Physical Processes of Tropical Cyclone Formation, StructuralVariability and Intensity Change

这项研究的目的是更好地了解与热带气旋形成、结构和强度变化有关的基本物理过程。这项研究将结合理论和观察研究。对热带气旋的研究很困难，因为风暴在热带海洋上形成和演变，这些地区是臭名昭著的数据稀少地区。格雷的方法是独一无二的，他主要依靠合成来自多个病例的数据，以此来克服观察不足的问题。尽管这项技术有其缺陷，但这项研究对热带风暴的行为产生了一些有趣的见解，他的结果被证明对社区有刺激作用。格雷博士被公认为热带气旋研究领域的领军人物。

The goal of this research is to better understand the basic physical processes associated with tropical cyclone formation, structure, and intensity change. The research will combine theoretical and observational studies. Research on tropical cyclones is difficult because the storms form and evolve over tropical oceans, notorious data sparse regions. Dr. Gray is unique in his approach, relying principally on compositing data from a number of cases as a means of overcoming the problems of insufficient observations. While this technique has its drawbacks, the research nonetheless has produced some interesting insights into the behavior of tropical storms and his results have proved stimulating to the community. Dr. Gray is recognized as a leader in tropical cyclone research.