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In December 1973, Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak2) experienced a few periods of heavy rain caused by westward moving equatorial vortices from the South China Sea. In this report, the synoptic characteristics associated with the development and intersification of these vortices are shown. Structure of one of the disturbances was examined. Disturbances in the trades associated with lateral shear were found to be important for the genesis of the equatorial vortices. However, the intensification of these disturbances depended on the interaction with the cold monsoon surge.
Sarawak is a state in East Malaysia. It is situated in the northwestern part of the Borneo Island.
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Cheang, B.K. (1978). Synoptic Features and Structures of some Equatorial Vortices Over the South China Sea in the Malaysian Region During the Winter Monsoon, December 1973. In: Monsoon Dynamics. Contributions to Current Research in Geophysics (CCRG). Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-5759-8_11
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