Accession Number:

ADA318026

Title:

A Description of Weather and Forecasting in the Tropics.

Descriptive Note:

Scientific rept. no. 1,

Corporate Author:

AUGSBURG COLL MINNEAPOLIS MN CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE SCIENCES

Personal Author(s):

• Venne, Monique G.
• Jasperson, William H.
• Venne, David E.

Report Date:

1996-08-06

Pagination or Media Count:

56.0

Abstract:

This report describes the climatological features, local controls, and some of the synoptic systems that exist in the Tropics. These meteorological details are part of the development of a single station expert forecasting system for the Tropics. An extensive literature search accomplished in the past year is reviewed. A new model for forecasting tropical disturbances, considering them to be composed of an upper cold low or trough and a surface wave like disturbance, is proposed. Areas to cover next year are given. The Appendix gives tropical weather characteristics that are of interest to the single station forecaster.

Descriptors:

• *WEATHER
• *WEATHER FORECASTING
• SURFACE WAVES
• LITERATURE SURVEYS
• TROPICAL REGIONS
• CLIMATOLOGY
• SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE