Hurricane heat potential of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans.
Mean monthly ocean temperature data provided by Fleet Numerical Weather Central were used as a basis for computation of a quantity defined as hurricane heat potential. Warm, deep centers with heat potential values in excess of 32,000 cal/cm² existed east of the Philippine Islands during the months o...
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ftnavalpschool:oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/16174 2024-06-09T07:48:14+00:00 Hurricane heat potential of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans. Heffernan, Richard Francis. Leipper, Dale F. Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) Oceanography Boston, Noël 1972-09 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10945/16174 en_US eng Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School https://hdl.handle.net/10945/16174 This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. hurricane typhoon heat content sea surface temperatures air-sea interaction hurricane heat potential Oceanography Thesis 1972 ftnavalpschool 2024-05-15T01:05:57Z Mean monthly ocean temperature data provided by Fleet Numerical Weather Central were used as a basis for computation of a quantity defined as hurricane heat potential. Warm, deep centers with heat potential values in excess of 32,000 cal/cm² existed east of the Philippine Islands during the months of July through November. In the Western Atlantic warm, deep centers in excess of 24,000 cal/cm² existed south of Cuba during the months of August through October. Correlation studies were made between sea surface temperature and heat potential. A weak correlation was found, leading to the conclusion that sea surface temperature at least at times is a poor indicator of oceanic heat content. Computations were made to determine the effect of average heat less during a severe tropical storm passage to the ocean thermal structure. Twenty-four hour average losses would cause the sea surface temperature to drop as much as three degrees celsius under certain initial conditions. The effects of heat loss on convective layer depth ranged from less than fifteen meters to over ninety meters. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy http://archive.org/details/hurricaneheatpot1094516174 Thesis North Atlantic Naval Postgraduate School: Calhoun Pacific |
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Mean monthly ocean temperature data provided by Fleet Numerical Weather Central were used as a basis for computation of a quantity defined as hurricane heat potential. Warm, deep centers with heat potential values in excess of 32,000 cal/cm² existed east of the Philippine Islands during the months of July through November. In the Western Atlantic warm, deep centers in excess of 24,000 cal/cm² existed south of Cuba during the months of August through October. Correlation studies were made between sea surface temperature and heat potential. A weak correlation was found, leading to the conclusion that sea surface temperature at least at times is a poor indicator of oceanic heat content. Computations were made to determine the effect of average heat less during a severe tropical storm passage to the ocean thermal structure. Twenty-four hour average losses would cause the sea surface temperature to drop as much as three degrees celsius under certain initial conditions. The effects of heat loss on convective layer depth ranged from less than fifteen meters to over ninety meters. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy http://archive.org/details/hurricaneheatpot1094516174 |
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Leipper, Dale F. Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) Oceanography Boston, Noël |
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Heffernan, Richard Francis. |
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Hurricane heat potential of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans. |
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Hurricane heat potential of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans. |
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Hurricane heat potential of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans. |
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Hurricane heat potential of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans. |
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Hurricane heat potential of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans. |
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hurricane heat potential of the north atlantic and north pacific oceans. |
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School |
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