Hurricane Havens Handbook for the North Atlantic Ocean. Change 5. Naval Stations Mobile, Pascagoula, and Ingleside as Hurricane Havens.

Abstract

This publication -- Change 5 to NAVENVPREDRSCHFAC TR 82-03, Hurricane Havens Handbook for the North Atlantic Ocean -- adds port studies of the naval stations at Mobile AL, Pascagoula MS, and Ingleside TX to the basic volume and its four previously published changes. The complete volume now assesses a total of 25 Atlantic and Gulf Coast U.S. ports as potential safe havens for vessels facing hurricane threats. The handbook is a ready-reference decision-making aid for commanding officers and other personnel responsible for the safety of their ships in such threats. Guidance on threat assessment and choice of appropriate countermeasures is provided for each of the ports. Hurricane, Hurricane haven, Strike probability Tropical cyclone, Hurricane warning, Tropical meteorology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA269946

Entities

People

  • Dennis C. Perryman
  • Richard E. Gilmore
  • Ronald E. Englebretson

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Boats
  • Floods
  • Meteorology
  • Naval Air Stations
  • Naval Shore Facilities
  • New York
  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Sea Level
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Storm Surges
  • Terrain
  • Topography
  • Tropical Cyclones
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers