Hurricanes and storms

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

Posted by TROP ICSU in All Tools, 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.

Video: Rising Sea Surface Temperature and Hurricane Intensity

Posted by TROP ICSU in All Tools, 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.

Satellite images show Harvey’s impact on Texas towns

Posted by TROP ICSU in All Tools, Earth Science, Environmental Science

Texas was hit by Harvey hurricane in September 2017. The visualisation shows Harvey’s impact on Texas towns. Credits to Extreme Weather, Digital Globe and CNN.