Tropical Cyclones, Hurricanes, and Typhoons Winds speeds in excess of 64 knots (74 mph)
Evolution of the African Monsoon during 2006 (Sahel Rainfall, African Easterly Waves and Atlantic Tropical Cyclones) Rosana Nieto Ferreira Tom Rickenbach.
The Impact of the 2009 Hurricane Season on Trinidad and Tobago By Emmanuel Moolchan Director Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service.
Tropical Climate. Tropical Climates are dominated by The tropical Hadley Cell! This drives –Trade Winds –Sinking Dry Air Creating Deserts –Monsoons –Varies.
Vaishali Naik Apostolos Voulgarakis (GISS) and the ACCMIP Modeling Team Preindustrial to Present-day Changes in OH and Methane lifetime – Preliminary Results.
1988. Station ALOHA (~4750m deep) Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) October 1988 - present (260 cruises; ~10/yr) 25 years of HOT.
Atmospheric circulation. Features of the model At boundaries, air is moving vertically –Surface winds are weak and erratic Equatorial region –Lots.
METO 200 Lesson 7. Fig. 7-1, p. 189 Voyage of Christopher Columbus Columbus sailed down the coast of Africa to pick up the Northeasterly winds (The trade.
Precipitation Climatology of Costa Rica and its Variability Atmospheric, Oceanic and Topographic Interactions.
The Amazon Basin. The River The Amazon River The Amazon river is the biggest (not the longest that’s the nile) in the world. It travels for 7200.
Introduction to the American Monsoons Vasu Misra, Dept. of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science (EOAS) & Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies.
5.2 – Air Masses & Weather Digging Deeper Air Masses: Huge volume of air in the lower atmosphere with similar temperature and moisture characteristic throughout.