Jesse Leimgruber CEE 063: Weather and Storms 05 December 2014 An Analysis of the 2004 Atlantic Hurricane Season The 2004 Atlantic Hurricane Season proved unusually damaging for Florida and the Atlantic coast of the United States. In total, the storms claimed the lives of over 3000 people, and racked up a total of $57 billion in damages. At the time, it was the costliest and most damaging hurricane season, only to be surpassed by 2005 season. Even so, the 2004 season holds every record for most
leading to changes in the storm system of the Atlantic Ocean. The increase in overall global temperatures is leading to an increase in ocean surface temperatures. When looking at the process of hurricane creation, it is clear that this increase in temperature will affect the creation of tropical storms. Warmer oceans create more intense hurricanes. Also, historical records provide definitive proof of an increase in hurricane activity in the Atlantic. Over the past few centuries, increases in size
affects hurricane intensity? Hurricane intensity could be important with hurricanes like Irma and Andrew. Have you ever wondered the causes of global warming? One of the major causes of global warming is the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is caused by the atmospheric accumulation of gases. One of the gases is carbon dioxide. It is mainly, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. They absorb the infrared radiation produced by the earth’s surface. The greenhouse effect produces
James Hlywiak Final Draft Changes in ENSO and Tropical Cyclone Activity in a Warming Climate James Hlywiak and Brad Guay Intro The El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a sea and air temperature anomaly in the equatorial Pacific Ocean that has important implications for the climate around the world. When sea-surface temperatures are abnormally high in the Eastern Pacific off the coast of South America, an El Nino is occurring, while a La Nina occurs when they are abnormally low. The Southern Oscillation
lastly, hurricanes (Extreme Weather, 2014). Heat Waves In this section, a heat wave is referred to as “abnormally hot weather lasting days to weeks”. It further goes on to say that the recent number of heat waves have been steadily increasing with numbers almost “triple the long-term average” (Extreme Weather, 2014). In this section it is claimed that the droughts in Texas in the year 2011, and in the Midwest in the year of 2012, that records were set for the highest monthly average temperatures to
HURRICANE SANDY Hurricane Sandy was a tropical cyclone that devastated portions of the Caribbean, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States in late October 2012. The eighteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Sandy was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, as measured by diameter, with winds spanning 1,100 miles. Sandy is estimated in early calculations to have caused damage of at least $20 billion. Preliminary estimates of losses that include business
Have you ever heard about global warming? Global warming is a gradual increase in the temperature of the Earth’s surface both water and land . Years ago, when the Earth experienced an increase in temperature it was a result of natural causes but today it is being caused by the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere produced by human activities. The greenhouse effect occurs because of the presence of specific gases in the atmosphere at a high rate. These gases play a major role in maintaining the earth’s
title of the paper we must first explore what a hurricane is and how it is formed. We must also examine what is meant by the term global warming. Firstly hurricanes are formed over warm ocean waters of at least 26.5ºC through depths of at least 45m where there is a high Coriolis Effect such as there is just north and south of the equator. (Moran, 2011) Hurricanes begin as smaller storms called tropical disturbances, if there is sufficient loss in surface air pressure coincided with a strengthening
Hurricanes According to CNN, in late August 2017, hurricane Harvey hit land causing $75 billion dollars’ worth of damage and causing the deaths of 82 people as it tore through Texas with winds exceeding 130 mph and pouring 27 trillion gallons in less than a week. A week later hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean as a category 5 storm devastating the islands with 125 mph winds and claiming the lives of 61 people before weakening over the Florida coast. 10 days later hurricane Maria hits Dominica and Puerto
Does Global warming have an effect Hurricane? Are Hurricanes being effective by global warming? Many studies have been conducted to look at the effects of global warming on hurricanes. Since Hurricane Katrina, Rita and Wilma pounded the Gulf of Mexico in 2005 with gigantic force, there have been more studies into how global warming is affecting Hurricanes. However before we can answer the question does global warming effect hurricanes, we must find out what a hurricane is and how it works? Then we