Abstract: Using a subset of the relative vorticity maxima (VM) tracks described in Part I, large-scale environmental fields, cold cloud area, and rainfall area are used to discriminate between developing and nondeveloping tropical ...

Abstract: he development of a compact warm core extending from the mid-upper levels to the lower troposphere and related surface pressure falls leading to tropical cyclogenesis (TC genesis) is not well understood. This study documents ...

Abstract: Using the 40-yr European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Re-Analysis (ERA-40), vorticity maxima (VM) have been manually tracked and classified as developing and nondeveloping. The VM are identified on Hovmöller ...

Abstract: ynamics of the Madden?Julian oscillation (DYNAMO) was conducted over the equatorial Indian Ocean (IO) from October 2011 to March 2012. During mid- to late November, a strong Madden?Julian oscillation (MJO) event, denoted ...

Abstract: ropical cyclone (TC) genesis occurs only when there is persistent, organized convection. The question of why some cloud clusters develop into a TC and others do not remains unresolved. This question cannot be addressed ...

Abstract: The diurnal variations in surface winds, rain, and clouds over Taiwan are presented for three rainfall regimes: the mei-yu (16 May?15 June), summer (16 July?31 August), and autumn (16 September?15 October). Though the ...

Abstract: AbstractThe characteristics of Madden?Julian oscillation (MJO) events that strengthen and weaken over the Maritime Continent (MC) are examined. The real-time multivariate MJO (RMM) index is used to assess changes in global ...

Abstract: ne of the most challenging problems in predicting the Madden?Julian oscillation (MJO) is the initiation of large-scale convective activity associated with the MJO over the tropical Indian Ocean. The lack of observations ...