MESOSCALE STUDIES OF INSTABILITY PATTERNS AND WINDS IN THE TROPICS.
Abstract
Case studies of 27 August 1962 and 30 August 1963 are used to compare echo motions derived from conventional PPI and CAPPI data, respectively, with winds aloft. Brief surveys are made on the trackable lifetime of echoes and the relation of low-cloud patterns to mesoscale features. A climatic rainfall study of South and South-Central Florida is presented with isohyetal analysis based on data from 80 stations. Finally, a comparison is made of concurrent pibal and rawin observations for Merida, Mexico. Aside from problems of continuity associated with manual data collection and typically small displacements of tropical echoes, results of echo motions using CAPPI data were encouraging enough to warrant additional study. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0435890
Entities
People
- Harold P. Gerrish
- Homer W. Hiser
Organizations
- Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science