HW 9 Chpt 11

Question 1

What is defined as a large, spiral shaped storm formed in the tropical latitudes of the Atlantic or Eastern Pacific in which winds exceed 119km/h (74mph)?

Answer 1

Hurricane

Question 2

What term do we use to describe hurricanes over the Pacific Ocean?

Answer 2

Typhoon

Question 3

What term do we use to describe hurricanes over the Indian ocean and southern hemisphere?

Answer 3

Cyclone

Question 4

What do we call a storm disturbance that circulates around a low-pressure center and has maximum sustained wind speeds of between 23-38 mph?

Answer 4

Tropical depression

Question 5

What does the Saffir-Simpson scale measure?

Answer 5

Hurricane intensity

Question 6

What is the vertical, downward-tapering cylinder of relatively calm, clear air, at the center of a hurricane?

Answer 6

Eye

Question 7

With respect to the figure below, where does the most intense rainfall originate in a hurricane?

Answer 7

proximal to the eye wall

Question 8

Hurricanes can be predicted and tracked.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Why do tropical depressions rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere?

Answer 9

the influence of the Coriolis force

Question 10

What are the meteorologic conditions that exist in the eye of a hurricane?

Answer 10

calm winds, no precipitation, and the lowest barometric pressure measurements