Physical Aspects of Hurricane Hugo in Puerto Rico. Scatena, F. & Larsen, M., C. Biotropica, 23(4):317-323, 1991.
Physical Aspects of Hurricane Hugo in Puerto Rico [pdf]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
On 18 September 1989 the western part of Hurricane Hugo crossed eastern Puerto Rico and the Luquillo Exp Forest (LEF). Storm-facing slopes on the northeastern part of the island that were within 15 km of th received greater than 200 mm of rain were most affected by the storm. In the LEF and nearby area, recu intervals associated with Hurricane Hugo were 50 yr for wind velocity, 10 to 31 yr for stream discharge, for rainfall intensity. To compare the magnitudes of the six hurricanes to pass over Puerto Rico since 1899 were developed using the standardized values of the product of: the maximum sustained wind speed at squared and storm duration; the square of the product of the maximum sustained wind velocity at San the ratio of the distance between the hurricane eye and San Juan to the distance between the eye and per average annual rainfall delivered by the storm. Based on these indices, Hurricane Hugo was of moderate in However, because of the path of Hurricane Hugo, only one of these six storms (the 1932 storm) caused m to the LEF than Hurricane Hugo. Hurricanes of Hugo's magnitude are estimated to pass over the LEF o 50-60 yr, on average.

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