Exploring Tropical Cyclones GIS

These modules are designed with step-by-step directions to let even novice users utilize the power of the ArcView? GIS application to explore, manipulate, and analyze large data sets. Each new copy contains a CD with unlimited access to the SAGUARO projects and data as well as a 120-day time-locked dual-platform version of the ArcView? software. (Site license users of ArcGIS software can order the guides without the CD.) The manuals can be purchased alone, bundled together, and/or bundled with The Changing Earth.

Introduction

Thinking scientifically

iii

Planning to learn

iii

GIS made easier

iv

Using these materials

iv

Getting started

What you need to know

v

Minimum system requirements

v

Macintosh software installation

vi

Using ArcView GIS for Macintosh

vii

Windows software installation

viii

Using ArcView GIS for Windows

ix

Accessing the module data

x

ArcView troubleshooting

xi

Updates and resources

xii

Recipe for a Cyclone

The Great Hurricane of 1900

3

(8)

Discovering cyclone patterns

11

(4)

Understanding tropical cyclone physics

15

(4)

Powering tropical cyclones

19

(4)

Solving the cyclone puzzle

23

(4)

The Life of a Cyclone

Observing tropical cyclones

27

(2)

Tracking Hurricane Georges

29

(6)

Classifying tropical cyclones

35

(4)

Monitoring cyclone growth

39

(6)

Hurricane Hazards

Sources of hurricane risk

45

(2)

The top ten US hurricanes

47

(4)

Exploring hurricane hazards

51

(4)

Risk to coastal communities

55

(4)

Hurricanes in the Big Apple

Analyzing physical factors

59

(8)

Managing emergencies

67

(2)

Addressing demographic factors

69

(4)

Assessing infrastructure

73

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Exploring Tropical Cyclones GIS Investigations for the Earth Sciences (with CD-ROM)

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