Diurnal variations of convection over the 'Maritime Continent' ( South East Asia Australia).

Over the myriad of tropical islands, local interactions between the prevailing winds, the diurnal heating cycle and topography result in distinctive cycles of convective activity. These have been well documented. The introduction of regular observations from geostationary satellites has emphasized the large-scale consistency of these 'local' effects. This note presents a striking example of the convective cycle over the 'maritime continent' of southeast Asia and northern Australia observed by the Japanese GMS-1 geostationary satellite on 10 December 1978.- from Authors