The Role of the General Circulation in Western Pacific Tropical Cyclone GenesisColorado State University, Atmospheric Science Department, 1982 - Atmospheric circulation - 215 pages |
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30 40 LONGITUDE active periods angular momentum anticyclone antitriptic atmosphere Australian baroclinic Borneo Chapter climatology cold surges convection day before tropical days before genesis dynamic easterly EQUATOR equatorial pressure equatorward field anomaly cross-section genesis events genesis longitude genesis point Geoff Love gravity waves group velocity Hadley cell height anomaly field height difference GPM height field hemisphere genesis m/s hemisphere tropical intertropical convergence zone isotachs ITCZ LONGITUDE of GENESIS mass field mb height anomaly meridional wind anomaly midlatitude minus Q height MONEX monsoon northern hemisphere summer northwest Pacific observed perturbation poleward pregenesis pressure fields pressure gradient pressure rises Q height difference quiet period radius Rossby Rossby waves sea surface temperature seasons shallow water equations shear shows simulations southern hemisphere genesis storm genesis subtropical ridge summer hemisphere synoptic tropical cyclone genesis tropical storm troposphere trough vertical wavenumber weather systems wind field anomaly winter hemisphere રે