Explore Hurricane Intensity

Explore the atmosphere with SSEC/CIMSS educational online activities. Created by Tom Whittaker and Steve Ackerman, these interactive tools allow you to create a tornado, build a snowflake, understand the physics behind hitting a baseball, and much more. Whittaker recently added a few new features to the activity designed to help students understand the factors that contribute to hurricane intensity.

For more online educational tools, please visit: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/wxfest/explore.html

Hurricane Applet (Version 2)

Instructions

Drag the hurricane around the ocean to see the effect of the Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
Drag the High around to see it "push" the hurricane...
Click on the Season names to change season
Click on the Reset button to reset



SSEC Spotlights Explore the Atmosphere	Explore Hurricane Intensity Explore the atmosphere with SSEC/CIMSS educational online activities. Created by Tom Whittaker and Steve Ackerman, these interactive tools allow you to create a tornado, build a snowflake, understand the physics behind hitting a baseball, and much more. Whittaker recently added a few new features to the activity designed to help students understand the factors that contribute to hurricane intensity. For more online educational tools, please visit: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/wxfest/explore.html Hurricane Applet (Version 2) Instructions Drag the hurricane around the ocean to see the effect of the Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Drag the High around to see it "push" the hurricane... Click on the Season names to change season Click on the Reset button to reset


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