References

Citing LorenzCycleToolkit

If you use LorenzCycleToolkit in your research, please cite:

Software Paper:

  • de Souza, D. C., da Dias, P. L. S., da Silva, M. B. L., & de Camargo, R. (2024). Lorenzcycletoolkit: A comprehensive python tool for analyzing atmospheric energy cycles. Journal of Open Source Software, 9(101), 7139.

Foundational Literature

  • Lorenz, E. N. (1955). Available potential energy and the maintenance of the general circulation. Tellus, 7(2), 157-167.

  • Muench, H. S. (1965). On the dynamics of the wintertime stratosphere circulation. Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 22(4), 349-360.

  • Brennan, F. E., & Vincent, D. G. (1980). Zonal and eddy components of the synoptic-scale energy budget during intensification of hurricane Carmen (1974). Monthly Weather Review, 108(7), 954-965.

  • Michaelides, S. C. (1987). Limited area energetics of Genoa cyclogenesis. Monthly Weather Review, 115(1), 13-26.

  • Michaelides, S. C., Prezerakos, N. G., & Flocas, H. A. (1999). Quasi‐Lagrangian energetics of an intense Mediterranean cyclone. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 125(553), 139-168.

  • Dias Pinto, J. R., & Da Rocha, R. P. (2011). The energy cycle and structural evolution of cyclones over southeastern South America in three case studies. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 116(D14).

  • de Souza, D. C., Silva Dias, P. L. D., Gramcianinov, C. B., & Camargo, R. (2025). Lorenz Energy Cycle Climatology for the Southwestern Atlantic Cyclones. Climate Dynamics, 63(11), 1-26.