ANNUAL CYCLES AT SELECTED LOCATIONS
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Caribbean Sea
Air temperalure
TA
27.5 'C
Sea surface temp.
TW
27.7 ' c
Dew point lemp
OP
2:3.9 'C
Air - SST
OT
-0.2 ' C
Air - dewpoinl lemp.
DO
3.7 'C
Mixing ralio
MX
18.9 g kg-I
Mixing ratio difference
OQ
- 4 .9 g kg- I
Tolal cloud cover
CT
4.2 oklas
Low cloud cover
CL
3.3 oklas
Precipition frequency
PF
2 .3 %
Sea level air pressure
PR
1011.9 hPa
Scalar wind speed
FF
6.1 ms- I
Vec l or wind speed
VV
7.4 ms- 1
13N to 15N
78W to nw
Mean wind direction
Dr
72.5
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30
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