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  Tropical cyclone article - Tropical cyclone weather Hurricane (disambiguation) Typhoon (disambiguation) - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In meteorology, a tropical cyclone (or typhoon or hurricane, depending on where it forms) is a type of low-pressure system which generally forms in the tropics.
The primary energy source of a tropical cyclone is the release of heat of condensation from water condensing at high altitudes.
Warm core: tropical cyclones are characterized and driven by the release of large amounts of latent heat of condensation as moist air is carried upwards and its water vapor condenses.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Cyclone
Cyclones are responsible for a wide variety of different meteorological phenomena such as hurricanes and tornadoes.
Wind flow around a large cyclone is almost invariantly anticlockwise, in the northern hemisphere, and clockwise, in the southern hemisphere, due to the Coriolis effect.
Extratropical cyclones lie somewhere in between tropical cyclones and mid-latitude cyclones, drawing a portion of their energy through the evaporation and condensation of ocean water, and some if it through horizontal temperature gradients in the atmosphere.
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 Tropical Cyclone Exercise @ LaunchBase.net (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In meteorology, a tropical cyclone is a storm system with a closed circulation around a center of low pressure, fueled by the heat released when moist air rises and condenses.
The direction of the cyclonic circulation depends on the hemisphere; it is counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
A subtropical cyclone is a weather system that has some characteristics of a tropical cyclone and some characteristics of an extratropical cyclone.
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Cyclone Catarina was an extraordinarily rare tropical cyclone, formed in the southern Atlantic Ocean in March 2004.
Cyclone Eline was an intense tropical cyclone that first appeared on the 9th February and lasted until about the 2nd of March 2000.
Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated Darwin, Australia, from December 24 to December 25, 1974.
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Texas Tech University is a nationally recognized doctoral/research university located in Lubbock, Texas (USA) established in 1923 originally as Texas Technological College.
Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 nugget For other uses, see Horse (disambiguation).
Texas Tech University is a nationally recognized doctoral/research university located in Lubbock, Texas, established in 1923 originally as Texas Technological College.
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