TY - JOUR
T1 - The energetics and propagation dynamics of tropical summertime synoptic-scale disturbances
AU - Kai-Hon Lau, Lau
AU - Ngar-Cheung Lau, Lau
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - Periods of enhanced synoptic activity in the tropical western Pacific, Bay of Bengal-northeastern India, and African-Atlantic regions are identified by extended empirical orthogonal function analysis. Composite meteorological fields for such active periods at various sites are constructed using European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) analyses for the northern summers of 1980-1987. These composite data form the basis for evaluating the contributions of different dynamical processes to local balances of heat, moisture, vorticity, enstrophy, and energy, so that the propagation dynamics and principal energy sources of the tropical disturbances may be studied in detail. -from Authors
AB - Periods of enhanced synoptic activity in the tropical western Pacific, Bay of Bengal-northeastern India, and African-Atlantic regions are identified by extended empirical orthogonal function analysis. Composite meteorological fields for such active periods at various sites are constructed using European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) analyses for the northern summers of 1980-1987. These composite data form the basis for evaluating the contributions of different dynamical processes to local balances of heat, moisture, vorticity, enstrophy, and energy, so that the propagation dynamics and principal energy sources of the tropical disturbances may be studied in detail. -from Authors
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U2 - 10.1175/1520-0493(1992)120<2523:teapdo>2.0.co;2
DO - 10.1175/1520-0493(1992)120<2523:teapdo>2.0.co;2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0027060655
SN - 0027-0644
VL - 120
SP - 2523
EP - 2539
JO - Monthly Weather Review
JF - Monthly Weather Review
IS - 11
ER -