EESA09H3 Lecture 3: EESA09 Fall 2011 Lecture 3 Notes
27 Sep 2011
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Outline of this lecture: part i hurricane primer, hurricanes, part ii storm research hurricanes (please read the papers to know the detail, steenhof and gough (2007, ralph and gough (2007, part 1. Five elements will be covered: definitions, dynamics, distribution and forecasting, climate change. Hurricane north american term from the taino language of central america, meaning god of evil . Typhoon term used in the western pacific from the chinese word taifung meaning big wind . Cyclone term used in australia and in the indian ocean. Tropical cyclone term used in the scientific community. A tropical storm is defined as a storm occurring in the tropical region (20on to 20os) in which the sustained winds range from 18 to 33 m/s. It is a tropical storm in which the sustained winds range from 33 m/s to 50 m/s. It is a tropical storm which has sustained winds which exceed 50 m/s.
