Hector is a storm that regularly forms in the Tiwi Islands (Australia) during the wet season. So often that it has earned its own name. Hector realism in models is a great way of testing their ability to represent tropical convection.
Convection in the Maritime Continent has large implications both regionally and globally. It is the main rainfall-generating mechanism in the region and also injects moisture and energy into the upper levels of the atmosphere
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