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Hurricanes: The Greatest Storms on Earth
published by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
This NASA website contains information about hurricanes and describes how they form, intensify, and then weaken. The site explains the physics of hurricane formation and also the chain reaction that intensifies hurricane so rapidly. Images, diagrams, and charts provide supplementary material.
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Hurricanes
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Physics To Go This resource was a Physics To Go feature from August 16, 2006 until September 1, 2006. View the feature here!


Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: Does not have a copyright, license, or other use restriction.
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Courtesy of: NASA
Keywords: El Niño , Global warming, Katrina, Tropical Cyclone, Tropical depression, Water temperature Hurricane
Record Creator: Metadata instance created July 5, 2007 by Andrew Coughlin
Record Updated: Aug 18, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 March 1, 2010
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AIP Format
(National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 2006), WWW Document, (https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Hurricanes).
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Hurricanes: The Greatest Storms on Earth (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 2006), <https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Hurricanes>.
APA Format
Hurricanes: The Greatest Storms on Earth. (2010, March 1). Retrieved December 16, 2025, from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Hurricanes
Chicago Format
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Hurricanes: The Greatest Storms on Earth. Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, March 1, 2010. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Hurricanes (accessed 16 December 2025).
MLA Format
Hurricanes: The Greatest Storms on Earth. Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006. 1 Mar. 2010. 16 Dec. 2025 <https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Hurricanes>.
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@misc{ Title = {Hurricanes: The Greatest Storms on Earth}, Publisher = {National Aeronautics and Space Administration}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {16 December 2025}, Month = {March 1, 2010}, Year = {2006} }
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