Western Pacific Basin: A Climatological Study

Abstract

This technical note is a climatological study of the Western Pacific Basin. After describing the geography and major meteorological features of the entire region, the study discusses in detail the climatic controls of each of the Western Pacific Basin's "five zones of climatic commonality." Each "season" is defined and discussed in considerable detail with emphasis on general weather, hazards, clouds, visibility, winds, precipitation, and temperature.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 29, 2003
Accession Number
ADA418468

Entities

People

  • Don Carey
  • John Louer Iii
  • Melody Higdon
  • Robert Lilianstrom
  • Virgil Killman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Drops
  • Geography
  • Heat Energy
  • Latent Heat
  • Meteorology
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceanography
  • Ridges
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Storm Surges
  • Terrain
  • Topography

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Climatology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Software Engineering