hurricane is a type of tropical cyclone‚ the general term for all circulating weather systems counter clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere over tropical waters. When a hurricane is formed over the western Pacific‚ these hurricanes are called “typhoons‚” and similar storms in the Indian Ocean are called “cyclones”. There are three classifications of Tropical cyclones: Tropical Depression – is an organized system of thunderstorms with sustained winds of 38 mph. Tropical Storm – is an organized
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Climate change and tropical biodiversity: a new focus Brodie J.‚ Post E.‚ Laurance W. In this review article‚ Brodie et al. expose a different approach to looking at the effects of global climate change on tropical biodiversity. An abundant amount of literature does‚ in fact‚ address the direct effects of climate change on biodiversity in the tropics. Brodie et al. argue‚ however‚ that while these efforts are extremely important and notable for current and future conservation efforts‚ little
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Equatorial The equatorial‚ hot‚ wet‚ climate is found between 5 degrees north and 10 degrees south of the equator. The temperature of the equatorial regions is hot throughout the year‚ with a very low temperature range usually of less than 3 degrees Celsius. Due to the heat in the equatorial belt mornings are bright and sunny. This causes evaporation and conventional air currents are set up‚ followed by heavy down pours of convectional rain. The amount of rainfall recorded in one afternoon may
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average temperature contrast between winter and summer is greater for continental polar air than for maritime tropical air. Explain why. Maritime tropical air is very warm and humid because its source regions are tropical and subtropical seas. This air mass retains these properties year-round and is responsible for oppressive summer heat and humidity east of the Rocky Mountains. Dry continental polar air develops over the northern interior of North America. In winter‚ continental polar air is typically
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My project was over the tropical rainforest biome. The tropical rain forest is a forest of tall trees in a region of year-round warmth. An average of 50-260 inches (125-660) cm of rain falls yearly. A tropical rain forest has more kinds of trees than any other area in the world. Scientists have counted about 100-300 species in one 2 ½ acre area in South America. Seventy percent of the plants in the rainforest are trees. There are a couple of topics that can be discussed within this biome such as
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To what extent are the impacts of Tropical Revolving storms determined by human factors rather than physical factors? (40marks) A tropical revolving storm is a huge and extremely violent tropical storm which can be up to 500km in diameter. The Coriolis force is the driving force behind the spinning of these storms creating a lot of the storms power. These TRS are either known as hurricanes in the North Atlantic Region or Typhoons in the South East Asia region. However to become a TRS they have to
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An essay on cyclone A cyclone is a very violent storm. It never comes alone. Heavy showers of rain‚ thunder and lightning are its companions. When a cyclone blows‚ it moves round and round in the form of small circles. It always changes its course when it blows. It does not move in the same direction like an ordinary storm. It occurs mostly in the warm parts of the world. India is in this region of the world. Hence cyclones often blow over her. In cold countries there is no cyclone. The signs of
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Hurricane Katrina To be considered Hurricane Katrina could be the most powerful and deadly hurricane to form and land in the United States to this day. When formed‚ Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane‚ but when landed‚ it became a Category 4 hurricane. This released some of the tension‚ but not much. Hurricane Katrina contained 175 mile per hour winds causing massive pressure and destruction. Most of eastern North America began to take safety cautions. The White House and government began to make
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Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus School of Engineering and Sciences Feasibility of Hydroponic System in Tropical Climate Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) Stansfield Chua Hua Ming 4217667 November 2013 Content Declaration…………………………………………………………………………………....I Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………………………...II Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………..III 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………1 1.1 Project objective……………………………………………………………………..
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the public. Problem Jungle Smoothies has been the leader in the smoothies industry for many years. It has several franchised locations in 10 different states and all have similar financial performances. Their top competitors are Jamba Juice and Tropical Smoothies. In recent months‚ Jungle Smoothies has been experiencing a decline in their profits. As member of the New Product development committee‚ an assignment was delivered to investigate the original problem that lead to the decrease in profits
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