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[jbovlaste] Re: tropical cyclone



2010/4/30 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 5:48 PM, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2010/4/30 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>
>>
>> "carbi'e"
>
> Wouldn't that be a hypernym of "cyclone" and "tornado", which can be
> distinguished?

What's the difference? Sea vs land? "xamsi carbi'e" vs "tumla carbi'e"?

A tornado too can occur over a sea:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterspout

A more major difference seems to be this: a tornado typically forms beneath and in contact with a cloud such as a cumulonimbus cloud which is not itself the tornado; a cyclone/hurricane/typhoon typically reaches the upper end of the troposphere (i.e. above clouds) and comes in a much larger scale than a typical tornado's, and the whole aerial area including the clouds constitues the phenomenon of the cyclone.

I think "carbi'e" is fine for both "cyclone" and "tornado". And we probably want a more specific brivla for each. Maybe "balcarbi'e" for "cyclone".