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Hors d'oeuvres #001
The Eye of the Hurricane!
The Eye of the Hurricane! Are you kidding me?
Meteorologists talk most of the time about hurricanes when concentrating on their parts, for instance, in reference to their formation, such as the eyewall, and when the hurricane is strengthening, they define it as the eye of the hurricane.
These affirmations can be found detailed almost everywhere, as they are described in the following excerpt:
Hurricanes consist of three major parts: the eye, eyewall, and rainbands. The eye is the calmest part of the hurricane located in the center.”
Unfortunately, for this scholar, the above-mentioned asseveration is incorrect.
It is incorrect because mostly meteorologists’ descriptions are focused on the word "eye." That is, it! There is not such an “eye” in one hurricane. The hurricane does not have/possess an eye; the hurricane just has/possesses a vortex.
Vortex
"Vortex" is a notion that derives from the Latin "vortex."
The concept names a flow that rotates in a spiral sense, like a whirlpool. More precisely, it can be said that a vortex is that which has vorticity.
The term "vorticity" is defined as a quantity that quantifies the rotation that a fluid performs, and it is used precisely in the field of fluid mechanics, as well as in meteorology.
From a mathematical point of view, vorticity is defined by the rotor's velocity field and is a vector field.
The rotor is also known by the name of "rotational," and it is a vector operator that expresses the tendency that a vector field must induce rotation around a point.
On the other hand, about this climatic phenomenon, the central zone of a hurricane is called a vortex. [Julián Pérez, J. & Gardey, A. (2015). Definition of vortex. Retrieved from https://definicion.de/vortice/ ].
Do not say the eye of the hurricane; say the vortex of the hurricane!
Subsequently, do not say theeye wall; say thevortex wall.
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