Hurricanes: Their Nature and Impacts on Society - Climate Science ...
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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