1.5 Summary

Obviously the above descriptions are over-simplified since only a small portion of tropical cloud clusters develop into TCs. The thermodynamics (i.e., warming of the atmosphere) of the developing and non-developing clusters are nearly equal. Research at Colorado State University has concluded that the choice between which clusters do or do not develop is largely determined by the surrounding environment, with horizontal and vertical wind shear playing the largest roles (Gray, 1979).

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