An analysis of hurricane seasons in the pre-HURDAT era (1751-1850)
An extensive database of the tracks of tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean since 1851 is known as the North Atlantic Hurricane Database (HURDAT). While this database is valuable to public and private agencies, many of the deadliest hurricanes on record occurred prior to 1851. This study wi...
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ftballstcs:oai:https://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:20.500.14291/194927 2024-06-09T07:48:06+00:00 An analysis of hurricane seasons in the pre-HURDAT era (1751-1850) LaVoie, Steven A. Coleman, Jill S. 2011-07-23 application/pdf http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/20.500.14291/194927 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14291/194927 http://liblink.bsu.edu/catkey/1657743 unknown http://liblink.bsu.edu/catkey/1657743 http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/20.500.14291/194927 Hurricanes -- Tracks -- History -- 18th century Hurricanes -- Tracks -- History -- 19th century 2011 ftballstcs https://doi.org/20.500.14291/194927 2024-05-15T16:15:30Z An extensive database of the tracks of tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean since 1851 is known as the North Atlantic Hurricane Database (HURDAT). While this database is valuable to public and private agencies, many of the deadliest hurricanes on record occurred prior to 1851. This study will address the research problem of the availability of historical information and the feasibility of collecting data and producing historical tropical cyclone tracks. This thesis describes a methodology for identifying tropical cyclones that existed during the one hundred year period from 1751-1850 referred to as the “pre-HURDAT era” in this study. Uncovering historical tropical cyclone tracks are important for researchers seeking long term patterns in the climate record. This study is a synthesis of all readily available historical data which can be used to identify the tracks of documented tropical cyclones that occurred during the pre-HURDAT era. To emphasize the applicability of historical hurricane tracks, a study comparing landfall patterns of landfalling east coast hurricanes was also done. These tracks were analyzed using historical chronologies, ship data, and other “regional literature”. Thesis (M.S.) Department of Geography Other/Unknown Material North Atlantic Ball State University: Cardinal Scholar |
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An extensive database of the tracks of tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean since 1851 is known as the North Atlantic Hurricane Database (HURDAT). While this database is valuable to public and private agencies, many of the deadliest hurricanes on record occurred prior to 1851. This study will address the research problem of the availability of historical information and the feasibility of collecting data and producing historical tropical cyclone tracks. This thesis describes a methodology for identifying tropical cyclones that existed during the one hundred year period from 1751-1850 referred to as the “pre-HURDAT era” in this study. Uncovering historical tropical cyclone tracks are important for researchers seeking long term patterns in the climate record. This study is a synthesis of all readily available historical data which can be used to identify the tracks of documented tropical cyclones that occurred during the pre-HURDAT era. To emphasize the applicability of historical hurricane tracks, a study comparing landfall patterns of landfalling east coast hurricanes was also done. These tracks were analyzed using historical chronologies, ship data, and other “regional literature”. Thesis (M.S.) Department of Geography |
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Coleman, Jill S. |
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LaVoie, Steven A. |
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LaVoie, Steven A. |
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LaVoie, Steven A. |
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An analysis of hurricane seasons in the pre-HURDAT era (1751-1850) |
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An analysis of hurricane seasons in the pre-HURDAT era (1751-1850) |
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An analysis of hurricane seasons in the pre-HURDAT era (1751-1850) |
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An analysis of hurricane seasons in the pre-HURDAT era (1751-1850) |
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An analysis of hurricane seasons in the pre-HURDAT era (1751-1850) |
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analysis of hurricane seasons in the pre-hurdat era (1751-1850) |
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2011 |
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http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/20.500.14291/194927 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14291/194927 http://liblink.bsu.edu/catkey/1657743 |
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North Atlantic |
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