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US Navy/NRL/NOAA/MTSAT/© EUMETSAT 2001
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Satellite IR image at 1200 UTC on 18 Aug. 2001
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©The COMET Program
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Air mass classifications around the globe . Tropical air masses are in light red
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©The COMET Program
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Schematic of the geometry of angular momentum around a latitude circle
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Angular momentum momentum transfer between atmosphere and earth
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©The COMET Program/ Data courtesy NCDC
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The annual cycle of temperature for stations in the southern hemisphere
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ECMWF
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Mean outgoing long-wave radiation. Maxima in deep convective clouds occur over the tropical continents and maritime continent
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©The COMET Program/ Data courtesy NCDC
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Monthly mean temperature for selected stations in South America
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©The COMET Program/ Data courtesy NCDC
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Monthly mean temperature for selected stations in Southern Africa
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The COMET Program/ Data courtesy NOAA/NCDC
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Mean monthly temperature and precipitation for Belize City
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NOAA / NCDC
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Schematic model of the climate system that includes critical processes and interactions in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and cryosphere.
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Michael Baker / The COMET Program
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Schematic of the typical diurnal cycle of surface temperature (red) and the net energy rate due to incoming solar (black) and outgoing longwave radiation (blue).
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©The COMET Program/ Data courtesy NCDC
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Monthly mean temperature for selected stations in west Africa
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UCAR Digital Image Library/NCU
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Torrential rain during the Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean (RICO) field project. RICO studied clouds and warm rain on the tropical islands of Antigua and Barbuda from November through January 2005.
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UCAR Digital Image Library/NCU
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Torrential rain during the Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean (RICO) field project. RICO studied clouds and warm rain on the tropical islands of Antigua and Barbuda from November through January 2005.
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©The COMET Program
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Conceptual model relating net diabatic heating and atmospheric dynamics
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Conceptual model relating ocean dynamics and wind stress, net diabatic heating, salination, and density variations
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Data courtesy of Oort, 1971 / The COMET Program
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Annual averaged northward energy flux by the atmosphere (data from Oort 1971, AMS ).
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©The COMET Program
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Schematic of the temperature gradient between the warm tropics and the cold poles and the resulting pressure gradient force and atmospheric motion
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Animation of the temperature gradient between the warm tropics and the cold poles and the resulting pressure gradient force and atmospheric motion
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Fasullo and Trenberth 2008
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The ERBE period zonal mean annual cycle of the meridional energy transport in PW by (a) the atmosphere and ocean as inferred from ERBE RT, NRA δAE/δt, and GODAS δOE/δt; (b) the atmosphere based on NRA; and (c) by the ocean as implied by ERBE + NRA FS and GODAS δOE/δt. Stippling and hatching in (a)?(c) represent regions and times of year in which the standard deviation of the monthly mean values among estimates, some of which include the CERES period (see text), exceeds 0.5 and 1.0 PW, respectively. (d) The median annual mean transport by latitude for the total (gray), atmosphere (red), and ocean (blue) accompanied with the associated ±2σ range (shaded).
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Trenberth and Fasullo, 2009
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Global annual mean energy balance for March 2000 to May 2004
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©The COMET Program
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The Tropics defined by upward motion, low pressure, surface winds, and net surface heating
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©The COMET Program/ Data courtesy NCDC
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Mean monthly temperature for Guayaquil and Quito
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Data courtesy NOAA/FSL / The COMET Program
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Temperature profile in the troposphere and lower stratosphere. Inset graph shows the atmospheric boundary layer and an inversion at the top of the boundary layer.
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©The COMET Program
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Latitudinal variations in the annual incoming solar radiation (insolation) density and distance to the surface.
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The COMET Program
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Graphs showing insolation receipt over latitude, the other daylight length over latitude
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The COMET Program/ Data courtesy NOAA/NCDC
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Mean monthly temperature and precipitation for Kozhikode, India
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©The COMET Program/ Data courtesy NCDC
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Monthly mean temperature for selected stations in equatorial Africa.
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©The COMET Program/ Data courtesy NCDC
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Monthly mean temperature for selected stations in South America
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Adapted from Zhang and Rossow (1997)
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Zonal annual mean of the atmospheric energy budget (W m-2): net radiative cooling of the atmosphere (Ra), latent heat flux (evaporation, LH), sensible heat (SH) at the surface into the atmosphere, and net energy into the atmospheric column (sum of the three) averaged over longitude and the annual cycle for 1985-1988. LH and SH data are from Sellers (1965). Figure is adapted from Zhang and Rossow (1997).
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Schematic of mean sea level pressure and air flow and its relationship to stability in the troposphere for the tropical north Atlantic
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©The COMET Program/ Data courtesy NCDC
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Monthly mean temperature for selected stations in northern Africa
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©The COMET Program/ Data courtesy NCDC
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Monthly mean temperature for selected stations in southern Africa
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©The COMET Program
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Cross-section showing the meridional circulation between the tropics and subtropics driven by heating in the equatorial regions and upward transport by deep convection in the tropics and sinking motion in the subtropics.
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NOAA/NCEP
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Mean outgoing long-wave radiation. Maxima in deep convective clouds occur over the tropical continents and maritime continent
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©The COMET Program
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Space and time-scales of dynamical atmospheric processes
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Data courtesy of Oort 1983 / The COMET Program
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annual mean water vapor content (specific humidity) profiles for 10S-10N, 40-50N, 70-80N
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Data courtesy NOAA/FSL / The COMET Program
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Relative humidity and temperature profiles in the troposphere and lower stratosphere for the tropical South Atlantic
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Dept Geography University of Oregon, March 2000
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Mean temperature at 2 m for January
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Dept Geography University of Oregon, March 2000
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Mean temperature at 2 m for July
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©The COMET Program
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conceptual model of the vertical profile of the trade wind inversion, from west to east across the equatorial oceans.
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The tropics defined by net gain in radiation compared with deficits at the poles
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The tropics defined by net gain in radiation compared with deficits at the poles
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(a) Standard atmospheric temperature profile (b) height of the tropopause in the tropics, midlatitudes, and poles
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Michael Baker / The COMET Program
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The distribution of surface water vapor content by latitude
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NOAA/ESRL
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The tropics defined by zonal winds, predominantly easterly winds between 30°S and 30°N (dark blue and purple shades), the mean zonal winds for January-December 1979 to 2009
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