1973 variations of hurricane heat potential in the Philippine Sea and the Gulf of Mexico

Authors
Shuman, Paul Dennis
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Advisors
Leipper, Dale Frederick
Date of Issue
1974-03
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The 1973 summer growth of hurricane heat potential (HHP) and its relation to tropical cyclones was studied in the Philippine Sea and the Gulf of Mexico on a monthly basis. BT information was processed through the Fleet Numerical Weather Central CDC 6500 computer to output maps of HHP, which were hand contoured. Inadequate data coverage and questionable BT observations resulted in monthly maps of varying validity and areal extent.
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
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Approved for public release; distribution unlimited.
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Thesis
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NPS-58LR74031
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This thesis is prepared in conjunction with research supported in part by Office of Naval Research under Project Order No. PO-0121 and NASA-Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center under Project Order No. T-4650B.
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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.