The QG Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)

The QG Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)

Quasigeostrophic (QG) driven atmospheric circulation in conjunction with Solar forcing alone, appears capable of explaining the mechanisms of many, if not most of the important aspects of climate and longer term ocean states.  The QG inspired mapping of the entire...
Hurricane Forecasts by MWA, 8 Years in Advance

Hurricane Forecasts by MWA, 8 Years in Advance

I recently began to explore the state of the art in high performance, multi year lag hurricane forecasting, as I carried out ongoing research in global hydroclimatology [1].  A few authors I have read include Goldenberg et al [2], Klotzbach [3] and Gray et al [4], and...
Hurricanes, Gyres, and Forecasting Performance

Hurricanes, Gyres, and Forecasting Performance

The major ocean gyres are relatively easy to automatically illustrate so long as quasigeostrophic perspectives remain paramount. Visualization of these circulatory limbs over ranges of moving averages, from monthly to multiple decades, can be achieved with the aid of...
Geostrophic Streamflows

Geostrophic Streamflows

This featured animation shows the result of my releasing 2 dozen neutrally bouyant particles into the global geostrophic slipstream along 157.5 degrees longitude East (for the most part in this rough around the edges Matlab code).  The indexes on the left and bottom...
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