Upper Tropospheric Cyclonic Vortices in The Tropical South Atlantic

• Appearance in Satellite Data
• Meteorological Physical Background
• Key Parameters
• Typical Appearance In Vertical Cross Sections
• Weather Events
• References

References

General Meteorology and Basics

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• KOUSKY, V. E.; GAN, M. L. Upper tropospheric cyclonic vortices in the subtropical South Atlantic. Tellus, v. 33, p. 538-551. 1981.
• CMISHRA, S. K.; RAO, V. B.; GAN, M. A. Structure and evolution of the large-scale flow and an embedded upper tropospheric cyclonic vortex over northeast Brazil. Monthly Weather Review, v. 129, p. 1673-1688, 2001.
• MORAIS, M. D. C. Upper level cyclonic vortices over Norteast of Brazil: Observational and numerical study (In portugueses: Vórtice ciclônico de altos níveis no nordeste do Brasil: estudo observacional e numérico). PhD Dissertation (in preparation), 2016.
• RAMIREZ, M. C. V. KAYANO, M. T.; FERREIRA, N. J. Statistical analysis of upper tropospheric vortices in the vicinity of northeast Brazil during the 1980-1989 period. (INPE-10582-PRE/604412). Atmósfera., v.12, p. 75-88, Apr. 1999.