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Monthly climatological wind fields associated with tropical storm genesis in the West Indies

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dc.contributor.authorSartor, James W., Jr., author
dc.contributor.authorDepartment of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-21T17:25:39Z
dc.date.available2022-07-21T17:25:39Z
dc.date.issued1968-12
dc.descriptionDecember 1968.
dc.description.abstractAn empirical study is presented which investigates the relationship of monthly climatological wind fields to tropical storm genesis in the Gulf of Mexico and the western Caribbean. The parameters investigated are tropospheric vertical wind shear and 850 mb relative vorticity. These parameters have been shown by Gray (1967) to be strongly correlated with early intensification of tropical disturbances. The magnitude of the individual mean monthly deviations of these parameters from the long term monthly mean is specified. An estimate of the daily variations of these parameters and the ratio of daily to monthly deviations is also determined. Correlations of these parameter deviations with tropical storm genesis is presented. Monthly vertical wind shear deviations are small, yet they show favorable correlations. Positive deviations of mean monthly 850 mb relative vorticity is strongly correlated with genesis in the Gulf of Mexico and is also favorably correlated with genesis in the western Caribbean. It is concluded that there are general circulation changes, with periods of a month or more, which produce favorable or unfavorable genesis conditions.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis report has been partialy supported by NSF GF-287, ESSA E-22-80-68(G).
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/235452
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relationCatalog record number (MMS ID): 991008248709703361
dc.relationQC857.W4S37 1968a
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dc.subject.lcshMeteorology -- West Indies
dc.subject.lcshHurricanes
dc.titleMonthly climatological wind fields associated with tropical storm genesis in the West Indies
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