Japan, Atsugi, NAF

Okinawa, Kadena AFB

T-PARC/TCS-08 Components

Guam, Andersen AFB

ET characteristics, forcing of downstream impacts, tropical/midlatitude interactions, extratropical cyclogenesis

Extratropical Transition (ET – recurvature), Downstream Impacts

Midlatitude operating regionNRL P-3, FALCON

TY Nabi, 29 Aug – 8 Sep, 2005

Large-scale circulation, deep convection, monsoon depressions, tropical waves, TC formation

Tropical Measurements

Tropical operating regionDriftsonde, NRL P-3, DOTSTAR, WC-130

Subtropical operating regionDriftsonde, NRL P-3, DOTSTAR, WC-130

TC track characteristics, tropical/midlatitude interaction

TC Intensification and structure changeRecurvature, initiation of ET

Example of Extratropical Transition

Animation of Tropical Storm Bavi

Morphed Integrated Microwave Imagery at CIMSS (MIMIC-TC)http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic2/

Tropical Storm Bavi

Frontal Storm

Summary

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