The Vertical Distribution of Heating in the Tropical Atmosphere

Abstract

This grant supported research is in two areas. The primary goal of the work was to plan and participate in the TOGA-COARE (Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere Couple Ocean-Atmosphere Experiment) program to analyze large-scale heat and moisture budgets with the data from that experiment. The second major goal was to analyze relationships between large-scale tropical circulations and tropical cyclone intensity changes in the Northwest Pacific. Research has gone very well in both areas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1994
Accession Number
ADA285934

Entities

People

  • William M. Frank

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Momentum
  • Atmospheres
  • Cyclones
  • Data Sets
  • Intensity
  • Meteorology
  • Moisture
  • Momentum
  • Oceans
  • Open System Architecture
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Schematic Diagrams
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Storms
  • Students
  • Surface Temperature
  • Tropical Cyclones

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.