Predicting a hurricane’s strength
Solving a decades-old problem of determining the strength of a storm before it hits, U-M engineering researchers are working on a global satellite project that would help predict the intensity of a...
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When it makes landfall, Sandy could have characteristics of both a hurricane and a Nor’easter, says Perry Samson, a University of Michigan professor of atmospheric, oceanic and space sciences who...
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Most of the damage from Hurricane Sandy is expected to come from the storm surge, explains Marc Perlin, a professor of ocean engineering at the University of Michigan. To understand what a storm surge...
View ArticleClimate change and hurricane preparedness
Terms like “100-year-flood” and the protection approach that goes with them might need to be reevaluated in a warming world where researchers predict more extreme weather events, says Steven Wright, a...
View ArticleThe science – and future – of Extreme Weather
The science - and future - of "Extreme Weather" | MconneX | BrownBag L ..22:44Brought to you by mconnex (http://www.engin.umich.edu/alumni) about the series: what extreme weather event causes the most...
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