Air-sea observed surface temperatures and their distributions in hurricanes, Gulf of Mexico

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Lyons, Robert Woodrow
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1972-09Advisor
Leipper, Dale F.
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Elsberry, Russell L.
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Observed near-surface air and sea-surface temperatures for three hurricanes -- Hilda (1964), Betsy (1965) and Camille (1969) -- were studied. Composites were made for each of the storms. These composites were oriented to true north, had diameters of 400 n mi and covered the period in the Gulf of Mexico prior to the time the hurricanes reached maximum intensity. The mean air temperature was less than the mean sea-surface temperature, and this difference varied from l.2C in the outer region of the composites to 2.9C near the center. In the 24-hour period prior to maximum hurricane intensity, the difference was 4.3C near the center. The data also indicated that the distribution of air-sea temperature difference within the hurricanes varied by quadrant with the southeast quadrant containing the
largest over-all average difference (2.4C) and the southwest quadrant averaging l.lC.
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