Tropical cyclone basinsTraditionally, areas of tropical cyclone formation are divided into seven basins. These include the north Atlantic Ocean, the eastern and western parts of the northern Pacific Ocean, the southwestern Pacific, the southwestern and southeastern Indian Oceans, and the northern Indian Ocean (Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal). The western Pacific is the most active and the north Indian the least active.
Cyclogénèse tropicaleLa cyclogénèse tropicale est le terme technique décrivant le développement des cyclones tropicaux dans l'atmosphère terrestre. Le mécanisme emprunté par ces systèmes pour leur formation est très différent de celui de la cyclogénèse des dépressions des latitudes moyennes. En effet, il est dû à la convection profonde dans un environnement favorable d'une masse d'air homogène. Son cœur est chaud car il est le lieu d'une subsidence d'air sec (l'œil).
Atlantic hurricaneAn Atlantic hurricane is a tropical cyclone that forms in the Atlantic Ocean, primarily between the months of June and November. A hurricane differs from a cyclone or typhoon only on the basis of location. A hurricane is a storm that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean and northeastern Pacific Ocean, a typhoon occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, and a cyclone occurs in the South Pacific Ocean or Indian Ocean. Tropical cyclones can be categorized by intensity.
Cyclone tropicalUn cyclone tropical est un type de cyclone (dépression) qui prend forme dans les océans de la zone intertropicale à partir d'une perturbation atmosphérique qui s'organise en dépression tropicale puis en tempête. Son stade final est connu sous divers noms à travers le monde : ouragan dans l'Atlantique nord et le Pacifique Nord-Est, typhon en Asie de l'Est et cyclone dans les autres bassins océaniques. Structurellement, un cyclone tropical est une large zone de nuages d'orage en rotation accompagnée de vents forts.
High-pressure areaA high-pressure area, high, or anticyclone, is an area near the surface of a planet where the atmospheric pressure is greater than the pressure in the surrounding regions. Highs are middle-scale meteorological features that result from interplays between the relatively larger-scale dynamics of an entire planet's atmospheric circulation. The strongest high-pressure areas result from masses of cold air which spread out from polar regions into cool neighboring regions. These highs weaken once they extend out over warmer bodies of water.
