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The COMET Program is pleased to announce the publication of "Chapter 10, Tropical Cyclones", of the online textbook, "Introduction to Tropical Meteorology". This textbook is being developed over time and its chapters are being published incrementally. This is the third chapter in the book to publish. The new content covers tropical cyclones, one of the most destructive natural phenomena on Earth. Learners will become familiar with:
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- Global distribution and monitoring of tropical cyclones
- Three-dimensional structure and flow balances
- Tropical cyclogenesis, including necessary conditions, dynamic
controls on genesis in the monsoon trough, mesoscale influences,
intraseasonal modulation such as the MJO
- Intensity, including potential intensity, environmental factors,
links with inner core dynamics, cyclone structure and intensity,
intensity estimation by remote sensing
- Climatology of tropical cyclones
- Motion, from steering to the "?-effect" to Fujiwhara interactions
- Extratropical transition in terms of onset, structural changes,
and high latitude impacts
- Societal and environmental impacts
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The chapter uses a variety of strategies, from graphics and animations, to critical thought questions and interactions, review questions, and a quiz. Each section has links to additional sites and resources that augment the material presented in the chapter. The material has been reviewed for scientific accuracy and academic level appropriateness by a scientist and a professor with expertise in tropical meteorology and remote sensing. This chapter includes graphics and a companion print version in PDF format. The intended audience for the online tropical meteorology textbook comprises undergraduate and early graduate meteorology students, current operational or prospective tropical forecasters, and students interested in tropical meteorology. Please follow this link to open the textbook:
http://www.meted.ucar.edu/tropical/textbook/index.html
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- Global distribution and monitoring of tropical cyclones
- Three-dimensional structure and flow balances
- Tropical cyclogenesis, including necessary conditions, dynamic
controls on genesis in the monsoon trough, mesoscale influences,
intraseasonal modulation such as the MJO
- Intensity, including potential intensity, environmental factors,
links with inner core dynamics, cyclone structure and intensity,
intensity estimation by remote sensing
- Climatology of tropical cyclones
- Motion, from steering to the "?-effect" to Fujiwhara interactions
- Extratropical transition in terms of onset, structural changes,
and high latitude impacts
- Societal and environmental impacts
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The chapter uses a variety of strategies, from graphics and animations, to critical thought questions and interactions, review questions, and a quiz. Each section has links to additional sites and resources that augment the material presented in the chapter. The material has been reviewed for scientific accuracy and academic level appropriateness by a scientist and a professor with expertise in tropical meteorology and remote sensing. This chapter includes graphics and a companion print version in PDF format. The intended audience for the online tropical meteorology textbook comprises undergraduate and early graduate meteorology students, current operational or prospective tropical forecasters, and students interested in tropical meteorology. Please follow this link to open the textbook:
http://www.meted.ucar.edu/tropical/textbook/index.html
