1970s Cyclones: phase evolution

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Year
Date
Name
Continent/Ocean
Description/Example
Diag #1: -VTL Vs. B
Diag #2: -VTL Vs. -VTU
1978 24 January "The Cleveland Superbomb" North America Extreme baroclinic cyclogenesis confined over land. Ideal illustration of intensification, maturity, and decay of a purely cold-core system. NCAR:     Image Anim NCAR:     Image Anim
1979 30 August -
12 September		 Hurricane David North Atlantic Well-resolved case of extratropical transition of a major hurricane ultimately back into a mid latitude oceanic warm-core (although frontal) system. ECMWF:  Image Anim
JRA:          Image Anim
MERRA:   Image Anim 		ECMWF:  Image Anim
JRA:          Image Anim
MERRA:   Image Anim
1979 7-17 September Hurricane Frederic North Atlantic Classic extratropical transition of a hurricane that remains cold-core after transition. ECMWF:  Image Anim
JRA:          Image Anim
MERRA:   Image Anim 		ECMWF:  Image Anim
JRA:          Image Anim
MERRA:   Image Anim
1979 8-16 September Hurricane Gloria North Atlantic . ECMWF:  Image Anim ECMWF:  Image Anim
1979 17-24 September Hurricane Henri North Atlantic . ECMWF:  Image Anim ECMWF:  Image Anim
1979 4-22 October Super Typhoon Tip West Pacific Most intense tropical cyclone in recorded history that eventually undergoes extratropical transition. NCAR:     Image Anim
JRA:          Image Anim
MERRA:   Image Anim 		NCAR:     Image Anim
JRA:          Image Anim
MERRA:   Image Anim