Editing Tropical wave (section)

== Screaming eagle waves ==
A screaming eagle is a tropical wave with a convective pattern that loosely resembles the head of an eagle. This phenomenon is caused by [[Wind shear|shear]]ing from either westerly winds aloft or strong easterly winds at the surface. These systems are typically located within 25&nbsp;degrees latitude of the equator.<ref>{{cite report |url=http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/sat_training/world_wind_regimes/Screaming_Eagle/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050201090336/http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/sat_training/world_wind_regimes/Screaming_Eagle/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 1, 2005 |title=World Wind Regimes - Tropical Atlantic Screaming Eagle Tutorial |date=2002-12-09 |access-date=2010-11-25 |author=Bob Fett |publisher=[[Naval Research Laboratory]] |location=[[Monterey, California]]}}</ref> [[Rain]] showers and surface [[wind]]s gusting to {{convert|29|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} are associated with these waves.  They move across the ocean at a rate of {{convert|15|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}. Strong thunderstorm activity can be associated with the features when located east of a [[tropical upper tropospheric trough]].<ref>{{cite book |title=AWS-TR-76-264 Satellite Meteorology |author=Henry W. Brandli |date=August 1976 |page=101 |publisher=[[Air Weather Service]]}}</ref> The term was first publicly seen in an [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] [[satellite]] interpretation handbook written by Hank Brandli in 1976. In 1969, Brandli discovered that a storm of this type threatened the original splashdown site for [[Apollo 11]].<ref>{{cite report |url=http://www.tufts.edu/alumni/magazine/winter2007/departments/afterword.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323231129/http://www.tufts.edu/alumni/magazine/winter2007/departments/afterword.html |title=The Man Who Saved Apollo 11 |archive-date=2015-03-23 |access-date=2013-11-15 |author=Kara Peters |publisher=[[Tufts Magazine]] [[Boston, Massachusetts]]}}</ref>