Abstract: The quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) in total column ozone has been examined at several tropical stations. The ozone QBO at Mauna Loa (19.5°N) was found to have a remarkable annual synchronization. Both positive and negative ...

Abstract: The unusual spring and summer weather of the year 1816 in central Canada is discussed using Canadian newspaper accounts together with manuscript records from early amateur weather observers. Many of the spectacular ...

Abstract: Improving the quality of life of South Africa's urban people is not just a matter of providing land, housing, engineering services, and facilities at a hitherto unprecedented rate, but the provision of these by new and ...

Abstract: The effects of the Southern Oscillation on the December-February mean circulation in the Northern Hemisphere stratosphere were investigated using 34 years of data. No evidence for a significant relation between the Southern ...

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Abstract: This paper reports on interannual variability of the Northern Hemisphere winter stratospheric circulation as simulated by the 40-level GFDL ?SKYHI? general circulation model. A 31-year control simulation was performed using ...

Abstract: The evolution of a gust front to bore to solitary wave transition, and comprehensive information on the evolving nocturnal boundary layer (NBL) associated with this change, are described with analysis of radar and profiler ...

Abstract: An automated procedure is used to evaluate objective criteria for the detection of observed tropical cyclones in high-resolution (1.125°) European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts analyses. Best values of the ...

Abstract: The consequences of the hypothesis of Lindzen (1978) that latent heat release may be a significant excitation mechanism for the semidiurnal atmospheric tide are examined in some detail. Harmonic analysis of hourly rainfall ...