ANNUAL CYCLES AT SELECTED LOCATIONS
Subtropic convergence
22
'C
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
'C
6
4
2
0
-2
-4
13
g kg - I
12
11
10
9
358 to 338
15W to lOW
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MX
I
DQ
;V
DQ
8
oktas
6
4
2
o
1024
hPa
1020
1016
o 12
- 1
9
- 2
6
-3
3
-4
Air temperature
Sea surface temp .
Dew point temp.
Air - SST
Air - dewpoint temp.
Mixing ratio
Mixmg ratio difference
Total cloud cover
Low cloud cover
Precipition frequency
TA
TW
DP
DT
DD
MX
DQ
CT
CL
PF'
17.6 'C
18.1 'C
13.9 ·c
- 0.4 ' C
3.9 'C
10.2 g kg-I
- 3.0 g kg-I
5 .5 oklas
4 .6 oklas
8 .5 %
Sea level air pressure
Scalar wind speed
Vector wind speed
PR
1019.7 hPa
F'F'
6.9 ms- 1
VV
2.4 ms- 1
Mean "ind direction
Dl
279 ,2 •
" r - - - CT
- CT ....",,- CT ~ 1{L - . . . . . . . ' - . . . . . . .
~ CL
"-CL
-- ~v . . . . . . . .
CL PF'
PF
~
PF'
F'
P
Jan reb Mllr Apr li, ay Jun JuJ Aug S.p OcL Nov 0tK! Jan
Dl
Dl
45
20
15
10
5
o
---p
~
DI_DI~
270
/
F'F ____ FF'
~F F '
' " /
180
vv
90
FF
/ \ ~VV
/ vv
~VV
\-vv
8
-5 0
0
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