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Post-Hurricane Assessment of Sensitive Habitats of the Flower Garden Banks Vicinity

Post-Hurricane Assessment of Sensitive Habitats of the Flower Garden Banks Vicinity

Paperback

Environmental Studies

ISBN10: 1505551447
ISBN13: 9781505551440
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jan 2 2015
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.35 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.02
Language: English
The most active hurricane season on record in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico occurred in 2005, fueled by higher than normal sea-surface temperatures (National Climatic Data Center 2005). Eleven tropical cyclones entered the Gulf of Mexico in 2005, including Hurricane Rita (a Category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Scale). Hurricane Rita was a Category 3 storm when it passed near the shelf edge banks on September 23, 2005 and produced wind speeds of 126.7-138.3 mph (110-120 knots). Hurricane force winds extended 86-mi (139-km) and tropical storm force winds extended as far as 207-mi (333-km) from the center of the storm (National Hurricane Center 2007).

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