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Tropical cyclones can produce widespread damage and account for the loss of many lives. Each year approximately 80 tropical cyclones with maximum sustained winds ≥ 20 m s−1 occur over the globe (Gray, 1979). But, because of the relative rarity of tropical cyclones at any one location, forecasters at many local offices have limited tropical cyclone experience.
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Burpee, R.W. (1986). Mesoscale Structure of Hurricanes. In: Ray, P.S. (eds) Mesoscale Meteorology and Forecasting. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-935704-20-1_14
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