Observatório Tecnológico de Santa Catarina

Recentemente, desastres naturais como enchentes, deslizamentos e secas preocupam profissionais, autoridades e a sociedade civil brasileira. Os meses iniciais do ano trazem consigo a temporada de chuvas e consequentes inundações, que, aliadas à interferência humana no ambiente, tornam-se verdadeiras tragédias mostradas pelos noticiários.

The development of Hurricane Catarina over the western South Atlantic Ocean in March 2004 marks the first time that the existence of a hurricane has been confirmed by analysis and satellite imagery in the South Atlantic basin. The storm undergoes a complex life cycle, beginning as an extratropical precursor that moves east-southeastward off the Brazilian coast and toward the midlatitudes. Its eastward progress is halted and the system is steered back westward toward the Brazilian coast as it encounters a strengthening dipole-blocking structure east of the South American continent.

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