Tag: Hurricanes and storms

Reading: Changes in Intensity and Frequency of Hurricanes

Posted by TROP ICSU in Earth Sciences, Geography

A reading to learn about recent changes in hurricane activity, specifically in the Atlantic. 

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Reading: Hurricanes and Climate Change

Posted by TROP ICSU in Earth Sciences, Geography

A reading to learn about what affect hurricane activity and the measures that can help in building resilience to the impacts of hurricanes. 

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Classroom/Laboratory Activity: Statistical Methods to Determine Trends in Hurricane Intensity

Posted by TROP ICSU in Mathematics and Statistics

A classroom/laboratory activity to learn about linear slope, trends, confidence intervals, and Student’s t-distribution by calculating trends and uncertainties using hurricane data records over 40 years.

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Video: Rising Sea Surface Temperature and Hurricane Intensity

Posted by TROP ICSU in Earth Sciences, Physics

A video to learn about hurricanes as heat engines, and the possible effects of increasing sea surface temperature on the intensity and frequency of hurricanes.

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