Twenty-one vortex cloud patterns from TIROS I wide angle photographs were related to the pertinent features of the corresponding synoptic analyses. A five-stage model depicting the evolution of a cyclonic vortex pattern from the initial frontal wave to the final stage of the decaying cyclone is presented with appropriate examples from the TIROS pictures.
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Boucher et al. (1962) studied this question.