Large-Scale Tropical Circulations – Some General Aspects

Abstract

Meteorology in general and tropical meteorology in particular have made tremendous strides during the last half a century or so after the introduction of computer technology and space satellites. Undeniably, we now know much more about our atmosphere and its behaviour than ever before. It is now well established that tropical circulation forms an integral part of the global general circulation and that there is a continual exchange of heat, momentum and moisture between the tropics and the rest of the atmosphere.