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WORD / ABREVIATION |
MEANING |
| Anti-cyclone |
Region of high atmospheric pressure at sea level (above 1014 hPa) |
| Ascendance |
Column of rising air |
| Assymetry |
Term used when a system has its area of disturb weather lap on one
side more than the other |
| Convection |
Area of "intense" rising air motion resulting in deep cloud formation
(e.g cumulonimbus) |
| Cyclonic spin |
Trade winds depicting a full 360° rotation around and toward
an area of low atmospheric pressure (in a counter-clockwise direction
for the Northern Hemisphere) |
| Barometrics |
Which deals with atmospheric pressure |
| Isobars |
Line of equal atmospheric pressure at a giving height from sea level |
| Wind vectors |
Mobile arrow indicating wind direction, sens and speed |
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CENTERS |
| NHC |
National Hurricane Center |
| TPC |
Tropical Prediction Center |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| TAFB |
Tropical Analysis & Forecast Branch |
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COMPUTER MODELS |
| PAV |
Project Atlantic Vortex |
| HIFM |
Hurricane Intensity Forecast Module |
| TCPU |
Tropical Cyclogenesis Potential Units |
| MILTFM |
Multi-Integral Long Term Forcasting Model |
| 3DMWVM (a) |
3D meche wind vectorial module (alpha) |
| 3DMWVM (b) |
3D meche wind vectorial module (beta) |
| (abc) BWGM |
The Alpha-Beta-Gamma Barotropic-Wind gradient module |
| MSIM |
Multi-Statistical Intergrating module |
| VTIM |
Vortex Trackig & Intensity module |
| DFRM |
Dynamic Fluid Rendering module |
| CDBO |
Cyclone DataBase Output |
| FCMM |
Force-Couple Momentum module |
| TDM |
Thermodynamics module |
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DIRECTION |
| N |
North |
| NW |
Noth West |
| NNW |
North North West |
| WNW |
West North West |
| E |
East |
| NE |
North East |
| ENE |
East North East |
| S |
South |
| SSW |
South South West |
| SW |
South West |
| WSW |
West South West |
| W |
West |
| SSE |
South South East |
| SE |
South East |
| ESE |
East South East |
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SPEED |
| mph |
miles per hour |
| km/h |
kilometer per hour |
| kts |
knots |
| m/s |
meter per second |
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HEIGHT |
| ft |
feet |
| m |
meter |
| km |
kilometer |
| inc |
inche |
| mm |
milimeter |
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PRESSURE |
| mb |
milibar |
| hPa |
hecto-pascal |
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POSITION |
| ° |
degrees |
| lat |
latitude |
| long |
longitude |
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WEIGHT-FORCE |
| lbs |
pounds |
| kg |
kilogramme |
| N |
newton |
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CYCLONE
CLASSIFICATION |
| T-W |
tropical wave |
| T-LOW |
tropical low |
| T-Dis |
tropical disturbance |
| T-D |
tropical depression |
| T-S |
tropical storm |
| H1 |
hurricane (category I ) |
| H2 |
hurricane (category II ) |
| H3 |
hurricane (category III ) |
| H4 |
hurricane (category IV ) |
| H5 |
hurricane (category V ) |
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