Abstract: In a model for unstable tropical cyclones, Charney and Eliassen have examined a type of convective instability which depends critically upon the equivalent static stability and a characteristic scale of the disturbance. ...

Abstract: The effect of the release of latent heat on the thermal vorticity of Hurricane Diane (1955) is examined when it passed over the east coast of the United States as a weakened tropical storm. A form of the thermodynamic ...

Abstract: The National Weather Service intends to begin routinely issuing long-lead forecasts of 3-month mean U.S. temperature and precipitation by the beginning of 1995. The ability to produce useful forecasts for certain seasons ...

Abstract: The 10th Prospectus Development Team (PDT?10) of the U.S. Weather Research Program was charged with identifying research needs and opportunities related to the short?term prediction of weather and air quality in urban ...