Publications

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Submitted/in prep

The role of random vorticity stretching in an idealized tropical depression genesis problem. Fu*, H., M. E O'Neill. In review.

Hydraulic jump dynamics in the Above-Anvil Cirrus Plume in a high-resolution supercell simulation. O'Neill, M.E, L. Orf, K. Halbert. Manuscript in prep. [AGU 2019 abstract]

Published

Inertial waves in axisymmetric tropical cyclones. O'Neill, M.E, D.R. Chavas. J. Atmos. Sci. 2020.

Exploring controls on tropical cyclone count through the geography of environmental favorability. Hoogewind, K., D.R. Chavas, B. Schenkel, M.E O'Neill. J. Clim. 2019.

Practical rare event sampling for extreme mesoscale weather. Webber, R.J., D.A. Plotkin, M.E O'Neill, D. Abbot, J. Weare. Chaos, 29 (5), 053109, 2019.

Maximizing simulated tropical cyclone intensity with action minimization. Plotkin, D.A., R.J. Webber, M.E O'Neill, J. Weare, D. Abbot. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems doi:10.1029/2018MS001419, 2019.

Diurnal cloud and circulation changes in simulated tropical cyclones. Ruppert, J.H., M.E O'Neill. Geophysical Research Letters 46, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081302, 2019.

[AGU EOS Research Spotlight]

Clusters of cyclones encircling Jupiter's poles. Adriani, A. et al. Nature 555:216-219, 2018.

Accessible environments for diurnal-period gravity waves in simulated tropical cyclones. O'Neill, M.E, D. Perez-Betancourt, A.A. Wing. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 74:2489-2502, 2017.

Galileo probe interpretation indicating a neutrally stable layer in the Jovian troposphere. O'Neill, M.E, Y. Kaspi, L.N. Fletcher. Geophysical Research Letters 44:4008-4017, 2017.

Slantwise convection on fluid planets. O'Neill, M.E, Y. Kaspi. Geophysical Research Letters 43:10611-10620, 2016.

Weak jets and strong cyclones: shallow water modeling of giant planet polar caps. O'Neill, M.E, K.A. Emanuel, G.R. Flierl. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 73:1841-1855, 2016.

Polar vortex formation in giant-planet atmospheres due to moist convection. O'Neill, M.E, K.A. Emanuel, G.R. Flierl. Nature Geoscience 8:523-526, 2015.

[Nature Geoscience News and Views] [Nature Geoscience cover image] [MIT News]
Our prediction that Jupiter would lack Saturn-like polar cyclones was confirmed in 2016-2017 by NASA's Juno spacecraft. See paper by the Juno team.

A theory for polar cyclones on giant planets. O'Neill, M.E. Ph.D. thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2015.

Precision Pointing of IBEX-Lo Observations. Hłond, M. et al. ApJS 198:9, 2012.

Diagnosing the neutral interstellar gas flow at 1 AU with IBEX-Lo. Möbius, E. et al. Space Sci. Rev 146:149-172, 2009.