What am I?

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What am I?
I have one eye and no legs

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What am I?
I have one eye and no legs
People have called me Katrina, Andrew and
Nargis

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What am I?
I have one eye and no legs
People have called me Katrina, Andrew and
Nargis
I am found between the Tropic of Cancer and
the Tropic of Capricorn

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What am I?
I have one eye and no legs
People have called me Katrina, Andrew and
Nargis
I am found between the Tropic of Cancer and
the Tropic of Capricorn
I cause hazards including high winds, heavy
rain, storm surges and even tornadoes

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What am I?
I have one eye and no legs
People have called me Katrina, Andrew and
Nargis
I am found between the Tropic of Cancer and
the Tropic of Capricorn
I cause hazards including high winds, heavy
rain, storm surges and even tornadoes
I am known by a variety of names, including
typhoon, tropical cyclone and hurricane
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What am I?
I have one eye and no legs
People have called me Katrina, Andrew and
Nargis
I am found between the Tropic of Cancer and
the Tropic of Capricorn
I cause hazards including high winds, heavy
rain, storm surges and even tornadoes
I am known by a variety of names, including
typhoon, tropical cyclone and hurricane
This is a picture of me from space .
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What am I?

Credit:Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

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What am I?
I am a
TROPICAL
STORM!

Credit:Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

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Tropical storms source areas

Hurricane Katrina
approaching landfall near
New Orleans, 2005.

Credit:Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

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Student activity
You need to sit in pairs, with one person (person
A) having the blank world map and a pencil.
This person needs to sit with their back to the
board/image.
The other person (person B) needs to sit
opposite their partner, and facing the
board/image.
The task is for person B to describe, in two
minutes, what is shown on the next slide to
person A. Person A has to add detail to their
map following instructions from person B.
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Tracks and intensity of all tropical storms

Saffir-Simpson hurricane intensity scale

Imageby Robert A. Rohde,Global Warming Art.
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Tracks and intensity of all tropical storms

Saffir-Simpson hurricane intensity scale

The map shows the tracks of nearly 150 years of tropical
cyclones across the world. The map is based on all storm
tracks available from the National Hurricane Center and the
Joint Typhoon Warning Center up to September 2006.
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 http://youtu.be/4f45jA5UxB0

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Tropical storms what is the link?

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 2005 https://flic.kr/p/8v2fop

Hurricane Katrina 2005

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Tracks and intensity of all tropical storms

Saffir-Simpson hurricane intensity scale

Imageby Robert A. Rohde,Global Warming Art.
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Average surface sea temperatures

Image credit: MODIS Oceans Group, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

The map shows the average sea surface

temperature. Look at the previous map of
tropical storm source areas. Whats the link?
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Key
Blues / Purple <14oC
Green / Yellow 15oC - 25oC
Orange / Red >26oC
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http://hint.fm/wind/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=HJydFJORWf4&feature=youtu.be

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