Tropical Meteorology

Forecaster’s Guide to Tropical Meteorology

Promoting the confluence of tropical cyclone research

Contributions of biologists to tropical cyclone research may improve by integrating concepts from other disciplines. Employing accumulated cyclone energy into protocols may foster greater integration of ecology and meteorology research. Considering experienced ecosystems as antifragile instead of just resilient may improve cross-referencing among ecological and social scientists. Quantifying ec...

Tropical Cyclone Atmospheric Forcing for Ocean Response Models: Approaches and Issues

The specification of tropical cyclone atmospheric forcing for ocean response models is described with emphasis on methods that are currently actively applied in basins rich in insitu, airborne and remotely sensed meteorological data. We emphasize approaches and critical issues addressed in more detail in this workshop’s special session on Tropical Meteorology. Five alternative wind fields devel...

Aerosol and thermodynamic effects on tropical cloud systems

Aerosol and thermodynamic effects on tropical cloud systems during TWPICE and ACTIVE P. T. May, G. Allen, G. Vaughan, and P. Connolly Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research – A partnership between the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO, GPO Box 1289, Melbourne, Australia Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Received: 30 May 2008 – Accepted: 20 June 2...

Improving Synoptic and Intra-Seasonal Variability in CFSv2 via Stochastic Representation of Organized Convection

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India. Department of Mathematics and Center for Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences, Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, NY, USA and Center for Prototype Climate Models, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emi...