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CORRESPONDENCE 22 6 BULLETI N AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY The following are some comments on Dr. Herbert able to suspect that such warm-water eddies develop in Riehl's recent article, entitled "Sea Surface Temperature many regions of the world near the major ocean cur- Anomalies and Hurricanes," appearing in the October rents. Particularly favored are regions where large tropical currents impinge upon a continental shelf or 1956 issue of the BULLETIN. are constrained by the surrounding topography. In this It appears to the writer that the atmosphere has now been probed rather exhaustively for the causes of the case of the North Atlantic such likely spots for eddy hurricane without anything approaching complete suc- formation would be found where the Equatorial current cess. The remaining unexplored avenue, therefore, is strikes the West Indies or the Western Caribbean. Another eddy-producing situation may arise where the that of sea surface temperature anomalies. Riehl and Gulf Stream System is forced into a sharp turn as oc- others who have studied this phase have undoubtedly brought us a little nearer to the understanding of the curs off the Gulf of Mexico. Also likely to produce cause of tropical storms. eddies is the Canary Island area where http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society American Meteorological Society

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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , Volume 38 (4): 3 – Apr 1, 1957
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22 6 BULLETI N AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY The following are some comments on Dr. Herbert able to suspect that such warm-water eddies develop in Riehl's recent article, entitled "Sea Surface Temperature many regions of the world near the major ocean cur- Anomalies and Hurricanes," appearing in the October rents. Particularly favored are regions where large tropical currents impinge upon a continental shelf or 1956 issue of the BULLETIN. are constrained by the surrounding topography. In this It appears to the writer that the atmosphere has now been probed rather exhaustively for the causes of the case of the North Atlantic such likely spots for eddy hurricane without anything approaching complete suc- formation would be found where the Equatorial current cess. The remaining unexplored avenue, therefore, is strikes the West Indies or the Western Caribbean. Another eddy-producing situation may arise where the that of sea surface temperature anomalies. Riehl and Gulf Stream System is forced into a sharp turn as oc- others who have studied this phase have undoubtedly brought us a little nearer to the understanding of the curs off the Gulf of Mexico. Also likely to produce cause of tropical storms. eddies is the Canary Island area where

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