The surface observations used in the initial assessment of Seasat are discussed with emphasis on their ability to describe the synoptic-scale winds over the ocean.

Synoptic weather-typing, or the classification of weather conditions into categories, is a useful tool for climate impact applications. Numerous procedures have been developed to accomplish this goal. Before the advent of high-speed computers, manual methods were most common; more recently, more automated methods have come into wide use. Both types of classification have shortcomings; manual me...

3 Technical Approach 3 3.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3.2 Ocean Science Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.2.1 Scientific Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.2.2 Scientific Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.3 Metric...

MEDEX is a fuzzy expert system for nowcasting gale-force winds in the Mediterranean. Kuciauskas et al. (1996) and Hadjimichael et al. (1996) have described, respectively, the general development and fuzzy aspects of MEDEX, which focuses on topographically-channeled winds that occur under certain synoptic conditions. As such, a key synoptic input to MEDEX is the 500 mb circulation pattern affect...

We describe briefly the Palomar-Quest (PQ) digital synoptic sky survey, including its parameters, data processing, status, and plans. Exploration of the time domain is now the central scientific and technological focus of the survey. To this end, we have developed a real-time pipeline for detection of transient sources. We describe some of the early results, and lessons learned which may be use...

This paper presents a translation of the Arkalochori Axe and the Malia Altar Stone inscriptions, which are some of the longest known Cretan Hieroglyph inscriptions together with the Phaistos Disk. The translations are checked using two consistency criteria. First, a synoptic transliteration is used that aligns symbols from several scripts that are evolutionarily related. When the phonetic value...

It is well known that the envelope of the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) consists of smaller-scale convective systems, including mesoscale convective systems (MCS), tropical cyclones, and synoptic-scale waves called ‘‘convectively coupled equatorial waves’’ (CCW). In fact, recent results suggest that the fundamental mechanisms of the MJO involve interactions between the synoptic-scale CCW and ...

>20 ppm during July and August, summer diurnal cycle amplitudes increased, synoptic variability correlations improved and the gradient across the mid-continent region increased. These effects combined to reduce the squared differences between the model and high-precision tower CO2 concentrations by 20%. Synoptic transport of the large-scale N–S gradient caused significant day-to-day variability...

Near-surface velocities from an acoustic doppler instrument are used in conjunction with CTD/Oz data to produce estimates of the absolute flow field off of Cape Hatteras. The data set consists of two transects across the Gulf Stream made by the R/V Endeavor cruise EN88 in August 1982. An inverse procedure is applied which makes use of both the acoustic doppler data and property conservation con...