Abstract: Information exists in tropical operational TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) radiance observations that is not utilized by operational sounding retrieval and analysis-initialization schemes. Temperature and moisture ...

Abstract: Tropical plumes are common tropical synoptic disturbances marked by continuous upper tropospheric cloud bands extending out of the ITCZ into midlatitudes. Thirty-five tropical plumes over the northeast Pacific are composited ...

Abstract: A strong, persistent and significant oscillation of about 24-day periodicity is observed in hemispheric-scale energy parameters during the winter season. The characteristics of this cycle are defined using 9.5 years of ...

Abstract: Severe distortion of tropospheric circulation is associated with major sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) events. This distortion consisting primarily of weakening of smaller-scale synoptic mats and development of strong ...

Abstract: Water vapor (WV) radiances from the TIROS-N Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) and rawinsondes during January 1979 are intercompared within the equatorial dry zone (EDZ) southwest of Mexico and the subtropical high (STH) ...

Abstract: Moisture observing capability is surveyed over the tropical northeast Pacific Ocean. Data are taken from late January 1979 during FGGE. Emphasis is on diagnosis of synoptic scale systems in data sparse areas. The capabilities ...

Abstract: Synoptic-scale cloud systems, called tropical plumes, develop from disturbances in the eastern Pacific ITCZ and in conjunction with amplifying troughs to the north; a common spatial pattern and temporal evolution accompany ...