Maximum potential intensity

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The maximum potential intensity of a tropical cyclone is the theoretical limit of the strength of a tropical cyclone. It is computed using the following formula:

$V = A + B \cdot e^{C(T-T_0)}$

Where $V$ is the maximum potential velocity in meters per second; $T$ is the sea surface temperature underneath the center of the tropical cyclone, $T_0$ is a reference temperature (30 ˚C) and $A$ , $B$ and $C$ are curve-fit constants. When $A = 28.2$ , $B = 55.8$ , and $C = 0.1813$ , the graph generated by this function corresponds to the 99th percentile of empirical tropical cyclone intensity data.^[1]

References

↑ DeMaria, Mark; John Kaplan (September 1994). "Sea Surface Temperature and the Maximum Intensity of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones". Journal of Climate (American Meteorological Society) 7 (9): 1324–1334. Bibcode:1994JCli....7.1324D. doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1994)007<1324:SSTATM>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1520-0442. Retrieved 2008-07-30. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)

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