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Multimedia: Hurricane Education
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African storms spawn Atlantic hurricanes (202KB, 1:33 min) - This is Earth and Sky. Scientists have discovered that many of the Atlantic hurricanes that strike the U.S. and the Caribbean begin their lives as storms over West Africa. |
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Newshour on Hurricane Science (9 min) - 10/18/05, As Hurricane Wilma picks up speed and approaches the United States, two experts examine possible causes of the recent spate of severe hurricanes. Jeffrey Brown and Christopher Landsea. |
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Storm Surge (mp3) (249KB, 1:03 min) - Max Mayfield discusses |
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Forcasts and Coordination (mp3) (154, 0:38 min) - Max Mayfield discusses |
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Hurricanes and Climate Change (mp3), 09/02/05 (7MB, 10:12 min)
MIT Professor Kerry Emanuel talks about his book "Divine Wind: the History and Science of Hurricanes." Emanuel's latest research, published in Nature Magazine, shows a startling global increase in hurricane strength and duration, which he correlates to rising sea temperatures linked to global warming. |
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Hurricane Watches, Warnings and Errors (mp3) (251KB, 1:03 min) - Max Mayfield discusses |
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Loop Current Powers Hurricanes (1.9MB, 4:03min) - Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were so severe partly because they crossed through a certain ocean. Scientists have been studying what they call "The Loop Current," 100 miles of deep, ultra-warm waters that act to intensify hurricanes. Host Bruce Gellerman talks with professor Nan Walker of Louisiana State University about the latest research. |
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Global tropical activity over three week period (w/ Hurricane Katrina): Spinning Globe (53.5MB, 9 min)
Global tropical activity over three week period (w/ Hurricane Katrina)
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Hurricane Katrina Montage (with track)
GOES Images of Katrina animated |
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Hurricane Katrina Movies Infrared (11.5MB, 0:08 min) |
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Hurricane Katrina Movies Water Vapor (11.3MB, 0:08 min) |
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Hurricane Katrina Movies Visable/Infrared Combo (11.3MB, 0:04 min) |
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Katrina Progression as seen by GOES (11.6MB, 0:08 min)
by NASA |
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Katrina Progression as seen by GOES
(21MB; 0:36 min) by NOAA |
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Named Storms From the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season (22.6MB, 2:06 min)
This visualization shows all 23 named storms during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, from Arlene to Beta. Orange and red colors represent ocean temperatures at 82 degrees F or higher - the temperature required for hurricanes to form. Temperature data is from the AMSR-E instrument on the Aqua satellite, while the cloud images were taken by the Imager on the GOES-12 satellite. Note: Hurricane Vince is not within the camera's view since it was in the Portugal/Spain region. |
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NASA's Aqua satellite view of Katrina (1.8MB, 0:12 min)
A hurricane needs ocean water at 82 degrees or warmer to strengthen. This image shows the sea surface temperature in the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, from August 23-30. Every area in yellow, orange or red represents 82 degrees Fahrenheit or above. The data came from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite. |
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NOVA's Science Now series on Hurricanes
See the 12-minute broadcast segment, from
Jan 2005, on how the ability to predict a hurricane's path and intensity affects cities like New Orleans. Additionally, there are other clips available with a 4 minute update from after Katrina.
There are seven segments available from the web site. Streaming in
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Windows Media high (12 min) | low (4 min)
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