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Introduction
What is tropical meteorology,
Tropical weather systems,
Types of tropics definitions
13  cards
Chapter 1: Characteristics of tropical regions
Tropical weather is influenced by,
Factors that effect the developme...,
Tropical geography
41  cards
Chapter 2: general circulation in the tropics
General circulation,
Driving force of general circulation,
How is the surplus energy transpo...
29  cards
Introduction (LECTURE)
The most commonly used definition...,
A simple method is to divide the ...,
The uae lies between
4  cards
Chapter 1 (LECTURE)
Circulations must be much larger ...,
Where u is the,
L is the
17  cards
Chapter 2: (LECTURE)
Net radiation flux is defined as,
When the earth atmosphere system ...,
In order for a steady state tempe...
15  cards
Chapter2 part 2
Enso components,
Enso components,
Compare between normal and elnino
29  cards
Chapter 3
Trade winds are in winter and are,
Variation with heigh depends on,
Easterlies in winter become jet
22  cards
chapter 4
Mesoscale circulation in tropics,
Mesoscale circulation in mid lat,
What causes land and sea breeze a...
27  cards
chapter 4 (lecture)
Using typical values for the trop...,
Upper slopes suffer from,
Air flowing parallel to a coastli...
12  cards
Chapter 3 (lecture)
At low levels trade wind flows pr...,
However significant reversals in ...,
There is a major cross equatorial...
13  cards
Chapter 2 part 2 (lecture)
The trade winds result from,
The trade wind inversion is stron...,
The inversion affects
22  cards
Chapter 5
Easterly waves,
Waves in easterlies,
Easterly waves are classified as
24  cards
Chapter 6
Monsoon comes from,
Ramage s definition,
According to ramage s definition
17  cards
Chapter 7 part A
The following six features of the...,
The first three thermodynamic par...,
Necessary but not sufficient mean...
25  cards
Chapter 7 part B
Maintaining intensity,
Factors that can cause a tropical...,
Tropical cyclone motion
28  cards

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