Vertical mixing due to double diffusion in the tropical western Pacific

Western Pacific Tropical Cyclogenesis Precursors

The basic ingredients for tropical cyclogenesis have been well established: a sufficiently deep warm ocean layer, low-level cyclonic vorticity, weak vertical wind shear, and deep moist convection (e. et al. 2008) have attributed cyclogenesis to a variety of low-level precursor systems that enhance one or more of these ingredients. These studies have traditionally focused on features such as the...

Mesoscale Dynamics, Lateral and Vertical Mixing in China Seas and Western Pacific

Experimental Analysis of a Vertical, Double-Effect Diffusion Solar Still

Sediment mixing in the tropical Pacific and radiolarian stratigraphy

[1] The reworking of older radiolarian microfossils into near-surface sediments of the tropical Pacific has long been the source of confusion for the development of radiolarian stratigraphy and of puzzlement over the mechanism(s) that could effect such pervasive reworking. Widespread dissolution “pits” in the sediments of the tropical Pacific are believed to be associated with hydrothermal circ...

Cirrus Radiative Properties in the Tropical Western Pacific

Cirrus clouds in tropical regions are often located high in the cold upper troposphere and have low optical depths. In addition, tropical cirrus often extend in large sheets up to 1000 km horizontally, which may have a large influence on the energy budget of the atmosphere. Characterizing the location and radiative properties of cirrus clouds is an important step in understanding the processes ...