EESA10H3 Lecture 4: Lecture 4

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Tropical cyclones -> hurricanes fall under this category. Hurricane that forms in the atlantic and eastern pacific hurricane. Taino language of caribbean meaning god of evil. Term used in australia and in the indian ocean. Tropical storm with sustained winds of 18 ms to 33 ms. Tropical storm with sustained winds of 33 ms to 50 ms. Tropical storm with sustained winds exceeding 50 ms. Herbert saffir and director of national hurricane center: robert simpson. Category one : 119 - 153 km/h (33- 42. 5 m/s) > 980 mb. Category two: 154-155 km/h (42. 5 - 49 m/s) 965-979 mb. Category three: 178-209 km/h (49 - 58 m/s) 945 - 964 mb. Category four: 210-249 km/h (58-69 m/s) 920-944 mb. Category five: greater than 249 km/h (>69 m/s), <920 mb. Tropical storms fueled by sea surface temperature and latent heat (hidden heat) release (either this is released or absorbed) 26. 5 degrees threshold is necessary but not sufficient (sea surface temperature)

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