Why hurricanes survive on land
Posted by Shalista on 7/19/2013, 1:13 pm
A handful of tropical storms and hurricanes have defied the odds and strengthened over land. Now researchers believe they have a better understanding why this occurs.

Tropical systems are expected to weaken while interacting with land, but if conditions are ideal, a land mass can feed these entities and act as a "brown ocean." A recently released study, funded by NASA and conducted by Drs. Theresa Andersen and Marshall Shepherd of the University of Georgia....

http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/brown-oceans-known-fuel-tropical-systems-over-land-20130718
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