Abstract: Over 8500 rawinsonde soundings within 8° radius of tropical cyclones in the northwest Pacific and West Indies regions are statistically analyzed to determine occurrence frequencies of 15 m s?1 (30 kt) winds at the sea ...

Abstract: Evaluation of an earlier raingage design based on counting drops formed on the tip of a small-diameter stainless-steel tube shows a defect due to resonant oscillation of the water column in the dropper unit. The defect ...

Abstract: The very limited instrumental record makes extensive analyses of the natural variability of global tropical cyclone activities difficult in most of the tropical cyclone basins. However, in the two regions where reasonably ...