| Classification, seasonality and persistence of low-frequency atmospheric circulation patterns AG Barnston, RE Livezey Monthly weather review 115 (6), 1083-1126, 1987 | 4730 | 1987 |
| The North American multimodel ensemble: phase-1 seasonal-to-interannual prediction; phase-2 toward developing intraseasonal prediction BP Kirtman, D Min, JM Infanti, JL Kinter, DA Paolino, Q Zhang, ... Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 95 (4), 585-601, 2014 | 944 | 2014 |
| Skill of real-time seasonal ENSO model predictions during 2002–11: Is our capability increasing? AG Barnston, MK Tippett, ML L'Heureux, S Li, DG DeWitt Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 93 (5), 631-651, 2012 | 663 | 2012 |
| Correspondence among the correlation, RMSE, and Heidke forecast verification measures; refinement of the Heidke score AG Barnston Weather and Forecasting 7 (4), 699-709, 1992 | 515 | 1992 |
| Predictive skill of statistical and dynamical climate models in SST forecasts during the 1997–98 El Niño episode and the 1998 La Niña onset AG Barnston, MH Glantz, Y He Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 80 (2), 217-244, 1999 | 451 | 1999 |
| Predictability of june–september rainfall in Ethiopia D Korecha, AG Barnston Monthly weather review 135 (2), 628-650, 2007 | 405 | 2007 |
| Prediction of ENSO episodes using canonical correlation analysis AG Barnston, CF Ropelewski Journal of climate 5 (11), 1316-1345, 1992 | 390 | 1992 |
| Observing and predicting the 2015/16 El Niño ML L’Heureux, K Takahashi, AB Watkins, AG Barnston, EJ Becker, ... Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 98 (7), 1363-1382, 2017 | 381 | 2017 |
| Documentation of a highly ENSO-related SST region in the equatorial Pacific. AG Barnston, M Chelliah, SB Goldenberg Atmosphere--Ocean (Canadian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society) 35 (3), 1997 | 368 | 1997 |
| Long-lead seasonal forecasts—where do we stand? AG Barnston, HM Van den Dool, SE Zebiak, TP Barnett, M Ji, ... Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 75 (11), 2097-2114, 1994 | 351 | 1994 |
| Linear statistical short-term climate predictive skill in the Northern Hemisphere AG Barnston Journal of Climate 7 (10), 1513-1564, 1994 | 347 | 1994 |
| The effect of irrigation on warm season precipitation in the southern Great Plains AG Barnston, PT Schickedanz Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 23 (6), 865-888, 1984 | 266 | 1984 |
| Tropical cyclone genesis potential index in climate models S Camargo, AH Sobel, AG Barnston, KA Emanuel Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 59 (4), 428-443, 2007 | 263 | 2007 |
| Specification and prediction of global surface temperature and precipitation from global SST using CCA AG Barnston, TM Smith Journal of Climate 9 (11), 2660-2697, 1996 | 251 | 1996 |
| Multimodel ensembling in seasonal climate forecasting at IRI AG Barnston, SJ Mason, L Goddard, DG DeWitt, SE Zebiak Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 84 (12), 1783-1796, 2003 | 236 | 2003 |
| Weather changes associated with hospitalizations for cardiovascular diseases and stroke in California, 1983–1998 KL Ebi, KA Exuzides, E Lau, M Kelsh, A Barnston International journal of biometeorology 49 (1), 48-58, 2004 | 233 | 2004 |
| Evaluation of the IRI's “net assessment” seasonal climate forecasts: 1997–2001 L Goddard, AG Barnston, SJ Mason Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 84 (12), 1761-1782, 2003 | 212 | 2003 |
| Dominant factors influencing the seasonal predictability of US precipitation and surface air temperature RW Higgins, A Leetmaa, Y Xue, A Barnston Journal of Climate 13 (22), 3994-4017, 2000 | 201 | 2000 |
| ENSO and the spatial extent of interannual precipitation extremes in tropical land areas B Lyon, AG Barnston Journal of climate 18 (23), 5095-5109, 2005 | 190 | 2005 |
| Verification of the first 11 years of IRI’s seasonal climate forecasts AG Barnston, S Li, SJ Mason, DG DeWitt, L Goddard, X Gong Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 49 (3), 493-520, 2010 | 179 | 2010 |
