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MET 108
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Title: | Severe Weather: Hurricanes |
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Course Description: | Introduces hurricanes as a multi-faceted phenomenon that encompasses both geophysical and societal dimensions. Lecture topics include hurricane formation and life cycle, oceanographic response and coastal impacts, storm deposition, ecological effects, geological and historical records, societal impacts and response, and relations to global climate changes. Tropical cyclone activity will be discussed from a global perspective with emphasis on hurricanes in the Atlantic basin. |
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Min Credit: | 1 |
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Origin Notes: | RRCC |
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Course Notes: | New course entered 2/10/13 |
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STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
1. Describe the processes and conditions that lead to hurricane formation.
2. Investigate the stages of hurricane development.
3. Describe the historical perspective of hurricane frequency and occurrence.
4. Discuss the societal impact of the hazards associated with hurricanes.
5. Identify the tools and technology used to gather data to analyze and forecast hurricanes.
6. Locate, retrieve, analyze and display relevant weather data from the Internet.
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Tropical weather patterns
a. Atmospheric pressure conditions
b. Influence on hurricane formation and trajectory
II. Anatomy of a hurricane
a. Meteorological conditions that form hurricanes
b. Stages of hurricane development
III. Location and occurrence of hurricanes
a. Historical overview
b. Analysis of current data
c. North American hurricanes
IV. Storm surge and coastal impacts
a. Saffir-Simpson hurricane damage scale
V. Hurricane risk in the United States
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