ABSTRACT Organized tropical convection, often characterized by overshooting tops, is a distinguishing quality of tropical cyclones (TCs). In this study, the climatology of tropical overshooting tops ...

Tropical cyclones -- known as typhoons in the Pacific and as hurricanes in the Atlantic -- are fierce, complex storm systems that cause loss of human life and billions of dollars in damage every year.

WASHINGTON -- Researchers at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Marine Meteorology Division (MMD), Monterey, Calif., have developed the Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System Tropical ...