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Figure 4.14: Anemometer traces for tropical cyclone conditions over differing terrain: a) the low-lying island of Willis Island off the eastern Australian coast, 6 February 1957; b) the flat coastal terrain site of Onslow in Western Australia, 4 March 1958; c) Cairns, which lies on the Australian east coast with mountains up to 1600 m immediately behind, 6 March 1956; and c) Mont Desert Alma at an elevation of 420 m in Mauritius, 6 February 1975 (from Bureau of Meteorology, 1978; after Whittingham, 1964 and Padya, 1976).

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