| Numerical methods used in atmospheric models F Mesinger, A Arakawa Global Atmospheric Research Programme (GARP), 1976 | 1302 | 1976 |
| Three-dimensional variational analysis with spatially inhomogeneous covariances WS Wu, RJ Purser, DF Parrish Monthly Weather Review 130 (12), 2905-2916, 2002 | 793 | 2002 |
| Numerical aspects of the application of recursive filters to variational statistical analysis. Part I: Spatially homogeneous and isotropic Gaussian covariances RJ Purser, WS Wu, DF Parrish, NM Roberts Monthly Weather Review 131 (8), 1524-1535, 2003 | 353 | 2003 |
| Numerical aspects of the application of recursive filters to variational statistical analysis. Part II: Spatially inhomogeneous and anisotropic general covariances RJ Purser, WS Wu, DF Parrish, NM Roberts Monthly Weather Review 131 (8), 1536-1548, 2003 | 276 | 2003 |
| A global shallow‐water model using an expanded spherical cube: Gnomonic versus conformal coordinates M Rančić, RJ Purser, F Mesinger Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 122 (532), 959-982, 1996 | 260 | 1996 |
| Fibonacci grids: A novel approach to global modelling R Swinbank, R James Purser Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society: A journal of the …, 2006 | 253 | 2006 |
| Recursive filter objective analysis of meteorological fields: Applications to NESDIS operational processing CM Hayden, RJ Purser Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 34 (1), 3-15, 1995 | 241 | 1995 |
| An extended Lagrangian theory of semi-geostrophic frontogenesis MJP Cullen, RJ Purser Journal of Atmospheric Sciences 41 (9), 1477-1497, 1984 | 218 | 1984 |
| The real-time mesoscale analysis at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction: current status and development MSFV De Pondeca, GS Manikin, G DiMego, SG Benjamin, DF Parrish, ... Weather and Forecasting 26 (5), 593-612, 2011 | 167 | 2011 |
| Assimilation of global positioning system radio occultation observations into NCEP’s global data assimilation system L Cucurull, JC Derber, R Treadon, RJ Purser Monthly weather review 135 (9), 3174-3193, 2007 | 151 | 2007 |
| Three-dimensional mass-conserving semi-Lagrangian scheme employing forward trajectories LM Leslie, RJ Purser Monthly weather review 123 (8), 2551-2566, 1995 | 113 | 1995 |
| Generalised Lagrangian solutions for atmospheric and oceanic flows MJP Cullen, J Norbury, RJ Purser SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 51 (1), 20-31, 1991 | 101 | 1991 |
| An efficient interpolation procedure for high-order three-dimensional semi-Lagrangian models RJ Purser, LM Leslie Monthly Weather Review 119 (10), 2492-2498, 1991 | 98 | 1991 |
| Estimating effective data density in a satellite retrieval or an objective analysis RJ Purser, HL Huang Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 32 (6), 1092-1107, 1993 | 93 | 1993 |
| A bending angle forward operator for global positioning system radio occultation measurements L Cucurull, JC Derber, RJ Purser Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 118 (1), 14-28, 2013 | 91 | 2013 |
| Improved hurricane track forecasting from the continuous assimilation of high quality satellite wind data LM Leslie, JF LeMarshall, RP Morison, C Spinoso, RJ Purser, N Pescod, ... Monthly weather review 126 (5), 1248-1258, 1998 | 89 | 1998 |
| The NCEP Global Analysis System: Recent Improvements and Future Plans (gtSpecial IssueltData Assimilation in Meteology and Oceanography: Theory and Practice) DF Parrish, JC Derber, RJ Purser, WS Wu, ZX Pu Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II 75 (1B), 359-365, 1997 | 80 | 1997 |
| A semi-implicit, semi-lagrangian finite-difference scheme using hligh-order spatial differencing on a nonstaggered grid RJ Purser, LM Leslie Monthly Weather Review 116 (10), 2069-2080, 1988 | 75 | 1988 |
| Properties of the Lagrangian semigeostrophic equations MJP Cullen, RJ Purser Journal of the atmospheric sciences 46 (17), 2684-2697, 1989 | 68 | 1989 |
| High-order numerics in an unstaggered three-dimensional time-split semi-Lagrangian forecast model LM Leslie, RJ Purser Monthly weather review 119 (7), 1612-1623, 1991 | 54 | 1991 |
