 About Hurricane FAQ Home | Festival Centre | Beach Centre | Media | Lodging FAQ Best Viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x+ at 800 x 600 Resolution or Higher. | |
| |
•  |
|
|
|
|
|
Home |
|
|
| (c) 2008 Ova Yonda, Inc. |
By Christopher W. Landsea
NOAA AOML/Hurricane Research
Division
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, Florida 33149
landsea@aoml.noaa.gov
August 23, 1999
***********************
New for this
month............................
B2) What are the tropical cyclone names through 2004? (updated)
E10) For the U.S., what are the 30 most intense, 30 costliest, and
30 highest death toll hurricanes on record? (updated)
F3) How has Dr. Gray done in previous years of forecasting hurricanes?
(updated)
G1) When is hurricane season? (updated)
G3) What may happen with tropical cyclone activity due to global warming?
(updated)
G4) Are we getting stronger and more frequent hurricanes, typhoons, and
tropical cyclones in the last several years? (updated)
G12) What is my chance of being struck by a tropical storm or hurricane?
(updated)
G13) What is my chance of having a tropical storm or hurricane strike by
each month? (updated)
G14) What is the average number of tropical storms and hurricanes
to strike my city each season? (updated)
G15) What is the largest number of tropical storms and hurricanes to strike
my city in one season? (updated)
I1) Where can I get real-time advisories for tropical cyclones? (updated)
I2) Where can I get real-time tropical weather analyses and forecast fields?
(updated)
I3) Where can I get real-time ship and buoy data? (updated)
I4) Where can I get real-time sea surface temperature data? (updated)
I5) Where can I get real-time satellite pictures and satellite products?
(updated)
I6) Where can I get real-time radar data? (updated)
I7) Where can I get real-time hurricane aircraft reconnaissance data? (updated)
I8) Where can I get real-time model forecasts of tropical cyclone motion?
(updated)
....................... New for
this month.....
This is currently a two-part, 6 page, FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions report) that is in its second full incarnation (version 2.8). However, there may be some errors or discrepancies that have not yet been found. If you do see an item that needs correction, please contact me directly. This file (Part I) contains various definitions, answers for questions about names, myths, winds, records, forecasting, climatology and observation of tropical cyclones. Part II provides sites that you can access both real-time information about tropical cyclones, what is available on-line for historical storms, as well as good books to read and various references for tropical cyclones. Keep in mind that this FAQ is not considered a reviewed paper to reference. Its main purpose is to provide quick answers for (naturally) frequently asked questions as well as to be a pointer to various sources of information.
I'd like to thank various people for helping to put together this FAQ: Sim Aberson, Jack Beven, Gary Padgett, Tom Berg, Julian Heming, Neal Dorst, Gary Gray, Stephen Caparotta, Steven Young, D. Walston all provided substantial bits to this FAQ. Also thanks to the many people who provided additional questions and information for this FAQ: Ilana Stern, Dave Pace, Dave Blanchard, Ken Fung, James (I R A Aggie) Stricherz, Mike Dettinger, Jan Schloerer, Eric Blake, Jeff Kepert, Frank Woodcock, Roger Edson, Bill Cherepy, Stephen Jascourt, Kelly Dean, Malcolm ???, Jon Gill, Ken Waters, Derek West, Gert van Dijken, George Gumbert III, Edward Reid, Tim Trice, Michael Scott, Kerry Emanuel, George Sambataro, James Lewis Free, Sam Biller, David Faciane, Eric Gross, Jeff Hawkins, Mike Fiorino, Madeleine Hall, Mike Schneider, Jennifer Collins, dhmuzz, Alan Gregersen, Hugh Willoughby and David Roth. Many thanks also to Jan Null for providing the first .html version of the FAQ. If I didn't get to all the suggested FAQs, I'll try to include them in future versions.
Where can I get the latest
version of this document?????
--------------------------------------------------------
ASCII VERSION:
An ascii edition of the two portions for this FAQ are posted monthly on
sci.geo.meteorology and on sci.environment usually early in each month.
One can also ftp to retrieve the latest files
at: hrd-type42.nhc.noaa.gov. Login as 'anonymous' and password as
your email address. The files are available on the subdirectory
"papers" (TCfaqI and TCfaqII). If you do not have ftp access,
you can request copies from me directly via email.
FANCY VERSION:
Neal Dorst has created a much enhanced World Wide Web version that is starting
to include in helpful pictures as well. This user friendly site is
available via your favorite web server at:
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html
|
|
•
Last Revised: November 01, 2006 12:58 PM.
Storm
