Bradley Laird Rosie Sweetman Guru Rattan Khalsa Courtney Alt Naima Muntal Carina Zevely Team...

Bradley Laird

Rosie Sweetman

Guru Rattan Khalsa

Courtney Alt

Naima Muntal

Carina Zevely

Team Terminator

1. What is a Hurricane?

2. What is Global Warming?

3. Does global warming effect hurricane intensity and occurrence level?

4.Conclusion/Discussion Satellite picture of the eye of hurricane Ivan

Required Conditions:

•high humidity

•Warm surface water temperature

(typically 80°F)

•Light Winds

•Tropical waters (8°-20° latitude)

Temperature Data

Hurricane Category Occurrences per Decade AveragesChart created by Terminator Team 02-02-06

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Ten year averages of low pressure in mbGraph created by Terminator Team 02-02-06

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Hurricanes per decadeChart created by Terminator team 02-02-06

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Hurricane Category Occurrences per Decade AveragesChart created by Terminator Team 02-02-06

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Pressure Variance Vs. Global Average Temperature Variance

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Temp variance

There Could Be…

P value= .01<P<.005 (confidence btwn 99-99.5%)

References

• Charts created by the Terminator Team• http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/ushurrlist.htm• http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat• ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/annual_land.and.ocean.ts