Tropical Storms/Tornadoes

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Mapa Mental sobre Tropical Storms/Tornadoes, criado por paulmeredith91 em 29-03-2014.
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Tropical Storms/Tornadoes
  1. Formation
    1. Unstable air
      1. June - November (north)
        1. Laitent Heat
          1. 26-27C
            1. Intense evaporation
            2. coriolis effect
              1. impact on earths spin on the atmosphere
              2. The Saffir-Simpson Scale
                1. Key Words
                  1. Mitigation
                    1. The action of reducing the severity of the seriousness
                    2. Risk Assessment
                      1. calculate size of risk to adapt building designs
                        1. Computer models
                        2. Re-development
                          1. Recovery
                            1. Responses
                              1. Prevention (during)
                                1. evacuate, divert rivers, rationing, hosepipe bans
                                2. Warnings
                                  1. News
                                  2. Preperation
                                    1. educate people, train emergency staff, sign posts - where to go
                                    2. Planning
                                      1. store supplies, emergency shelters
                                      2. Prevention
                                        1. exclusion zones, levees, strengthening of buildings
                                        2. Prediction
                                          1. can use historical data or past events. ships, ocean, buoys, satellites, tracking
                                        3. Tornadoes
                                          1. Formation
                                            1. Moisture
                                              1. Instability
                                                1. Lift
                                                  1. Wind shear
                                                    1. Northern Hemisphere
                                                      1. anticlockwise rotation
                                                      2. Southern Hemisphere
                                                        1. clockwise roatation
                                                      3. Characteristics
                                                        1. violent and extreme weather conditons
                                                          1. common in USA and UK
                                                            1. Damage related to strength and what material buildings are made of
                                                              1. small and short lived, highly destructive
                                                                1. June - September
                                                                  1. winds exceed up to 100m/s
                                                                    1. pressure can reach 25mb/100m
                                                                      1. consists of an elongated funnel of cloud in contact with the ground

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