Monthly and Seasonal Climatology over the Global Tropics and Subtropics for the Decade 1973 to 1983. Volume 1. 200 mb Winds.

Abstract

This atlas of the 200 mb circulation field contains northern winter monthly and seasonal mean wind analyses, velocity potential and streamfunction from 40S to 60N over a global belt for the decade 1973 through 1983. In addition, the deviations of the individual annual seasonal and monthly means from their respective ten year means are presented for the same variables. The basic wind data used are the operational Global Band Analyses (GBA) of the United States Navy's Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (FNOC). The analyses exhibit many interesting features, interannual variations and may shed some light on the understanding of the El Nino/Southern Oscillation phenomena.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA146521

Entities

People

  • C. P. Chang
  • J. S. Boyle

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climatology
  • Earth Sciences
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Motion
  • Oceanography
  • Oscillation
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Space Sciences
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology