Tropical Atlantic Hurricanes, Easterly Waves, and West African Mesoscale Convective Systems

Figure 3

Spatial distribution of the initiation coordinates (triangle) and dissipation coordinates (squares) for the long-lived MCSs (>10 hours) in 2004 and 2005 associated with the 12 selected hurricanes. The split or merged phenomena after the dissipation period are not taken into account. Every number is related to a single event. The first and second dates on the lower panel are related to the initiation and dissipation of the MCSs, respectively. The dissipation of Danielle could not be tracked because of a lack of data.