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Tropical cyclone scales

Tropical cyclones are ranked on one of five tropical cyclone intensity scales, according to their maximum sustained winds and which tropical cyclone basins they are located in.

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v1 · 2026-09-28 · History
Domain-specific #
12640
Domain group
Natural Sciences
Origin domain
Geology & Earth Sciences
Subdomains
Meteorology, Tropical Cyclone Forecasting → Geology & Earth Sciences

Core Idea

Tropical cyclone scales is treated here as the recurring meteorology identity summarized by this source-grounded definition: Tropical cyclones are ranked on one of five tropical cyclone intensity scales, according to their maximum sustained winds and which tropical cyclone basins they are located in. Tropical cyclones are ranked on one of five tropical cyclone intensity scales, according to their maximum sustained winds and which tropical cyclone basins they are located in. Only a few classifications are used officially by the meteorological agencies monitoring the tropical cyclones, but other scales also exist, such as accumulated cyclone.

Scope of Application

  • Background. The scale used for a particular tropical cyclone depends on what basin the system is located in; with for example the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale and the Australian tropical cyclone.

  • Atlantic, Eastern and Central Pacific. Historically, the term great hurricane was used to describe storms that possessed winds of at least , large radii (over 160 km / 100 mi) and that caused large amounts of destruction.

  • Western Pacific. The lowest classification used by the Typhoon Committee is a tropical depression, which has 10-minute sustained winds of less than .

  • Western Pacific. The China Meteorological Administration, the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO), Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), PAGASA and the JMA, all divide the typhoon category further for domestic purposes.

  • Western Pacific. In May 2015, following the damage caused by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, PAGASA introduced the term Super Typhoon and used it for systems with winds greater than , but later adjusted to.

Clarity

A clear use of Tropical cyclone scales names the carrier, the operative relation, and the conditions under which the source treats the identity as present. The minimal definition is Tropical cyclones are ranked on one of five tropical cyclone intensity scales, according to their maximum sustained winds and which tropical cyclone basins they are located in.

Manages Complexity

Tropical cyclone scales compresses multiple meteorology details into a stable diagnostic relation. The source shows both the central mechanism—the scale used for a particular tropical cyclone depends on what basin the system is located in; with for example the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale and the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scales both used in the Western Hemisphere.—and the practical consequence—the lowest classification used by the Typhoon Committee.

Abstract Reasoning

  1. Type the carrier. Identify the meteorology entities to which the claim applies.
  2. State the relation. Use the source-grounded identity: Tropical cyclones are ranked on one of five tropical cyclone intensity scales, according to their maximum sustained winds and which tropical cyclone basins they are located in.
  3. Check operation and conditions. Tropical cyclones that occur within the Northern Hemisphere to the east of the anti-meridian, are officially monitored by either the National Hurricane Center or the Central Pacific Hurricane Center.
  4. Demand recognition evidence.

Knowledge Transfer

Within the home domain. Knowledge about Tropical cyclone scales transfers literally when a new case preserves the same carrier type, relation, and recognition test. The scale used for a particular tropical cyclone depends on what basin the system is located in; with for example the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale and the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scales both used in the Western Hemisphere. Historically, the.

Neighborhood in Abstraction Space

Tropical cyclone scales sits in a sparse region of the domain-specific corpus (75th percentile for distinctiveness): few abstractions share its structure, so a faithful description tends to retrieve it precisely.

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