학술논문

The 2008 Eastern North Pacific Hurricane Season.
Document Type
Article
Source
Weatherwise. Mar/Apr2009, Vol. 62 Issue 2, p43-47. 5p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Chart, 2 Maps.
Subject
*WEATHER forecasting
*TROPICAL cyclones
*HURRICANES
*STORMS
Language
ISSN
0043-1672
Abstract
The article reports on the eastern North Pacific tropical cyclone activity in 2008. It says that the season was below average with only 16 tropical storms appeared, in which 7 became hurricanes and 2 became major hurricanes. Meanwhile, the significant events of the year were Hurricane Norbert, the strongest storm on record to strike the western Baja California peninsula, and Tropical Storm Alma, which became the only tropical storm on record to make landfall along the Pacific coast of Nicaragua.