Sentences with phrase «determine hurricane strength»

Not exact matches

We experienced hurricane force winds (full strength still to be determined), and a large surge from the south.

The 2006 Saul / DCI press release quotes the Koch - funded Cato Institute's Patrick Michaels, who stated, «There are many more factors determining hurricane frequency and severity, some of which (such as westerly wind strength) should become LESS conducive to hurricanes as the planet warms.»

What these examples clearly show is that it's not the pre-hurricane SST, but the depth of the warm layer, which is most important in determining the SST during the hurricane and hence the strength of the hurricane.

The researchers used statistical models and techniques from a field of mathematics called information theory to determine factors contributing to hurricane strength from 1970 to 2004 in six of the world's ocean basins, including the North Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.