National Hurricane Research Project Report Archive
Below you’ll find a list of all of the National Hurricane Research Project reports currently available, listed in chronological order.
Frank Revitte from NWS Slidell, as well as Frank Marks from NOAA/AOML/HRD, and Linda Pikula and Ashley Jefferson from NOAA Miami Regional Library, have provided several of the reports linked below. Rachel Knaff, Megan Troutman, and Kevin Micke assisted with digitizing and posting the reports. Report requests and Questions can be directed to Kate.Musgrave AT colostate.edu.
| NHRP # | Authors | Title | Year Published | Month Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Staff of the NHRP | Objectives and basic design of the NHRP | 1956 | March |
| 2 | L. F. Hubert | Numerical weather prediction of hurricane motion | 1956 | July |
| 2 | Supplement: Error analysis of prognostic 500-mb. maps made for numerical weather prediction of hurricane motion | 1957 | March | |
| 3 | Rainfall associated with hurricanes | 1956 | July | |
| 4 | Some problems involved in the study of storm surges | 1956 | December | |
| 5 | Survey of meteorological factors pertinent to reduction of loss of life and property in hurricane situations | 1957 | March | |
| 6 | C. L. Jordan | A mean atmosphere for the West Indies area | 1957 | May |
| 7 | D. L. Harris and C. V. Lindsay | An index of tide gages and tide gage records for the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States | 1957 | May |
| 8 | E. L. Fisher | Part I. Hurricanes and the sea surface temperature field | 1957 | June |
| 8 | Part II. The exchange of energy between the sea and the atmosphere in relation to hurricane behavior | |||
| 9 | E. M. Ballenzweig | Seasonal variations in the frequency of North Atlantic tropical cyclones related to the general circulation | 1957 | July |
| 10 | C. L. Jordan | Estimating central pressure of tropical cyclones from aircraft data | 1957 | August |
| 11 | D. T. Hilleary and F. E. Christensen | Instrumentation of National Hurricane Research Project aircraft | 1957 | August |
| 12 | H. V. Senn, H. W. Hiser and R. C. Bourret | Studies of hurricane spiral bands as observed on radar | 1957 | September |
| 13 | C. L. Jordan | Mean soundings for the hurricane eye | 1957 | September |
| 14 | B. I. Miller | On the maximum intensity of hurricanes | 1957 | December |
| 15 | B. I. Miller | The three-dimensional wind structure around a tropical cyclone | 1958 | January |
| 16 | R. R. Braham, Jr., and E. A. Neil | Modification of hurricanes through cloud seeding | 1958 | May |
| 17 | H. Riehl and R. C. Gentry | Analysis of tropical storm Frieda 1957. A preliminary report | 1958 | June |
| 18 | B. I. Miller | The use of mean layer winds as a hurricane steering mechanism | 1958 | June |
| 19 | R. L. Pfeffer | Further examination of the balance of angular momentum in the mature hurricane | 1958 | July |
| 20 | R. L. Pfeffer | On the energetics of the mature hurricane and other rotating wind systems | 1958 | July |
| 21 | E. M. Ballenzweig | Formation of tropical storms related to anomalies of the long-period mean circulation | 1958 | September |
| 22 | H. Riehl | On production of kinetic energy from condensation heating | 1958 | October |
| 23 | D. L. Harris | Hurricane Audrey storm tide | 1958 | October |
| 24 | Staff of the NHRP | Details of circulation in the high energy core of hurricane Carrie | 1958 | November |
| 25 | L. F. Hubert | Distribution of surface friction in hurricanes | 1958 | November |
| 26 | H. V. Senn and H. W. Hiser | A note on the origin of hurricane radar spiral bands and the echoes which form them | 1959 | February |
| 27 | Proceedings of the Board of Review and Conference on Research Progress | 1959 | March | |
| 28 | A model hurricane plan for a coastal community | 1959 | March | |
| 29 | Exchange of heat, moisture, and momentum between hurricane Ella (1958) and its environment | 1959 | April | |
| 30 | P. J. Hebert and C. L. Jordan | Mean soundings for the Gulf of Mexico area | 1959 | April |
| 31 | J. S. Malkus and H. Riehl | On the dynamics and energy transformations in steady-state hurricanes | 1959 | August |
| 32 | D. L. Harris | An interim hurricane storm surge forecasting guide | 1959 | August |
| 33 | H. E. Graham and D. E. Nunn | Meteorological considerations pertinent to standard project hurricane, Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States | 1959 | November |
| 34 | W. Malkin | Filling and intensity changes in hurricanes over land | 1959 | November |
| 35 | H. U. Groening | Wind and pressure fields in the stratosphere over the West Indies region in August 1958 | 1959 | December |
| 36 | N. L. Frank and C. L. Jordan | Climatological aspects of intensity of typhoons | 1960 | February |
| 37 | H. Riehl and R. Higgs | Unrest in the upper stratosphere over the Caribbean Sea during January 1960 | 1960 | April |
| 38 | C. S. Gilman, K. R. Peterson, C. W. Cochrane, and S. Molansky | On quantitative precipitation forecasting | 1960 | August |
| 39 | H. E. Graham and G. N. Hudson | Surface winds near the center of hurricanes (and other cyclones) | 1960 | September |
| 40 | H. L. Kuo | On initiation of tropical depressions and convection in a conditionally unstable atmosphere | 1960 | October |
| 41 | J. A. Colon | On the heat balance of the troposphere and water body of the Caribbean Sea | 1960 | December |
| 42 | G. W. Cry | Climatology of 24-hour North Atlantic tropical cyclone movements | 1961 | January |
| 43 | H. Arakawa | Prediction of movements and surface pressures of typhoon centers in the Far East by statistical methods | 1961 | May |
| 44 | C. L. Jordan | Marked changes in the characteristics of the eye of intense typhoons between the deepening and filling states | 1961 | May |
| 45 | M. A. Alaka | The occurrence of anomalous winds and their significance | 1961 | June |
| 46 | H. Riehl and J. Malkus | Some aspects of hurricane Daisy, 1958 | 1961 | July |
| 47 | S. L. Rosenthal | Concerning the mechanics and thermodynamics of the inflow layer of the mature hurricane | 1961 | September |
| 48 | J. A. Colon and Staff of the NHRP | On the structure of hurricane Daisy (1958) | 1961 | October |
| 49 | V. A. Myers and W. Malkin | Some properties of hurricane wind fields as deduced from trajectories | 1961 | November |
| 50 | Part I. Proceedings of the Second Technical Conference on Hurricanes, June 27-30, 1961, Miami Beach, Fla. | 1962 | March | |
| 50 | Part II. Proceedings of the Second Technical Conference on Hurricanes, June 27-30, 1961, Miami Beach, Fla. | 1962 | March | |
| 51 | H. G. Fortak | Concerning the general vertically averaged hydrodynamic equations with respect to basic storm surge equations | 1962 | April |
| 52 | H. F. Hawkins, F. E. Christensen, S. C. Pearce, and Staff of the NHRP | Inventory, use, and availability of NHRP meteorological data gathered by aircraft | 1962 | April |
| 53 | B. I. Miller | On the momentum and energy balance of hurricane Helene (1958) | 1962 | April |
| 54 | W. M. Gray | On the balance of forces and radial accelerations in hurricanes | 1962 | June |
| 55 | H. F. Hawkins | Vertical wind profiles in hurricanes | 1962 | June |
| 56 | S. L. Rosenthal | A theoretical analysis of the field of motion in the hurricane boundary layer | 1962 | June |
| 57 | R. H. Simpson | On the dynamics of disturbed circulation in the lower mesosphere | 1962 | August |
| 58 | K. Shimada | Mean sounding data over the western tropical Pacific Ocean during the typhoon season, and | 1962 | October |
| 58 | Z. Hashiba | Distribution of turbulence and icing in the tropical cyclone | 1962 | October |
| 59 | C. E. Schauss | Reconstruction of the surface pressure and wind fields of hurricane Helene | 1962 | October |
| 60 | R. H. Simpson, M. R. Ahrens, and R. D. Decker | A cloud seeding experiment in hurricane Esther, 1961 | 1962 | November |
| 61 | H. Arakawa | Studies on statistical prediction of typhoons | 1963 | April |
| 62 | B. Ackerman | The distribution of liquid water in hurricanes | 1963 | June |
| 63 | H. Riehl | Some relations between wind and thermal structure of steady state hurricanes | 1963 | June |
| 64 | M. A. Alaka | Instability aspects of hurricane genesis | 1963 | June |
| 65 | J. A. Colon | On the evolution of the wind field during the life cycle of tropical cyclones | 1963 | November |
| 66 | B. I. Miller | On the filling of tropical cyclones over land, with particular reference to hurricane Donna of 1960 | 1963 | December |
| 67 | E. J. Zipser, Jr. | On the thermal structure of developing tropical cyclones | 1964 | January |
| 68 | K. R. Peterson, H. V. Goodyear, and Staff of the Hydrometeorological Section | Criteria for a standard project northeaster for New England north of Cape Cod | 1964 | March |
| 69 | A study of hurricane rainbands | 1964 | March | |
| 70 | S. L. Rosenthal | Some theoretical results which pertain to the upper-tropospheric vortex trains of the Tropics | 1964 | April |
| 71 | M. A. Lateef | Energy generation and flux processes associated with a weakening depression over the Gulf of Mexico | 1964 | June |
| 72 | J. A. Colon | On the structure of hurricane Helene (1958) | 1964 | December |
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