1. Hurricane Investigation

2. Where Do Hurricanes Form? Purpose: Purpose: To determine the best location for scientific instruments designed to detect hurricanes as they form. To determine the best location for scientific instruments designed to detect hurricanes as they form.

3. Objectives & Concepts Objectives Objectives Plot locations of Atlantic / Gulf hurricanes. Plot locations of Atlantic / Gulf hurricanes. Use statistics to detect patterns in data. Use statistics to detect patterns in data. Determine the deployment of instruments to study areas of hurricane origin. Determine the deployment of instruments to study areas of hurricane origin. Concepts Concepts Elements of weather. Elements of weather. Longitude & Latitude. Longitude & Latitude.

4. Check out these sites for more information on hurricanes! http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm http://www.hurricanehunters.com/ http://www.hurricanehunters.com/ http://www.hurricanehunters.com/ http://www.usatoday.com/weather/stormc enter/front.htm http://www.usatoday.com/weather/stormc enter/front.htm http://www.usatoday.com/weather/stormc enter/front.htm http://www.usatoday.com/weather/stormc enter/front.htm http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guide s/mtr/hurr/home.rxml http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guide s/mtr/hurr/home.rxml http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guide s/mtr/hurr/home.rxml http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guide s/mtr/hurr/home.rxml

5. Purpose: To determine the best location for scientific instruments designed to detect hurricanes. To determine the best location for scientific instruments designed to detect hurricanes.

6. Materials: Hurricane Tracking Map Hurricane Tracking Map Hurricane Data Table Hurricane Data Table

7. Task: You and a team of meteorologist are hired to be part of a research team working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA). Your job is to put out a large number of floating instrument platforms to study the weather and ocean conditions that lead to the formation of hurricanes. First your team has to determine the best possible location for these instruments. The area must be no larger than five degrees longitude by five degrees latitude. You have already gathered ten years of data on where hurricanes are “born” You and you team have decided that where a hurricane first became a tropical storm, and was given a name define the word “born”. Your team must plot hurricane origins on a hurricane tracking map. The resulting map is like a scatter plot. You team will use this visual display of hurricane origins to determine where to place the instrument platforms. You and a team of meteorologist are hired to be part of a research team working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA). Your job is to put out a large number of floating instrument platforms to study the weather and ocean conditions that lead to the formation of hurricanes. First your team has to determine the best possible location for these instruments. The area must be no larger than five degrees longitude by five degrees latitude. You have already gathered ten years of data on where hurricanes are “born” You and you team have decided that where a hurricane first became a tropical storm, and was given a name define the word “born”. Your team must plot hurricane origins on a hurricane tracking map. The resulting map is like a scatter plot. You team will use this visual display of hurricane origins to determine where to place the instrument platforms.

8. Conclusions: As a team you will choose the area where the platforms will be placed. Think of several good reasons for your choice. Write a one page report on your decisions and be prepared to present your decision. As a team you will choose the area where the platforms will be placed. Think of several good reasons for your choice. Write a one page report on your decisions and be prepared to present your decision.