颶風季:風暴是如何形成的?[影片]

大西洋颶風季於6月1日星期日正式開始,持續到11月30日。上週,各機構釋出了關於可能形成多少颶風以及可能有多少大型颶風的預測。

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大西洋颶風季於6月1日星期日正式開始,持續到11月30日。上週,各機構釋出了關於可能形成多少颶風以及可能有多少大型颶風的預測。 負責監管國家氣象局的美國國家海洋和大氣管理局預測今年的颶風季將低於平均水平,將有三到六個颶風,其中只有一到兩個會達到3級或更高強度。 獨立商業機構天氣頻道預測將有五個颶風,其中兩個將達到3級或更高強度。

這些年度預測可能會有相當大的偏差。它們通常在正確的範圍內,但考慮到這個範圍小於12,這並不算誇張。今年的一個因素是,氣象學家看到越來越多的證據表明,強大的厄爾尼諾現象將在夏季在太平洋赤道地區發展。這往往會增加橫跨中大西洋的風切變,這可能有助於瓦解那裡正在形成的颶風,儘管並非總是如此。所以我們將拭目以待。

我們對颶風如何形成的理解要精確得多。我們製作了一個影片和動畫來解釋這一點,您可以在下面觀看。


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大西洋上形成的颶風通常在非洲海岸附近形成,並橫跨熱帶地區。一旦出現這些擾動之一,國家颶風中心就會開始對其進行跟蹤,並提供詳盡的細節。您可以在該中心的颶風頁面上跟蹤。

Mark Fischetti has been a senior editor at 大眾科學 for 17 years and has covered sustainability issues, including climate, weather, environment, energy, food, water, biodiversity, population, and more. He assigns and edits feature articles, commentaries and news by journalists and scientists and also writes in those formats. He edits History, the magazine's department looking at science advances throughout time. He was founding managing editor of two spinoff magazines: 大眾科學 Mind and 大眾科學 Earth 3.0. His 2001 freelance article for the magazine, "Drowning New Orleans," predicted the widespread disaster that a storm like Hurricane Katrina would impose on the city. His video What Happens to Your Body after You Die?, has more than 12 million views on YouTube. Fischetti has written freelance articles for the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian, Technology Review, Fast Company, and many others. He co-authored the book Weaving the Web with Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, which tells the real story of how the Web was created. He also co-authored The New Killer Diseases with microbiologist Elinor Levy. Fischetti is a former managing editor of IEEE Spectrum Magazine and of Family Business Magazine. He has a physics degree and has twice served as the Attaway Fellow in Civic Culture at Centenary College of Louisiana, which awarded him an honorary doctorate. In 2021 he received the American Geophysical Union's Robert C. Cowen Award for Sustained Achievement in Science Journalism, which celebrates a career of outstanding reporting on the Earth and space sciences. He has appeared on NBC's Meet the Press, CNN, the History Channel, NPR News and many news radio stations. Follow Fischetti on X (formerly Twitter) @markfischetti

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