| Characteristics of rainfall over Brazil: Annual variations and connections with the Southern Oscillation VB Rao, K Hada Theoretical and applied climatology 42, 81-91, 1990 | 518 | 1990 |
| Surface cyclogenesis over south America MA Gan, VB Rao Monthly Weather Review 119 (5), 1293-1302, 1991 | 418 | 1991 |
| Annual variation of rainfall over Brazil and water vapor characteristics over South America VB Rao, IFA Cavalcanti, K Hada Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 101 (D21), 26539-26551, 1996 | 277 | 1996 |
| 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 |
| Tropical cloudiness over the south Atlantic Ocean Y Yamazaki, VB Rao Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II 55 (2), 205-207, 1977 | 165 | 1977 |
| 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 |
| The influence of the Andes Cordillera on transient disturbances MA Gan, VB Rao Monthly Weather Review 122 (6), 1141-1157, 1994 | 131 | 1994 |
| 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 |
| Tropical circulations and the associated rainfall anomalies during two contrasting years MT Kayano, VB Rao, AD Moura Journal of climatology 8 (5), 477-488, 1988 | 111 | 1988 |
| Decreasing trend in the strength of Tropical Easterly Jet during the Asian summer monsoon season and the number of tropical cyclonic systems over Bay of Bengal BRS Rao, DVB Rao, VB Rao Geophysical Research Letters 31 (14), 2004 | 104 | 2004 |
| A diagnosis of a long-lasting blocking event over the southeast Pacific Ocean RFC Marques, VB Rao Monthly Weather Review 127 (8), 1761-1776, 1999 | 90 | 1999 |
| 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 |
| Estimating trace gas and aerosol emissions over South America: Relationship between fire radiative energy released and aerosol optical depth observations G Pereira, SR Freitas, EC Moraes, NJ Ferreira, YE Shimabukuro, VB Rao, ... Atmospheric environment 43 (40), 6388-6397, 2009 | 80 | 2009 |
| 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 |
| South American monsoon indices MA Gan, VB Rao, MCL Moscati Atmospheric Science Letters 6 (4), 219-223, 2005 | 75 | 2005 |
| Moist baroclinic instability in the development of North Pacific and South American intermediate-scale disturbances JP Bonatti, VB Rao Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 44 (18), 2657-2667, 1987 | 75 | 1987 |
| On the severe drought of 1993 in north‐east Brazil VB Rao, K Hada, DL Herdies International journal of climatology 15 (6), 697-704, 1995 | 66 | 1995 |
| On the 1983 drought in north‐east Brazil VB Rao, P Satyamurty, JIOB De Brito Journal of climatology 6 (1), 43-51, 1986 | 65 | 1986 |
| Climatic change due to land surface alterations SH Franchito, VB Rao Climatic Change 22 (1), 1-34, 1992 | 64 | 1992 |
