tropical meteorology

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tropical meteorology [′träp·ə·kəl ‚mēd·ē·ə′räl·ə·jē]

(meteorology)

The study of the tropical atmosphere; the dividing lines, in each hemisphere, between the tropical easterlies and the mid-latitude westerlies in the middle troposphere roughly define the poleward boundaries of this region.

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No references found			Byline: ANI Pune, Apr 8 (ANI): The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) generates and collects scientific knowledge about meteorology and atmospheric sciences. Indian meteorological department perfects weather prediction by Asian News International According to CSU's Tropical Meteorology Project, four hurricanes will become major--categorized as a 3, 4 or 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale--with a 69% chance of one making landfall in the United States. Odds high for major U.S. Hurricane in 2008 by Lehmann, R.J. / Best's Review One of the senior scientists who has remained a skeptic is noted hurricane expert William Gray, longtime head of the Tropical Meteorology Project at Colorado State University. Another side to global warming: environmentalists and the UN want you ... by Behreandt, Dennis / The New American			tropic high-water inequality tropic higher-high-water interval tropic low-water inequality tropic lower-low-water interval Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn tropic tidal currents tropic tide tropic velocity Tropic-Stable Material tropical Tropical Air Tropical Belt tropical climate Tropical Cyclone Tropical Diseases tropical disturbance tropical easterlies Tropical Fauna tropical finish tropical fish Tropical Forests tropical front tropical life zone Tropical Medicine tropical meteorology tropical monsoon climate Tropical Month tropical myositis Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission tropical rainforest tropical rainforest climate tropical rainy climate Tropical Region tropical savanna tropical savanna climate tropical scrub tropical sprue Tropical Vegetation tropical wet and dry climate tropical wet climate tropical woodland Tropical Year tropicalize tropics Tropinin, Vasilii Tropinin, Vasilii Andreevich Tropiometridae Tropism tropocollagen tropometer			Tropical Hardwood Hammock Tropical Health Education Trust tropical horse tick tropical horse tick tropical horse tick tropical immersion foot syndrome Tropical Instability Wave Tropical Instability Wave Experiment Tropical Institute for Community Health Tropical Intraseasonal Oscillation Tropical Island Bed & Breakfast Tropical jewel hibiscus Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research Tropical Landscapes Joint Venture tropical lichen tropical life zone Tropical Limited Area Prediction System Tropical Livestock Unit Tropical Marine Mollusc Programme Tropical Marine Science Institute tropical medicine tropical medicine tropical medicine tropical medicine Tropical Medicine and International Health Tropical Medicine Central Resource Tropical Medicine Research Centers Tropical Medicine Research Institute Tropical Metabolism Research Unit tropical meteorology Tropical Meteorology Research Program Tropical Moist Forest tropical monsoon climate tropical month Tropical Moored Buoy Implementation Panel Tropical Moored Buoy Network Tropical Mountain Cloud Forest tropical myositis Tropical North Atlantic Tropical North Queensland Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE Tropical North Queensland TAFE Tropical Northern Hemisphere Pattern Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere Newsletter Tropical Oceans and Global Atmosphere Programme tropical oil Tropical Ozone Transport Experiment Tropical Ozone Transport Experiment/Vortex Ozone Transport Experiment Tropical Pacific Climate Information & Prediction System Tropical Pacific Thermal Monitoring System Tropical Pancreatitis Tropical Parasitic Diseases Unit Tropical PC Solutions

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