 2005. The role of environmental inertial stability on tropical cyclone intensitification. European Geophysical Union General Assembly. Vienna, Austria.
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Rappin, Eric D., Michael C. Morgan, and Gregory J. Tripoli. 2004. The tropical cyclone – jet interaction (part II). 26th Conferences on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. Miami, FL.
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Rappin, Eric D. and Michael C. Morgan. 2003. The tropical cyclone – jet interaction. 10th Conference on Mesoscale Processes. Portland, OR.
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Rappin, Eric D. and Michael C. Morgan. 2001. The role of upper tropospheric inertial stability in hurricane intensification. 9th Conference on Mesoscale Processes. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
The role of upper tropospheric inertial stability on hurricane intensification(ppt poster)

Rappin, Eric D. and Michael C. Morgan. 1999. Instantaneous diagnosis of tropical cyclone steering flow using PV inversion. 8th Conference on Mesoscale Processes. Boulder, CO.