Sandy Delgado (Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Florida International University) and Donna Strahan-Sakoskie (University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC)
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ABSTRACT
A preliminary reanalysis of the Atlantic basin tropical storm and hurricane database ("best track") for the 1954 hurricane season has been completed. This reassessment of the main archive for tropical cyclones of the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico was necessary to correct systematic biases and random errors in the data as well as to search for previously unrecognized systems. The 1954 hurricane season has been reanalyzed to include some new tropical cyclones, makes generally large alterations in the intensity estimates of most tropical cyclones (both toward stronger and weaker intensities), and typically adjusts existing tracks with minor corrections. Average errors in intensity and track values are estimated for both open ocean conditions as well as for landfalling systems. Finally, highlights are given for changes to the more significant hurricanes to impact the United States, Central America and the Caribbean for this season, which include Hurricanes Carol, Edna and Hazel.
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