The Development of a New and Improved Hurricane Scale for the North Atlantic

• Main Author: Masson, Athena
• Other Authors: Gough, William A, Physical and Environmental Sciences
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: climate; hurricane; hurricane scale; meteorology; north atlantic; tropical cyclone; 0557; Gough; Schott; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/92099

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale (SSHS) was developed in 1969 by Herbert Saffir and Bob Simpson and introduced to the public in 1973. Saffir developed the initial scale when he realized there was no simple scale for describing the effects of hurricanes. He devised a 1-5 scale based on the wind spe...