Convectively coupled equatorial waves (CCEWs) control a substantial fraction of tropical
rainfall variability. Their horizontal structures and dispersion characteristics correspond to …

The relationship between water vapor path W and surface precipitation rate P over tropical
oceanic regions is analyzed using 4 yr of gridded daily SSM/I satellite microwave radiometer …

The vertical structure of the relationship between water vapor and precipitation is analyzed
in 5 yr of radiosonde and precipitation gauge data from the Nauru Atmospheric Radiation …

The intraseasonal moist static energy (MSE) budget is analyzed in a climate model that
produces realistic eastward-propagating tropical intraseasonal wind and precipitation …

The authors present a simple semi-empirical model to explore the hypothesis that the
Madden–Julian oscillation can be represented as a moisture mode destabilized by surface …

Abstract A Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO)-like spectral feature is observed in the time–
space spectra of precipitation and column-integrated moist static energy (MSE) for a zonally …

Biomass burning is a major source of pollution in the tropical Southern Hemisphere, and fine
mode carbonaceous particles are produced by the same combustion processes that emit …

Recent work has shown that observations of tropical precipitation conform to properties
associated with critical phenomena in other systems. Here some of these universal …

The relationships between the onset of tropical deep convection, column water vapor
(CWV), and other measures of conditional instability are analyzed with 2 yr of data from the …

Water vapor samples collected during tropical field experiments at Puerto Escondido,
Mexico, near Kwajalein (KWAJEX), and near Key West, Florida (CAMEX 4), were analyzed …