The Time‐Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a
Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) mission was selected by NASA as part of the Earth …

The thermodynamic and dynamic fields surrounding the composite tropical weather systems
described in Part I (McBride, 1981a) are examined for differences between non-developing …

This paper attempts a synthesis of new observations and new concepts on how tropical
cyclone formation occurs. Despite many worthy observational and numerical modeling …

The very limited instrumental record makes extensive analyses of the natural variability of
global tropical cyclone activities difficult in most of the tropical cyclone basins. However, in …

Tropical cyclogenesis in the western North Pacific is typically characterized by an early
convective maximum which precedes the initial appearance of a tropical depression. The …

Although driven by internal processes, hurricanes are also regulated by conditions in their
oceanic and atmospheric surroundings. Sea surface temperature determines an upper …

Objectively analyzed data from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
are used to examine the large-scale aspects of the formation of tropical cyclones. It is …

Conclusion: The development and intensification of the mid-‐level vortex does not occur
until after upper-‐level near-‐saturation has been achieved. But both represent the structural …

Radial profiles of the azimuthal mean potential vorticity, absolute vertical vorticity, flow
geopotential, and tangential wind for the basic-state vortex used in the quasigeostrophic …

In this study, the relationship between the likelihood of tropical cyclogenesis and external
environmental forcings is explored in the simplest idealized modelling framework possible …