NASA disassembles, reassembles Gert

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This image from July 24 2005 shows the small track of Tropical Storm Gert in the lower left hand corner of the image. Gert was located north of the Yucatan Peninsula in the Bay of Campeche. The yellow and orange colors on this image indicate the warm ...
This image from July 24, 2005 shows the small track of Tropical Storm Gert in the lower left hand corner of the image. Gert was located north of the Yucatan Peninsula, in the Bay of Campeche. The yellow and orange colors on this image indicate the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean. Click image to enlarge.

To figure out how something mechanical works, people take it apart and look at its components, then try and put it back together. That's what NASA researchers are doing with hurricanes, to try to figure out what makes them tick. For Tropical Storm Gert, which formed in the Gulf of Mexico in July 2005, they found that the mountainous areas of Mexico helped the storm to form.


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