Putting Hurricanes on the Calendar part of EarthLabs:Hurricanes
Part C: Further Exploration How well does HURDAT represent reality? If you study the HURDAT in the graph above, you might assume that the number of Atlantic Named Storms have been increasing across the years, but ...

Death and Destruction part of EarthLabs:Hurricanes
Part B: Hurricane Hazards Hurricanes pose specific hazards to lives and property: Storm Surge A storm surge is a large dome-shaped pile of water pushed ahead of a hurricane by the force of winds. The volume of ...

Earth's Meteorological Monsters part of EarthLabs:Hurricanes
Part B: Patterns of Hurricane Movement Hurricanes move in generally predictable patterns. This part of the investigation focuses on these patterns for hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. First you'll examine ...

8B: The Loop Current part of EarthLabs:Hurricanes
Part B: The Loop Current

Hurricane Anatomy part of EarthLabs:Hurricanes
Part A: The Saffir-Simpson Scale One piece of information you'll hear about repeatedly while studying hurricanes is the Saffir-Simpson Scale of cyclone intensity. The scale is based on measurements of ...

Hot Water and Hurricanes part of EarthLabs:Hurricanes
Introduction What is the ocean's role in powering hurricanes? Why do some storms experience rapid intensification, a rapid increase of wind speeds, as they move over warm waters? Why do the storms become ...

Hurricanes and Heat Transfer part of EarthLabs:Hurricanes
For this lab, you and your team will be moving through a series of stations completing hands-on experiments. These experiments will help you understand how heat moves from one part of a system to another. As you ...

Hurricanes: Earth's Meteorological Monsters part of EarthLabs:Hurricanes
Introduction The U.S. Weather Service has been documenting tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean for over 150 years. The hurricane season of 2005 broke several records, making it the most extreme season since ...

All About Air Pressure part of EarthLabs:Hurricanes
For this lab, you and your team will be moving through a series of stations completing hands-on experiments. These experiments will help you understand the basic principles that describe how air pressure responds ...

Earth's Meteorological Monsters part of EarthLabs:Hurricanes
Part A: 2005 Hurricane Season Click on the picture below to watch a NASA video of the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that ...