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Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Climatic Processes > Cyclonic Storms
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Disasters > Natural Disasters > Cyclonic Storms
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Disasters > Natural Disasters > Cyclonic Storms

Preferred term

Cyclonic Storms  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Non-frontal low-pressure systems over tropical or sub-tropical waters with organized convection and definite pattern of surface wind circulation. Northern hemisphere CYCLONIC STORMS east of the International Dateline to the Greenwich Meridian, with winds over 74 mph. A tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface wind speed ranges from 34 kt (39 mph or 63 km/hr) to 63 kt (73 mph or 118 km/hr). Pacific tropical cyclones north of the Equator west of the International Dateline. These have winds over 74 mph.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cyclone
  • Cyclones

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-Z6T68TC5-W

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