| Defining sudden stratospheric warmings AH Butler, DJ Seidel, SC Hardiman, N Butchart, T Birner, A Match Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 96 (11), 1913-1928, 2015 | 449 | 2015 |
| The extratropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere A Gettelman, P Hoor, LL Pan, WJ Randel, MI Hegglin, T Birner Reviews of Geophysics 49 (3), 2011 | 385 | 2011 |
| On the lack of stratospheric dynamical variability in low‐top versions of the CMIP5 models AJ Charlton‐Perez, MP Baldwin, T Birner, RX Black, AH Butler, N Calvo, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 118 (6), 2494-2505, 2013 | 344 | 2013 |
| Introduction to the SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) and overview of the reanalysis systems M Fujiwara, JS Wright, GL Manney, LJ Gray, J Anstey, T Birner, S Davis, ... Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17 (2), 1417-1452, 2017 | 320 | 2017 |
| Sudden stratospheric warmings MP Baldwin, B Ayarzagüena, T Birner, N Butchart, AH Butler, ... Reviews of Geophysics 59 (1), e2020RG000708, 2021 | 303 | 2021 |
| Fine‐scale structure of the extratropical tropopause region T Birner Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 111 (D4), 2006 | 265 | 2006 |
| How sharp is the tropopause at midlatitudes? T Birner, A Dörnbrack, U Schumann Geophysical research letters 29 (14), 45-1-45-4, 2002 | 234 | 2002 |
| Multimodel assessment of the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere: Tropics and global trends A Gettelman, MI Hegglin, SW Son, J Kim, M Fujiwara, T Birner, S Kremser, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 115 (D3), 2010 | 220 | 2010 |
| Re-examining tropical expansion PW Staten, J Lu, KM Grise, SM Davis, T Birner Nature Climate Change 8 (9), 768-775, 2018 | 195 | 2018 |
| Residual circulation trajectories and transit times into the extratropical lowermost stratosphere T Birner, H Bönisch Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 11 (2), 817-827, 2011 | 190 | 2011 |
| On the structural changes in the Brewer-Dobson circulation after 2000 H Bönisch, A Engel, T Birner, P Hoor, DW Tarasick, EA Ray Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 11 (8), 3937-3948, 2011 | 148 | 2011 |
| Evidence for inertia gravity waves forming polar stratospheric clouds over Scandinavia A Dörnbrack, T Birner, A Fix, H Flentje, A Meister, H Schmid, EV Browell, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 107 (D20), SOL 30-1-SOL 30-18, 2002 | 145 | 2002 |
| Vortex preconditioning due to planetary and gravity waves prior to sudden stratospheric warmings JR Albers, T Birner Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 71 (11), 4028-4054, 2014 | 136 | 2014 |
| A global survey of static stability in the stratosphere and upper troposphere KM Grise, DWJ Thompson, T Birner Journal of Climate 23 (9), 2275-2292, 2010 | 132 | 2010 |
| Recent tropical expansion: natural variability or forced response? KM Grise, SM Davis, IR Simpson, DW Waugh, Q Fu, RJ Allen, ... Journal of Climate 32 (5), 1551-1571, 2019 | 117 | 2019 |
| Residual circulation and tropopause structure T Birner Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 67 (8), 2582-2600, 2010 | 115 | 2010 |
| Quantifying transport into the lowermost stratosphere using simultaneous in-situ measurements of SF6 and CO2 H Bönisch, A Engel, J Curtius, T Birner, P Hoor Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 9 (16), 5905-5919, 2009 | 113 | 2009 |
| The tropopause inversion layer in models and analyses T Birner, D Sankey, TG Shepherd Geophysical research letters 33 (14), 2006 | 107 | 2006 |
| The tropical tropopause layer 1960–2100 A Gettelman, T Birner, V Eyring, H Akiyoshi, S Bekki, C Brühl, M Dameris, ... Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 9 (5), 1621-1637, 2009 | 106 | 2009 |
| The effects of mixing on age of air H Garny, T Birner, H Bönisch, F Bunzel Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 119 (12), 7015-7034, 2014 | 101 | 2014 |
