Selected Publications:

Bannon, P. R., 2012: Atmospheric available energy. J. Atmos. Sci., 68, in press.

 Edson, A., S. Lee, P. R. Bannon, J. Kasting and D. Pollard, 2010: Atmospheric circulations of terrestrial planets orbiting low-mass stars.  Icarus, doi 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.11.023

Smith, J. W., and P. R. Bannon, 2008: A comparison of compressible and anelastic models of deep dry convection.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 4555-4571.

Bannon, P. R., J. M. Chagnon, and R. P. James, 2006: Mass conservation and the anelastic approximation.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 2989-3005.

Fanelli, P. F., and P. R. Bannon, 2005: Nonlinear adjustment to thermal forcing. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 4253-4272.

Bannon, P. R., 2005:  Eulerian available energetics in moist atmospheres. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 4238-4252.

Chagnon, J. M., and P. R. Bannon, 2005: Adjustment to injections of mass, momentum, and heat in a compressible atmosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 2749-2769.

Bannon, P. R., 2004: Lagrangian available energetics and parcel instabilities.  J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 1754-1767.

Bannon, P. R., J. Schmidli, and C. Schär, 2003: On potential vorticity flux vectors.  J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 2917-2921.

Bannon, P. R., 2003: Hamiltonian description of idealized binary geophysical flows.  J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 2809-2819.

Jones, P. A., and P. R. Bannon 2002: A mixed layer model of the diurnal dryline. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 2582-2593.

Bannon, P. R., 2002: Theoretical foundations for models of moist convection.  J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1967-1982.

Bannon, P. R., 1996: On the anelastic approximation for a compressible fluid.  J. Atmos. Sci. 53, 3618-3628.

Bannon, P. R. and T. L. Salem, Jr., 1995: Aspects of the baroclinic boundary layer.  J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 574-596.

Abreu, M. L. and P. R. Bannon, 1993: On the dynamics of the South American coastal desert.  J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 2952-2964.

Bannon, P. R., 1992: A model of Rocky Mountain lee cyclogenesis.  J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 1510-1522.

Bannon, P. R., and J. A. Yuhas, 1990:  On mountain wave drag over complex terrain.  Meteor. Atmos. Physics, 43, 155-162.

Bannon, P. R., 1989: Linear baroclinic instability with the geostrophic momentum approximation.  J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 402-409.

Zehnder, J. A. and P. R. Bannon, 1988: Frontogenesis over a mountain ridge. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 628-644.

Bannon, P. R., 1986: Linear development of quasi-geostrophic baroclinic disturbances with condensational heating.  J. Atmos. Sci., 43, 2261-2274.

Bannon, P. R. and J. A. Zehnder, 1985: Surface pressure and mountain drag for transient airflow over a mountain ridge.  J. Atmos. Sci., 42, 2454-2462.

Bannon, P. R., 1985: Flow acceleration and mountain drag.  J. Atmos. Sci., 42, 2445-2453.

Mak, M. and P. R. Bannon, 1984: Frontogenesis in a moist semi-geostrophic model.  J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 3485-3500.

Bannon, P. R., 1984: Effects of stratification on surface frontogenesis: Warm and cold fronts.  J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 2021-2026.

Bannon, P. R., 1981: Synoptic scale forcing of coastal lows.  Forced double Kelvin waves in the atmosphere.  Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 107, 313-327.

Bannon, P. R., 1980: Rotating barotropic flow over finite isolated topography.  J. Fluid Mech., 101, 281-306.

Bannon, P. R., 1979: On the dynamics of the East African jet.  J. Atmos. Sci., 36, 2139-2152.