| Seasonal and interannual variations of rainfall over eastern northeast Brazil V Brahmananda Rao, MC De Lima, SH Franchito Journal of climate 6 (9), 1754-1763, 1993 | 247 | 1993 |
| Validation of TRMM precipitation radar monthly rainfall estimates over Brazil SH Franchito, VB Rao, AC Vasques, CME Santo, JC Conforte Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 114 (D2), 2009 | 139 | 2009 |
| An update on the rainfall characteristics of Brazil: seasonal variations and trends in 1979–2011 VB Rao, SH Franchito, CME Santo, MA Gan International Journal of Climatology 36 (1), 291-302, 2016 | 125 | 2016 |
| Interaction between coastal upwelling and local winds at Cabo Frio, Brazil: an observational study SH Franchito, TO Oda, VB Rao, MT Kayano Journal of applied meteorology and climatology 47 (6), 1590-1598, 2008 | 82 | 2008 |
| Simulation of the summer circulation over South America by two regional climate models. Part I: Mean climatology JPR Fernandez, SH Franchito, VB Rao Theoretical and Applied Climatology 86, 247-260, 2006 | 81 | 2006 |
| The effect of coastal upwelling on the sea-breeze circulation at Cabo Frio, Brazil: a numerical experiment SH Franchito, VB Rao, JL Stech, JA Lorenzzetti Annales Geophysicae 16, 866-881, 1998 | 79 | 1998 |
| Climatic change due to land surface alterations SH Franchito, VB Rao Climatic Change 22 (1), 1-34, 1992 | 64 | 1992 |
| In a changing climate weakening tropical easterly jet induces more violent tropical storms over the north Indian Ocean VB Rao, CC Ferreira, SH Franchito, S Ramakrishna Geophysical research letters 35 (15), 2008 | 63 | 2008 |
| Interannual variations of storm tracks in the Southern Hemisphere and their connections with the Antarctic Oscillation V Brahmananda Rao, AMC do Carmo, SH Franchito International Journal of Climatology: A Journal of the Royal Meteorological …, 2003 | 61 | 2003 |
| Interannual variations of rainfall and corn yields in Northeast Brazil VB Rao, LDA Sá, SH Franchito, K Hada Agricultural and forest Meteorology 85 (1-2), 63-74, 1997 | 60 | 1997 |
| A diagnosis of rainfall over South America during the 1997/98 El Niño event. Part I: Validation of NCEP–NCAR reanalysis rainfall data VB Rao, CE Santo, SH Franchito Journal of Climate 15 (5), 502-511, 2002 | 44 | 2002 |
| Seasonal variations in the Southern Hemisphere storm tracks and associated wave propagation VB Rao, AMC Do Carmo, SH Franchito Journal of the atmospheric sciences 59 (6), 1029-1040, 2002 | 40 | 2002 |
| Rainy-season duration estimated from OLR versus rain gauge data and the 2001 drought in Southeast Brazil SH Franchito, VB Rao, PRB Barbieri, CME Santo Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 47 (5), 1493-1499, 2008 | 38 | 2008 |
| Effects of biomass burning in Amazonia on climate: A numerical experiment with a statistical‐dynamical model EC Moraes, SH Franchito, V Brahmananda Rao Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 109 (D5), 2004 | 35 | 2004 |
| A coupled biosphere–atmosphere climate model suitable for studies of climatic change due to land surface alterations MA Varejão-Silva, SH Franchito, VB Rao Journal of climate 11 (7), 1749-1767, 1998 | 31 | 1998 |
| Changes in Koppen–Trewartha climate classification over South America from RegCM4 projections JPR Fernandez, SH Franchito, VB Rao, M Llopart Atmospheric Science Letters 18 (11), 427-434, 2017 | 28 | 2017 |
| Surrogate climate change scenario and projections with a regional climate model: impact on the aridity in South America SH Franchito, JPR Fernandez, D Pareja American Journal of Climate Change 3 (05), 474, 2014 | 26 | 2014 |
| Tropical land savannization: impact of global warming SH Franchito, VB Rao, JPR Fernandez Theoretical and applied climatology 109, 73-79, 2012 | 26 | 2012 |
| Genesis of the northeast Brazil upper-tropospheric cyclonic vortex: A primitive equation barotropic instability study SK Mishra, VB Rao, SH Franchito Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 64 (4), 1379-1392, 2007 | 25 | 2007 |
| Heat and moisture budgets of the walker circulation and associated rainfall anomalies during El Niño events JAP Veiga, VB Rao, SH Franchito International Journal of Climatology: A Journal of the Royal Meteorological …, 2005 | 23 | 2005 |
