Sentences with phrase «strength of hurricanes»

As to the theory of the quantitative strength of hurricanes I have learnt much from the early posts on this thread and haven't anything of value to add.

Some scientists have explained the rising strength of hurricanes as being part of natural weather cycles in the world's oceans.

This means that when a hurricane strikes land now, it will tend to cause much more damage than it would have in the past, even if there is no change in the actual strength of the hurricanes striking land.

The strength of this hurricane is unheard of.

The group met with Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello, who told them that it's one of the greatest disasters to ever hit the island because of the strength of the hurricanes.

Dependable accuracy in counting and measuring the strength of hurricanes didn't begin until the 1960s, with the launch of space satellites.

Computer models, on the other hand, predict that the strength of hurricanes could double by 2050, based on rising sea surface temperatures and a warming atmosphere that can carry more water vapor.

Could soap bubbles be used to predict the strength of hurricanes and typhoons?

Already he has shown, at least on the computer screen, that small changes in wind and air temperature — in fact, no more than 3 to 5 degrees — could have redirected hurricane Iniki away from landfall in 1992 and reduced the strength of hurricane Andrew that same year.

«There is no question that global warming is real, but the science linking any one hurricane, drought, or flood to climate change is shaky, at best,» and researchers have not found compelling evidence that global warming boosted the strength of Hurricane Sandy, Kerr wrote.

As the planet warms from increasing greenhouse gases, more energy is going into the oceans, which is an important component in the strength of hurricanes (also known as tropical cyclones).

In this situation, the ocean heat content and the atmospheric moisture content become the key determinants of the strength of hurricanes.

If he's right, dust could play a very important role in determining the strength of hurricanes.

«Damages caused by doubling the strength of hurricanes would be massive and increasing dramatically.

Warmer waters fuel the strength of hurricanes.

Scientists and meterologists use a special scale, called the Saffir Simpson Hurricane Intensity Scale, to rate the strength of a hurricane they are watching.

The most commonly used system to classify the strength of hurricanes is the Saffir - Simpson scale (Table 7u - 1).

The duration and strength of hurricanes have increased by about 50 percent over the last three decades, according to study author Kerry Emanuel, a professor of atmospheric science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.

The stronger the force from the Coriolis effect, the faster the wind spins and picks up additional energy, increasing the strength of the hurricane.

The hurricane cemented a lifelong fascination with natural disasters, and led Navarro into her current career as a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington, where she studies hurricane forecasting and how solar radiation affects the strength of hurricanes.

She went on to investigate cloud seeding to test her models and to try to reduce the strength of hurricanes.

From Ryan Maue of FSU comes accumulated cyclonic energy, the best single metric of the strength of hurricane seasons:

Peter says that the dynamics of the ocean are as important as the atmosphere in determining the strength of a hurricane.

«Thinking about the increase in the number and strength of hurricanes in recent years, do you think global warming has been a major cause, a minor cause, or not a cause of the increase in hurricanes?»

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.