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

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2.3 Assessment of Vulnerability to <strong>Hurricanes</strong>.
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2.3.1 Tropical cyclone risk assessment
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2.3.2 Societal vulnerability to tropical cyclones: a
framework for assessment.
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2.3.3 Incidence assessment ..
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2.3.4 Exposure assessment .I .
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CHAPTER 3 Tropical Cyclones on Planet Earth ..
3.1 Life of a Hurricane.
3.1.1 Birth ~d growth .I .
3.1.3 3.1.2 Decay. Maturity.
3.1.4 Criteria for development <strong>and</strong> intensification of a
tropical cyclone
3.2 Special Cases of Development <strong>and</strong> Intensification.
3.3 Geographic <strong>and</strong> Seasonal Distribution.
3.3.1 Origin .
3.3.2 Movement.
3.3.3 Tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean Basin
CHAPTER 4 Hurricane Forecasts .I .
4.1 Tropical Cyclone Movement. ..
4.2 External Flow: The Steering Current.
4.3 Interaction of the Steering Current <strong>and</strong> the
Hurricane
4.4 Internal Flow.
4.5 Tropical Cyclone Track, Intensity, <strong>and</strong> Seasonal
Forecasting.
4.5.1 Tropical cyclone track predictions .
4.5.2 Tropical cyclone intensity change predictions
4.5.3 Seasonal predictions of tropical cyclone activity
4.5.4 Attempts at tropical cyclone modification
4.5.5 Value to society of forecasts
CHAPTER 5 Hurricane <strong>Impacts</strong>. ...
5.1 Ocean <strong>Impacts</strong>
5.2 L<strong>and</strong> <strong>Impacts</strong> at the Coast <strong>and</strong> a Short Distance
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5.2.1 Storm surge ...
Storm surge analysis
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