ATOC 185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Vapor Pressure
29 Nov 2017
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Most prominent impact is the rebuilding of damaged infrastructure. Ex: irma"s impact on the island of barbuda, where over 95% of infrastructure was damaged and rebuilding is estimate at 100 million dollars. Paper idea: long term impact on new orleans from the passing of hurricane katrina (novel read in class last semester can be used??) The farther north a hurricane hits, the more economic impact it will have. Atmospheric pressure it s really good measure of a storm, the lower the pressure, the worse the storm. Warm-core: the warmth in the center of the hurricane is related the state change of the atmosphere, The air mass is primarily warm and moist, and its uniformly warm and moist. During a hurricane, the temps remain fairly constant. Development of a hurricane over the tropical or subtropical waters. Has an organized circulation with winds of at least 120km/h. Hurricanes are used to describe tcs that occur over the atlantic and eastern pacific.
