Research Papers
Tracking of Large Scale Waves
Kristy Carter, Ethan Milius, John Veencamp, Ben Walton
ABSTRACT
large scale wave motions are important in our understanding of weather and forecasting. In this study, large scale wave motions were observed between August 28, 2012 and November 7, 2012 for both the northern and southern hemispheres Data was obtained for wave number, wave amplitude, wave speed, zonal wind speed at 500 mb and zonal wind speed in the region from 150 - 300 mb. This data was plotted in comparison to each other as well as out in time and to Rossby Wave Theory. The study found the southern hemisphere seems to agree much more with Rossby Wave Theory then the northern hemisphere. This may be due to factors such as the relatively short data set, measurement errors, or assumptions made through Rossby Wave Theory.
Tracking of Large Scale Waves
Southern African Climate
Devin Mastrodomenico, Benjamin Walton, Ziying Wang
ABSTRACT
The climate of southern Africa has many contributing factors. There exists a cold ocean current to the west and a warm ocean current to the east causing great variability from west to east. The region extends from the southern tropics to the southern mid-latitudes giving it a range of dominant atmospheric flow. This causes many different climate types to arise anywhere from tropical in the north and along the east coast, arid conditions in the west and temperate in the central and southern regions. Maize grows well during the Austral summer do to adequate rainfall. This is important since the economy depends greatly on the agriculture of the region. The economy relies heavily on agriculture, even though it constitutes only about five percent of the region's economy. Agriculture related business is roughly twenty-five percent of the economy in these countries.
Southern African Climate