Afflictions - Psych. An 8 page overview of GIS and its applications in resource management and research activities. Discusses coastal and open water applications specifically. Bibliography lists 8 sources. A 5 page outline of the many considerations which surround hurricanes.
Hurricanes present one of the most catastrophic of all natural disasters.
Their development and maturation offers a fascinating climatologic study, a study which is intensified when one realizes the damage to life and property which can result with their advent. Climatologists are constantly seeking to better the techniques which they can use to sense the development of these storms and to track their path from their point of origin to landfall. Accurately predicting the course of these storms and providing adequate warning to those in the area of their potential swath is critical to saving both lives and property, as is proper personal and regional preparations for these devastating events. Bibliography lists 5 sources. Defines such terms as erosion, deposition, alluvium, and colluvium and how each translates into land formation.