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Article: Research data from University of Oklahoma update understanding of meteorology.
- Article from:
- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- November 6, 2009
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"Atlantic Tropical Depression Five (2007) briefly strengthened into Tropical Storm Erin over the western Gulf of Mexico shortly before making landfall as a tropical depression near Corpus Christi, Texas, on the morning of 16 August 2007. During the overnight hours of 18-19 August 2007, nearly 3 days after landfall, Erin's remnant circulation strengthened over western Oklahoma, where sustained winds near the circulation's center exceeded 18 m s(-1) for more than 3 h-the strongest reported during Erin's entire life cycle," scientists in the United States report.
"Likewise, station pressure values reduced to sea level were lower at several measurement sites on 19 ...