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INDEX 277<br />

eye wall<br />

c<strong>on</strong>centric eye wall cycles 73<br />

defined 72<br />

double eye wall 73<br />

illustrati<strong>on</strong> 78<br />

radius of maximum winds 74<br />

feeder b<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>s<br />

defined 72<br />

FEMA 58, 113, 162, 168, 171<br />

forecasts 92<br />

average error 107<br />

example of Hurricane Hugo 106<br />

interacti<strong>on</strong> of steering current <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

hurricane 99-101<br />

internal flow 102<br />

movement 92<br />

steering current 92-8<br />

defined 93<br />

illustrated 93<br />

track, intensity, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> seas<strong>on</strong>al<br />

forecasting 84, 94-8, 101-3,<br />

219<br />

attempts at modificati<strong>on</strong> 111-12<br />

intensity change predicti<strong>on</strong>s 106-8<br />

seas<strong>on</strong>al predicti<strong>on</strong>s 109-11<br />

track predicti<strong>on</strong>s 102-5<br />

value to society 113-17<br />

forecast value 113-17<br />

Frederic 20, 23-4<br />

frequency<br />

Atlantic Basin (1950-1996) 86, 89<br />

world-wide 218<br />

fundamentals 181<br />

knowledge to acti<strong>on</strong> 181<br />

ten important less<strong>on</strong>s 182-90<br />

Galvest<strong>on</strong> (1900) 19<br />

geographic <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> seas<strong>on</strong>al distributi<strong>on</strong> 68,<br />

85<br />

global illustrati<strong>on</strong> 84<br />

in the Atlantic Ocean Basin 87-90<br />

movement 85-6<br />

origin 85<br />

giant hurricanes 88<br />

global tropical cycl<strong>on</strong>es tracks<br />

illustrati<strong>on</strong> of 84<br />

Gray, William 40-1, 109-11, 184<br />

guide for local hurricane decisi<strong>on</strong> makers<br />

233-55<br />

Gulfstream IV 109<br />

Hazel 20, 22-3<br />

high shear envir<strong>on</strong>ment 79<br />

illustrated 80<br />

Hugo 21, 24<br />

hurricane<br />

defined 15<br />

in the past century 19-24<br />

North American history 16-18<br />

hypercanes<br />

defined 78<br />

impacts 118<br />

ocean 118<br />

l<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> impacts at the Coast <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> a Short<br />

Distance Inl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> 119<br />

inl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> impacts 127-30<br />

rainfall<br />

forecast 129<br />

observed 120, 125-6, 130, 132<br />

storm surge 119-20<br />

storm surge analysis 121<br />

tornadoes 120, 1~~5-6<br />

observed 127-8<br />

winds 119, 122-4<br />

societal impacts 131.-3<br />

estimating damages 134-6<br />

aggregati<strong>on</strong>: the problem of<br />

benefits 136<br />

attributi<strong>on</strong>: the problem of<br />

causati<strong>on</strong> 135<br />

comparis<strong>on</strong>: the problem of<br />

demographic change 137<br />

c<strong>on</strong>tingency 134-5<br />

quantificati<strong>on</strong>: the problem with<br />

measurement, 135-6<br />

insurance 145-7, 176-7<br />

intensificati<strong>on</strong> 80, 87-90<br />

intensity<br />

defined 39-40<br />

predicting 39-40<br />

June solstice<br />

defined 87<br />

Labor Day, Florida Keys Storm of 1935<br />

77<br />

l<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>fall<br />

frequency 43-6<br />

impacts 43-6, 118-38<br />

l<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> use 143-4<br />

largest radius of tropical storm winds 87<br />

latent heating 71

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