With apologies for cross-posting, my colleague Marshall Shepherd just sent out this NASA link to a study about tropical cyclones and their characteristics post-landfall. <http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/brown-ocean-can-fuel-inland-tropical-cyclones/#.Uewaj22DknV> Lesley-Ann -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Lesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux, Ph.D. Associate Professor & VT State Climatologist University of Vermont Department of Geography 200 Old Mill Building 94 University Place Burlington, Vermont 05405-0114 U.S.A. (802) 656-2146 (phone) (802) 656-3042 (facsimile) http://www.uvm.edu/~vtstclim http://www.uvm.edu/~dclimnet http://www.uvm.edu/~swac http://www.uvm.edu/~geograph/?Page=Dupigny-Giroux.php http://www.geospatialcareers.net/people/dupigny_giroux.html http://www.vermontwoman.com/articles/0412/climatologist.shtml * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ******
