Sentences with phrase «synoptic scale»
The phrase "synoptic scale" refers to the large-scale view of weather systems or patterns that cover a wide area, usually around hundreds to thousands of kilometers. It helps meteorologists understand and predict weather conditions such as storms, high or low-pressure systems, and fronts. Full definition
A tropical cyclone is the generic term for a non-frontal synoptic scale low - pressure system over tropical or sub-tropical waters with organized convection (i.e. thunderstorm activity) and definite cyclonic surface wind circulation (Holland 1993).
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Synoptic scale weather disturbances tend to form in the regions of maximum jet stream wind speed and propagate downstream.
Its more difficult to see how it is eliminated however for the boreal treeline case, where the scale of temperature variation is the synoptic scale, and nearby cross-dating along a sharp temperature gradient is not possible.
At some point where there is a minor «lull» at the synoptic scale, the mass surges eastward, as an additive «pulse» to the equatorial countercurrent (and at depth as well, under the main equatorial current).
The Hadley, Ferrel, and polar cells operate at the largest scale of thousands of kilometers (synoptic scale).
Length scales are typically hundreds of kilometres, corresponding to the spatial scale of weather systems, known as the synoptic scale in meteorology.