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Introduction:
The HKO e-Bulletin on Educational Resources is published on-line every three months. It covers in layman terms various interesting topics related to weather phenomena and popular science, as well as developments in new science and technology related to the Observatory's service on meteorology, radiation and geophysics. We welcome your views and suggestions.
This issue takes "Tropical Cyclone" as the theme. A number of articles are written to narrate the method of analyzing and forecasting the tropical cyclone track and intensity. Moreover, there is one article explain the interesting symmetric and asymmetric atmospheric optical phenomenon of "sun dogs". Beautiful "sun dogs" photos of the same evening, taken at different locations of Hong Kong, are included. Two articles respectively discussed terrible earthquake and the influence of volcanic eruption on climate. Other articles on different, interesting and meaningful topics include "spectacular fireworks show on the sun", "lightning phenomenon", "squalls and microburst induced by thunderstorms", etc.
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"Tropical Cyclone" -
How to assess the intensity of tropical cyclones? |
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"Tropical Cyclone" -
Forecast of tropical cyclone tracks with ensemble forecast |
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"Tropical Cyclone" -
Significant Weather Information of Tropical Cyclone (TC SIGMET) |
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"Tropical Cyclone" - Why tropical cyclone recurves ? |
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"Tropical Cyclone" - The use of ship reports in determining the intensity of a tropical cyclone |
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"Tropical Cyclone" - Towards probabilistic tropical cyclone track forecasts [powerpoint download] |
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"Tropical Cyclone" - Tropical cyclone: to the east, to the west? |
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"Nature's Wonders" - Sun dogs hovering over Hong Kong |
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"Space Weather" - Spectacular fireworks show on the sun |
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"Earthquake" - A ground-breaking tidal story |
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"The Science of Thunder and Lightning series" -
The physics of lightning |
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"The Science of Thunder and Lightning series" -
Does lightning always strike the tallest object?
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"Weather Phenomena" - Microburst induced by thunderstorms |
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"Weather Phenomena" -
Why do squalls suddenly blow ahead of thunderstorms? |
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"Weather Phenomena" -
The looks of water in four seasons - Summer |
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"Meteorological Satellite" - Volcanoes, weather and climate |
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"Observatory's Blog" - Weather and Sports |
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"Observatory's Blog" - Innovation |
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Science in the Public Service Student Project Competition |
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The Observatory delivers earthquake messages via more channels |
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The Observatory launches "Regional Lightning Counts" web pages |
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Chinese domain names of Hong Kong Observatory website launched |
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| Information by Topics |
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Meteorology |
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Radiation |
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Geomagnetism, Earthquake and Astronomy |
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Space Weather |
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Nature's Wonders - Their Science Explained |
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Courses and Activities for the Public |
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Weather Observations and Public Weather Services |
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The Observatory's YouTube video collection |
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Observatory's Blog |
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Observatory Publications |
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| Weather Forecast |
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Local Weather Forecast |
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7-day Weather Forecast for Hong Kong |
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World Weather Information Service - A World Meteorological Organization web site, developed by the Observatory, providing official city forecasts and climatological information issued by various National Meteorological and Hydrological Services. |
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Severe Weather Information Centre - A World Meteorological Organization web site, developed by the Observatory, providing official Tropical Cyclone warnings and advisories issued by various National Meteorological and Hydrological Services. |
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