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Super Cyclonic Storm Gonu
In the Arabian Sea On Its Approach to Oman,
Infrared Image at 1330 UTC 4 June 2007
(898 mb, 140 kt [259 km/hr] [1-minute sustained] - JTWC)
Photo courtesy
Naval Research Lab (NRL)
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National Hurricane Center (NHC)
Tropical Prediction Center (TPC),
National Centers for Environmental Prediction,
National Weather Service (NWS),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA),
U.S. Department of Commerce
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NRL Monterey Marine Meteorology Division Tropical Cyclone Page
Marine Meteorology Division, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
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Digital Typhoon:
Typhoon Images and Information
KITAMOTO (Asanobu) Laboratory at
National Institute of Informatics (NII)
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Tropical cyclone scales
Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation
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The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
National Hurricane Center (NHC),
Tropical Prediction Center (TPC),
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
(NCEP),
National Weather Service (NWS),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA),
U.S. Department of Commerce
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Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Names
National Hurricane Center (NHC),
Tropical Prediction Center (TPC),
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
(NCEP),
National Weather Service (NWS),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA),
U.S. Department of Commerce
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Dr. Gray’s Tropical Storm Forecast
The Tropical Meteorology Project,
Colorado State University (CSU)
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NOAA: 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook Update
NOAA Press Release,
Climate Prediction Center (CPC),
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
(NCEP),
National Weather Service (NWS),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA),
U.S. Department of Commerce [ 9 August 2007 ]
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2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Florida State University/EXPLORES!,
FSU Department of Meteorology,
Florida State University (FSU)
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2005: A Hurricane Season ‘On Edge’
Looking at Earth, Life on Earth,
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)
[ 10 February 2006 ]
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2004 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Florida State University/EXPLORES!,
FSU Department of Meteorology,
Florida State University (FSU)
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Atlantic Tropical Storm Tracking by Year
Unisys Weather, Unisys Corporation
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Current Sea Surface Temperature Plot
Unisys Weather, Unisys Corporation
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Data Discovery Hurricane Science Center
Diana Engle, Ph.D.,
The Data Discovery Toolkit and Foundry (DDTF)
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Hurricane Hunters
53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (53rd WRS),
403rd Wing, Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC),
U.S. Air Force (USAF),
U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
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Hurricane Resource Page
Life on Earth,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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Hurricane & Storm Tracking for the Atlantic &
Pacific Oceans
Terrapin Associates
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Hurricane Surge Prediction
Hurricanes, The Tsunami Page of Dr. George P.C.,
Dr. George Pararas-Carayannis
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HurricaneZone.net
Jonathan Edwards, HurricaneZone.net
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Kerry Emanuel’s Home page
Kerry A. Emanuel, Ph.D.,
Professor of Atmospheric Science,
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and
Planetary Sciences (EAPS),
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Modelling the Effects of Global Warming on Hurricane Frequency and Intensity
Using Remote Sensing Data
Justin Fogarty
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Tropical Cyclones
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS),
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Tropical Storms, Worldwide
Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai`i
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global warming and hurricanes
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA),
U.S. Department of Commerce [ 23 March 2006 ]
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Hurricanes Are Getting Stronger, Study Says
John Roach, National Geographic News,
National Geographic Society
[ 15 September 2005 ]
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NOAA RAISES THE 2005 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON OUTLOOK
NOAA News Online (Story 2484),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA),
U.S. Department of Commerce [ 2 August 2005 ]
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NOAA HURRICANE RESEARCHERS GEARED UP FOR ANOTHER BUSY SEASON
NOAA Magazine (Story 175),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA),
U.S. Department of Commerce [ 1 August 2005 ]
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Our atmosphere is constantly changing. The state of the atmosphere and how
it changes is what we call weather. The immense ocean of air
in which we live has the ability to reconfigure itself quickly on many
different scales; this serves as a source of wonder, pleasure,
vexation and danger.
Because weather can influence our lives so greatly, it has become necessary
to make attempts to accurately predict it. The quality of weather
prediction has improved dramatically over the last 30 years.
Numerical models, satellite imagery, doppler radar and other
state-of-the-art technologies have revolutionized the field of meteorology.
Tropical weather forecasts, which in the past relied mainly on
climatology, now benefit from use of extensive satellite data. This is
especially important for accurately predicting hurricanes, typhoons and
other tropical storms. Computer modeling has dramatically improved
the ability to forecast tropical storm tracks, intensities and damage
patterns. The improvements made in predicting hurricanes, typhoons and
other tropical storms have resulted in a major reduction in deaths and
injuries resulting from tropical storm winds and storm surge.
Property damage, however, remains high because we are building more
expensive dwellings ever closer to seafronts and shorelines while
destroying the salt marsh wetlands that can reduce the impact of storm
surge.
Authored by Kenneth L. Anderson.
Original article published 28 June 2005.
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