A westward‐propagating Rossby‐like wave signal is found to explain a large fraction of the
intraseasonal variance in cloud brightness over the Western Hemisphere. A series of …

The weak temperature gradient (WTG) approximation is extended to the basic equations on
a rotating plane. The circulation is decomposed into a diabatic component that satisfies WTG …

The governing thermodynamics of the Madden‐Julian Oscillation (MJO) is examined using
sounding and reanalysis data. On the basis of four objective criteria, results suggest that the …

Tropical cyclogenesis (TCG) remains an elusive phenomenon partly due to the limited
understanding of complex water vapor‐convection‐wave interactions. The Model for …

The moist static energy (MSE) budget is widely used to understand moist atmospheric
thermodynamics. However, the budget is not exact, and the accuracy of the approximations …

Convectively coupled equatorial waves (CCEWs) with an off-equatorial convective center,
such as equatorial Rossby (ER) waves, mixed Rossby–gravity (MRG) waves, and tropical …

Interactions between large-scale waves and the Hadley cell are examined using a linear two-
layer model on an f plane. A linear meridional moisture gradient determines the strength of …

Detailed precipitation characteristics coupled with equatorial Rossby and Kelvin waves are
investigated. We prepare a rainfall event dataset using the Tropical Rainfall Measurement …

The thermodynamic processes associated with convection in tropical African and
northeastern Pacific easterly waves (AEWs and PEWs, respectively) are examined on the …

Convectively coupled waves (CCWs) over the Western Hemisphere are classified based on
their governing thermodynamics. It is found that only the tropical depressions (TDs; TD …