Weather Phenomena

This section contains a more in-depth treatment of some aspects of the weather or metocean phenomena.

	Squalls in the South China Sea Squalls refer to a sudden increase in wind speeds. The World Meteorological Organisation's definition of a squall is: "A sudden increase of wind speeds... Read More
	Tropical Cyclones in the South China Sea Tropical Cyclones (also known as Typhoons (in the western Pacific), Hurricanes (Atlantic), or Tropical Revolving Storms) occur all year round over the northern South China Sea... Read More
	An Overview of Solitons in the South China Sea Solitons manifest themselves on the sea surface as long narrow lines of propagating whitecaps or breaking waves ...Read More