Where in the World Do Hurricanes Happen?
In short: A short tour of the world's tropical cyclone basins: one kind of storm with three regional names, the warm-water engine that drives it, Typhoon Tip as the largest ever observed, and an open scientific question about where storms now reach their peak.
A 1:28 short film in the series “Invisible Atmosphere”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), “Hurricanes, Cyclones and Typhoons: What's in a Name?”; Met Office (UK national weather service), “Development of tropical cyclones”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Tropical cyclone | Definition, Causes, Formation, and Effects | Britannica”; UCAR Center for Science Education (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research), “How Hurricanes Form | Center for Science Education”; NASA Scientific Visualization Studio (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center), “NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | Hurricane Heat Engine”; NASA (My NASA Data, NASA Langley Research Center), “Hurricane Dynamics | My NASA Data”; Springer Nature (npj Climate and Atmospheric Science); peer-reviewed accepted article shared early, before the final Version of Record, “Monsoon–ocean competition shapes the record-low 2023 western North Pacific tropical cyclone season - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Typhoon Tip (1979) | Warling, Size, Speed, Wind Speed, & Death Toll | Britannica”; Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA), “The Poleward Migration of the Location of Tropical Cyclone Maximum Intensity – Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory”; Nature Geoscience (Springer Nature), “Poleward migration of tropical cyclones over 1980–2024 is dominated by Pacific variability - Nature Geoscience”.
Sources used in this film
- NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) — Hurricanes, Cyclones and Typhoons: What's in a Name? · View →
- Met Office (UK national weather service) — Development of tropical cyclones · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Tropical cyclone | Definition, Causes, Formation, and Effects | Britannica · View →
- UCAR Center for Science Education (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) — How Hurricanes Form | Center for Science Education · View →
- NASA Scientific Visualization Studio (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) — NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | Hurricane Heat Engine · View →
- NASA (My NASA Data, NASA Langley Research Center) — Hurricane Dynamics | My NASA Data · View →
- Springer Nature (npj Climate and Atmospheric Science); peer-reviewed accepted article shared early, before the final Version of Record — Monsoon–ocean competition shapes the record-low 2023 western North Pacific tropical cyclone season - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Typhoon Tip (1979) | Warling, Size, Speed, Wind Speed, & Death Toll | Britannica · View →
- Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA) — The Poleward Migration of the Location of Tropical Cyclone Maximum Intensity – Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory · View →
- Nature Geoscience (Springer Nature) — Poleward migration of tropical cyclones over 1980–2024 is dominated by Pacific variability - Nature Geoscience · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS): Hurricanes, Cyclones and Typhoons: What's in a Name?
- Also: Met Office (UK national weather service): Development of tropical cyclones
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Tropical cyclone | Definition, Causes, Formation, and Effects | Britannica
- Also: UCAR Center for Science Education (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research): How Hurricanes Form | Center for Science Education
- Also: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center): NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | Hurricane Heat Engine
- Also: NASA (My NASA Data, NASA Langley Research Center): Hurricane Dynamics | My NASA Data
- Also: Springer Nature (npj Climate and Atmospheric Science); peer-reviewed accepted article shared early, before the final Ver: Monsoon–ocean competition shapes the record-low 2023 western North Pacific tropical cyclone season - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
- Also: Typhoon Tip (1979) | Warling, Size, Speed, Wind Speed, & Death Toll | Britannica
- Also: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA): The Poleward Migration of the Location of Tropical Cyclone Maximum Intensity – Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
- Also: Nature Geoscience (Springer Nature): Poleward migration of tropical cyclones over 1980–2024 is dominated by Pacific variability - Nature Geoscience
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