We have been tracking the 11 am and 11 pm positions of named tropical systems. B
We have been tracking the 11 am and 11 pm positions of named tropical systems. Below are the steps to calculate the distance that these tropical systems have travelled. You must track the distance for Gert and Sean. Any additional storms you calculate the distance for are extra credit. The materials to hand in for part B of the hurricane tracking assignment are: tracks for all named storms through Sean on the map provided (all storms on one map), storm tracking table, and distance calculations as in the example below.
Visit the National Hurricane Center’s latitude/longitude distance calculator website: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gccalc.shtmlLinks to an external site.
Take your Hurricane tracking table. Fill in the distance calculator using the latitude and longitude you recorded for the tracking portion of the homework. Enter the latitude and longitude for the first location (either 11 am or pm) in the boxes for latitude and longitude 1. Enter the next location in the boxes for latitude and longitude 2. Click “Compute” and record the distance. Move the latitude and longitude from position “2” to position “1” and fill in the boxes for “2” with the next location. Repeat this process until you have distances for the entire storm track. Add the distances together and record the total storm track length. Excel can be used for this.
On the same distance calculator, enter the initial storm latitude and longitude in the boxes for position “1”. Enter the final storm latitude and longitude in the boxes for position “2”. Record this distance as the straight line storm track distance.
For your assignment, create a table in Excel that includes the storm name, total track length and straight line track length or add the distances to the storm tracking table.
Storm Name
Total Track Length
Straight Line Track Length