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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
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CONTENTS, VOLUME 94
JANUARY 1966
The Contribution of Divergent Wind Components to the Energy Between the Baroclinic and Barotropic Components
A. Wiin-Nielsen and Margaret Drake
Upper-Level Structure of the Formative Tropical Cyclone- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. - - -. - - - - - - - - - - - - -. - - -. -. - - -Robert W. Fett
Accurate Calibration of Doppler Winds for Their Use in the Computation of Mesoscale Wind Fields- - -. - - - - - -Tetsuya Fujita
Detection Range of 500-kc./sec. Sferics..-_ -. ____ ___ -. ____. ___ -. - - __ ____ __ ___. __ -. - - __ ____ __-_____-.---Douglas A. Kohl
A Scheme for Numerical Integration of the Equations of Motion on an Irregular Grid Free of Nonlinear Instability--Kirk Bryan
Correction Notice-. - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. - - - - - - - -. - - - - - - - - - - -. - - -. - - - - -
A Note Regarding the Revised Illustration of Cyclone Development Sequence Shown in The Variable Appearance of the Earth
from Satellites- - - - - - ____ ___. - __ -. __ - - __ __ _____ ____. ____ ____ __ ________-..-Charles W. C. Rogers and Paul E. Sherr
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Weather Notes
Radar Hook Observed With 21-Decibel Gain Reduction _____ ____. ___. . - - __ ____ -Richard A. Wood and Russell F. Lee
Occurrence of Supernumerary Fogbows at Subfreezing Temperatures-- - - - -. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. - - - - - - -Rodger A. Brown
Correspondence
Comments on Weather Note: Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Cleo, August 1964 - - -. - - - -. - - - - -._-Donald Rosenfeld
The Weather and Circulation of Oct,ober 1965-Long-Wave Progression and Temperature Reversal--- - - - - -Robert R. Dickson
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NUMBER P FEBRUARY 1966
Tests of the Diagnostic-Cycle Routine in the Interpretation of Layer-Cloud Evolutions
Roland E. Nagle, James R. Clark, and Manfred M. Holl
Kinetic Energy Generation and Dissipation in the Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation--- - - - - - - - - - -. - - -. - - -Ernest C. Kung
Economic Value of Improved Methods of Translating Weather Information Into Operational Terms
James D. McQuigg and Russell G. Thompson
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Meteorological Effects on Atmospheric Concentration of Radon (Rn222), RaB (PPI4) and RaC (BPI4) Near the Ground
Charles R. Hosler
Weather Note
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Detailed Analysis of the 1962 Columbus Day Windstorm in Oregon and Washington - _Robert E. Lynott and Owen P. Cramer
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The Weather and Circulation of November 1965-A Warm Month With Record Rain in the Southwest..---James F. OConnor
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NUMBER 4 APRIL 1966
Atmospheric Motions from Sodium Cloud Drifts a t Four Locations ____ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ - - - - _ - - - - - - --Adam Kochanski 199-212
The Musical Sound Emitted by a Tornado- - - - - - - - - - - ___ - ___ - ___ - ___ - ___ - - __ - ___ - ___ - - __ - - --Abdul Jabbar Abdullah 213-220
An Observational Study of Kinetic Energy Conversions in the Atmosphere- __ - - __ __ - -..A. Wiin-Nielsen and Margaret Drake 221-230
Some Inferences from Satellite Pictures of Tropical Disturbances ______ - - - - - - - - - - - __ -S. Fritz, L. F. Hubert, and A. Timchalk 231-236
Objective Analysis of Pressure Height Data for the Tropics _____ __ - ___ - ___ - - - - - ___ - ___ - ___ - - ----__Walter James Koss 237-257
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Laboratory and Field Investigations of Eppley Radiation Sensors- - - - - _ - - - - Edwin C. Flowers and Norbert F. Helfert 259-264
Distribution of Maximum Annual Water Equivalent of Snow on the Ground _______________________________ H. C. S. Thom 265-271
Weather Note
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The Weather and Circulation of January 1966-A Temperature Pattern Reversal Associated With an Index Cycle
Julian W. Posey 275-282
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NUMBER 5 MAY 1966
The Index Cycle: A Cross-Spectral Analysis of Zonal Index Data ______________________________________ Paul R. Julian 283-293
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On the Theory of the Diurnal Tide ________________________________________-_---------------------- Richard S. Lindzen 295-301
New ESSA Publication_._--________________________-------------------------------------------------------------- 302
Lunar Air Tide in the Caribbean and Its Monthly Variation __________ ____ __ _____ ___ ____ B. Haurwitz and Ann D. Cowley 303-306
Gravitational Tidal and Atmospheric Processes- _ - - - - - - - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -T. A. Visvanathan 307-310
Correspondence
Comments on Gravitational Tidal Forces and Atmospheric Processes- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --Glenn W. Brier 31 1-312
Extraterrestrial Factors in the Initiation of North American Polar Fronts- - - - - ___ - ___ - __ - - - - - - __ - - ___ - ___ - -_C. A. Mills 313-318
Note Concerning the Period of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation- - - - - - - - - - - - - - __ J. K. Angell, J. Korshover, and T. H. Carpenter 319-323
Correspondence
Comments on Structure of a Cold Front Near the Center of an Extratropical Depression - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. L. Jordan 324-325
Reply- - - - - - - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ ----Werner Schwerdtfeger and Norton D. Strommen 325-326
Comments on Picture of the Month ________________________________________-------------------- Cleon J. Biter 326
Correction to the Article The Hurricane Season of 1958 ________________________________________--J a c k D. Tracy 327
Suggestions to Authors ________________________________________-------------------------------------------------.- 328
Difference System and Boundary Conditions for the Primitive-Equation Barotropic Forecast
Frederick G. Shuman and Lloyd W. Vanderman
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Forecasting in the Tropics With a Barotropic Atmospheric Model
Joseph Vederman, George H. Hirata, and Edmund J. Manning
The Weather and Circulation of February 1966-Strong Blocking Over the Atlantic- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Raymond A. Green
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Frictional and Thermal Influences in the Solar Semidiurnal Tide- - - -Miles F. Harris, Frederick G. Finger, and Sidney Teweles 427-447
Influence of Atmospheric Stability and Over-Water Fetch on Winds Over the Lower Great Lakes
T. L. Richards, H. Dragert, and D. R. McIntyre 448-453
Surface Pressure Variations a t Coastal Stations During the Period of Irregular Motion of Hurricane Carla of 1961--C. L. Jordan 454-458
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A Double Cloud Vortex Near Antarctica as Seen by Nimbus I High Resolution Infrared- - - - - - - - - - - - - - --James C. Barnes 459-460
Normal Degree Days Above Any Base by the Universal Truncation Coefficient ____________________________ H. C. S. Thom 461-465
California Storms as Viewed by Sacramento Radar- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ___ - - - - - - - - - - __ - - - - - - - __ --------Robert L. Weaver 466-474
The Unrecorded Hurricaae of October 1945- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ - - - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Jose J. Fernhndez-Partag& 475-480
The Weather and Circulation of April 1966-A Month with Contrasting Temperature Regimes- - - - - - - - - - - -James F. Andrews 481-485
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Quality Control for Probability Forecasts- - -. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --Edward S. Epstein
Mesoscale Study of a Lake Effect Snow Storm- ____ __ ___ _____ __ ___ _____ ____ __ ___. __ __ _R. L. Peace, Jr. and R. B. Sykes, Jr.
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On the Relation of Satellite-Viewed Cloud Conditions to Vertically Integrated Moisture Fields- - - - ___ - - - - - --__E. Paul McClain
Operational Processing of Satellite Cloud Pictures by Computer- - - -. -C. L. Bristor, W. M. Callicott, and R. E. Bradford
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Graphical Method for Determining Atmospheric Pressure from Rocketsonde Observations----- - - - - - - - - - -Francis J. Schmidlin
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The Weather and Circulation of May 1966-Warm and Dry in the West and Cool in the East---- - - - - - - - -James F. Oconnor
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