Fall 2018: Natural Hazards and Disasters

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Natural Hazards and Disasters

Courses: OEAS 250N (CRN 17463); class 3 credits; and OEAS 250N (CRN 17470), lab 1 credit
Course title: Natural Hazards and Disasters
Instructor: Dr. Hans-Peter Plag
Term: Fall 2018, August 28 - December 12, 2018
Time: Tuesdays, 4:20 PM - 7:00 PM (class)
  Tuesdays, 7:10 PM - 8:00 PM (lab)
Location: SRC 1000
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2:00-4:00 PM and on request.

Question Set 7

Guidelines

Your answers to the questions should be concise and in a scientific writing style. Please, include your name at the top and the questions before each answer.

The answers have to cite the sources consulted in writing the answer and a list of references. Preferably, base your answer on peer-reviewed literature. At the end of the document, provide a list of the references. Insufficient citation or missing list of references will result in subtraction of up to 20 points. Citations and Reference have to follow the documentation style defined by the Council of Scientific Editors, known as the CSE style. See SSF-Guide or the WISC page for more information on the CSE style.

Make sure that your document includes your name and the title of the question set. In your answers, provide detailed citations of all sources you used to write the answer.

Please, prepare written answers to the questions based on the discussions in the lab and submit these not later than on the following Friday, 6:00 PM by e-mail to me. I recommend that you discuss the questions in small groups and then write your own individual answers. If you do discuss the question in a group, I would appreciate if you could state the names of those you discussed the questions with.

Questions

Question Set 7: Cyclones

Complete the four exercises discussed in the lab (see the slides for lab 9). Answer two of the three questions below. The total amount of points you can get for the three exercises and the two answers is 220 points. If you get more than 100 points, I will consider these excess points as extra credits.
  1. What do the terms tropical storm, tropical depression, hurricane, typhoon and cyclone mean and in which geographical regions are they used?
  2. Where on Earth can tropical cyclones develop and what is the main energy sources for them to develop into hurricanes?
  3. Explain the Coriolis force and what impact this force has on the direction of the rotation of cyclones on the northern and southern hemisphere.

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