TEAM BLUE

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TEAM BLUE!!

• Katie Argo
• Allie Luftig
• Amanda Fay
• Karmen Scott
• Robert Gilstrap
• Beth Moir

http//www.katrina-hurricane.biz/
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• Hurricane frequency and intensity ARE increasing
  as a function of time.

1851 1927 2004
from Tropical Prediction Center Best Track
Reanalysis
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Frequency
http//www.wunderground.com/hurricane/images/at200
5.gif
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Frequency 1/8
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Frequency 2/8
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Frequency 3/8
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Frequency 4/8
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Frequency 5/8
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Frequency 6/8
Chi2 0.63548051 d.f. 13 P0.05, 22.36
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Frequency 7/8
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Frequency 8/8
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Intensity
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Intensity 1/4
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Intensity 2/4
Chi2 .3 Degrees Freedom 14
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Intensity 3/4
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Intensity 4/4
Chi2 2.8 Degrees freedom 14
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Conclusion

• Null hypothesis is NOT rejected, therefore the
  data fits our specific models
• What does this mean for the future?

http//www.nationalgeographic.com/ forcesofnature/
img/case/h_galveston.jpg
http//wind.mit.edu/emanuel/pcmin/climo.html
http//www.boston.com/news/weather/gallery/aerial_
view_katrina/
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SOURCES
temperature data http//homework.uoregon.edu/pub
/class/355/gdata.txt and http//www.cru.uea.ac.u
k/ftpdata/tavenh2v.dat(Climatic Research Unit
School of Environmental SciencesUniversity of
East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK)
hurricane data http//weather.unisys.com/hurrica
ne/atlantic/ and http//weather.unisys.com/hurric
ane/atlantic/2005/
http//www.woodtruss.com/projects/ woodtruss/image
s/disaster.jpg
http//www.bronzefx.com/kevin/natural_disasters/ h
urricane_katrina/i000773_big.jpg
http//www.gesource.ac.uk/satellite/1432.jpg
http//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4
7/Galveston _-_1900_wreckage.jpg/300px-Galveston_-
_1900_wreckage.jpg
http//drake.marin.k12.ca.us/stuwork/rockwater/Hur
ricanes/tornado.jpg