Abstract: A 200 mb data set obtained during the GATE experiment of the 1974 summer for the period 15 June-23 September and covering the global tropics 25°S to 45°N has been analyzed to determine the presence of certain wave modes ...

Abstract: Use is made of a mixture of observing bases to provide a data set for the global tropics. This data set allows a reasonably good delineation of the tropical motion field at three levels, 200. 250 and 300 mb. An iterative ...