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±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Professor helped coin the term 'Bomb Cyclone'
Published: 4 January 2018
±«ÓãÖ±²¥ meteorology professor John Gyakum, along with the revered late Massachusetts Institute of Technology meteorologist Fred Sanders, first coined the term in a paper they published in 1980. They used the phrase to describe powerful cyclones that get their energy from rapid drops in pressure caused by hot and cold temperatures colliding.
"If the term itself — ‘bomb’ — helps to spur more constructive research, then I’m happy."―John Gyakum
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