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Specific Hurricane Topics (Alphabetical by topic):
06.01.05
Aircraft Hurricane website
Basics of a Hurricane: Grade School Level
Basics of a Hurricane: College Level
Creation of Hurricanes
El Nino's Effect on Hurricanes
Hurricane Fact Sheet
Field Studies:
Hurricane Field Studies feature article
Forecasting:
Forecasting Fury--March 19, 2001
Hot Towers:
A 'Hot Tower' Above the Eye Can Make Hurricanes Stronger -- January 12, 2004
Ice Particles:
Finding Tiny Particles in Hurricanes May Help With Predictions -- April 29, 2002
Ingredients:
NASA Satellites Extract Ingredients in Hurricane Recipe to Improve Forecasts -- September 10, 2003
Ingredients:
Seeing into the Heart of a Hurricane
Intensification:
Scientists Discover Clues to What Turns a Hurricane into a Monster -- January 12, 2004
Land Changes:
LIDAR - In the Wake of a Storm -- February 06, 2004
Lightning:
More Lightning News From Inside Hurricanes And Tornadoes -- June 16, 1999
Plankton:
NASA Data Shows Hurricanes Help Plants Bloom In 'Ocean Deserts' -- June 17, 2004
Strength of a Hurricane:
The Saffir-Simpson Scale
Category 1
Category 2
Category 3
Category 4
Category 5
Temperatures:
Near-Real Time Estimates of Upper Ocean Heat Content and Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential from Altimetry -- 2003
NASA Looks A Hurricane’s Temperature In The Eye -- April 30, 2002
Winds:
Current Wind Conditions of Current Hurricanes
Winds of Hurricanes in History
Hurricane Winds Carried Ocean Salt & Plankton Far Inland -- April 24, 2003
Rob Gutro
Goddard Space Flight Center
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