TCFAQ A BASIC DEFINITIONS (original) (raw)

| | Printer Friendly Version Back to Main FAQ Page version 4.11June 1, 2018 A : BASIC DEFINITIONS Text version of BASIC DEFINITIONS A1) What is a hurricane, typhoon, or tropical cyclone? A2) What is "Cape Verde" hurricane? A3) What is a super-typhoon? What is a major hurricane ? What is an intense hurricane ? A4) What is an easterly wave and what causes them? A5) What is a tropical disturbance, tropical depression, tropical storm? A6) What is a sub-tropical cyclone? A7) What is an extratropical cyclone ? A8) What is storm surge and how is it different from storm tide ? A9) What is a "CDO" ? A10) What is a TUTT ? A11) What is the "eye" ? How is it formed and maintained ? What is the "eyewall" ? What are "spiral bands" ? A12) What is a moat in a hurricane ? A13) What is UTC, GMT, Z, or Zulu Time ? How do I tell at what time a satellite picture was taken ? A14) How do I convert from mph to knots (or m/s), from inches of mercury to millibars (or hPa), or from degrees of latitude to miles (or kilometers) ? A15) How do tropical cyclones form ? A16) Why do tropical cyclones require at least 80°F ocean temperatures to form ? A17) What is the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) ? How does it affect tropical cyclones ? A18) What is a neutercane ? A19) What does ATCF stand for and how are tropical cyclones numbered? A20) What does AL90, AL91, or 92L refer to in the tropical discussions? A21) What is a 'post-tropical cyclone', 'remnant low', or 'potential tropical cyclone'? Revised Back to Main FAQ Page AOML Intranet HRD Intranet Edit Bio Page Edit Project Page | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | |