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version 4.2
June 1, 2007
G : TROPICAL CYCLONE CLIMATOLOGY
Text version of TROPICAL CYCLONE CLIMATOLOGY
G1) When is hurricane season?
G2) How does El Niño-Southern Oscillation affect tropical cyclone activity around the globe?
G3) How might global warming change hurricane intensity, frequency, and rainfall?
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G4) Why do tropical cyclones occur primarily in the summer and autumn?
G5) What determines the movement of tropical cyclones?
G6) Why doesn't the South Atlantic Ocean experience tropical cyclones?
G7) Does an active June and July mean the rest of the season will be busy too?
G8) Why do hurricanes hit the East coast of the U.S., but never the West coast?
G9) How much lightning occurs in tropical cyclones?
G10) What is the 20th century hurricane record for each U.S. coastal county?
G11) What is my chance of being struck by a tropical storm or hurricane?
G12) What is my chance of having a tropical storm or hurricane strike by each month?
G13) What is the average number of tropical storms and hurricanes to affect my town?
G14)What is the peak number of tropical storms and hurricanes to affect my town?
G15)I'm vacationing in the Caribbean/the Bahamas/Central America/Miami or elsewhere in the tropics during hurricane season. What's my chance of getting hit by a hurricane ?
G16)What is the average forward speed of a hurricane ?
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