Abstract: The circulation features associated with the South Pacific convergence zone (SPCZ) and its accompanying cloud band are reviewed and discussed. The paper focuses on the following topics: location, structure, and characteristics ...

Abstract: A diagnostic study of the time-averaged large-scale circulation features over the equatorial and South Pacific Ocean during 10?18 January 1979, FGGE SOP-1, is presented. Results are based on ECMWF Level III-b analyses for ...

Abstract: The variability of subjective (hand) analyses is explored by examining the results of two synoptic laboratory experiments. Two groups of analysts participated in the first experiment, one consisting of 13 senior meteorology ...

Abstract: FGGE Level III-b analyses, produced by the Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA, are used to investigate the relationship between tropical heating and subtropical westerly maxima in the Southern Hemisphere during SOP-1 ...

Abstract: An important quantity whose magnitude has not been thoroughly examined is the vertical distribution of heating in the Tropics. The details of the vertical distribution of heating have a significant impact on a number of ...

Abstract: A composite of 10 cases of zonal wind maxima at 200 hPa over the subtropical region stretching from Australia to the central Pacific is examined for the six-month period, November 1984-April 1985. This region is unique in ...

Abstract: A kinetic energy budget over the central United States is constructed using the quasi-Lagrangian scheme of Vincent and Chang (1973), during the 12 h time period 0000?1200 GMT 25 June 1968 when Tropical Storm Candy interacted ...

Abstract: Models developed by Krishnamurti et al. (1973) and Kuo (1974) for parameterizing the convective latent heat release in synoptic?scale tropical systems are slightly modified and applied to a case study in which Tropical ...

Abstract: This study presents global estimates of precipitation rates from 30°N to 30°S, derived from the ?apparent? heat source (Q1) and ?apparent? moisture sink (Q2) budgets using the NASA Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres Level ...

Abstract: This study uses a 1° ? 1° lat?long dataset, extracted from ECMWF reanalyses for the 15-yr period 1979?93 (ERA-15), to composite environmental characteristics and flow features in the vicinity of named tropical cyclones ...