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INDEX<br />

silver iodide 112<br />

Simps<strong>on</strong>, Robert 15-16, 22-3, 148<br />

sizes of tropical cycl<strong>on</strong>es 87-8<br />

SLOSH basins 116, 121<br />

Charlest<strong>on</strong>, South Carolina 123<br />

US Gulf <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Atlantic coasts 122<br />

SLOSH modeling 57-8, 121-2<br />

smallest radius of tropical storm winds<br />

87<br />

societal resp<strong>on</strong>ses 139-40<br />

l<strong>on</strong>g-term social <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> decisi<strong>on</strong><br />

processes 141<br />

preparing for evacuati<strong>on</strong> 141<br />

preparing for impacts 142-3<br />

preparing for recovery 144-7<br />

short-term decisi<strong>on</strong> processes 148<br />

hurricane track predicti<strong>on</strong><br />

148-51<br />

recovery <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> restorati<strong>on</strong> 154-5<br />

surviving the storm 152<br />

special cases 83-4<br />

cold-core lows 83<br />

subtropical cycl<strong>on</strong>es 83<br />

tropical cycl<strong>on</strong>e genesis 83<br />

tropical low pressure systems 83<br />

spiral b<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>s 72<br />

steering current 92-101<br />

defined 93<br />

illustrated 93<br />

storm surge 119-20<br />

analysis 121<br />

during Andrew 160-2<br />

modeling 123<br />

stratosphere<br />

defined 69<br />

stratospheric quasibiennial oscillati<strong>on</strong><br />

defined 109<br />

supercooled water<br />

defined 112<br />

TDL 121<br />

thermal heat engine 71<br />

tornado 125-7<br />

tornado swarms 128<br />

track models 101<br />

trade winds<br />

defined 87<br />

tropical cycl<strong>on</strong>e<br />

defined IS<br />

tropical depressi<strong>on</strong><br />

defined IS, 71<br />

tropical disturbance<br />

defined IS, 71<br />

tropical low<br />

defined IS<br />

tropical storm 72<br />

defined IS<br />

tropical waves<br />

defined 87<br />

troposphere<br />

defined 87<br />

typho<strong>on</strong><br />

defined IS, 85<br />

279<br />

units of wind speed, distance, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

temperature 256-~'<br />

US hurricane problem 31<br />

c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>al framing of problem<br />

35-6<br />

definiti<strong>on</strong> 31<br />

societal vulnerability as an alternative<br />

framing; 37<br />

vulnerability 38<br />

assessment 59-64, 191-2<br />

climate change 47-8<br />

exposure 49-58<br />

framework of xv-xvi, 64-7<br />

hurricane incidence :39-46<br />

warning resp<strong>on</strong>sibility areas for tropical<br />

cycl<strong>on</strong>es<br />

Atlantic <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Eastern North Pacific<br />

104<br />

world-wide 220-9<br />

watch <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> warning disseminati<strong>on</strong><br />

151<br />

weather<br />

defined 139-41<br />

winds 119, 122-4<br />

wind shear 71<br />

effect <strong>on</strong> intensificati<strong>on</strong> 80<br />

winter storms 119<br />

WSR-D-88 system 130

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