NWS Director Jack Kelly presents Herbert Saffir (on right) with a framed poster of Hurricane Andrew depicting the Saffir–Simpson scale
Born
(1917-03-29)March 29, 1917
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Died
November 21, 2007(2007-11-21) (aged 90)
Miami, Florida
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
Known for
Saffir–Simpson scale
Scientific career
Fields
Civil engineering
Herbert Seymour Saffir (29 March 1917 – 21 November 2007) (/ˈsæfər/ⓘ[1]) was an American civil engineer who co-developed (with meteorologist Robert Simpson) the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale for measuring the intensity of hurricanes. As recently as 2005 Saffir was the principal of Saffir Engineering[2] in Coral Gables, Florida. He also published articles on designing buildings for high wind resistance.[3]
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Herbert Seymour Saffir (29 March 1917 – 21 November 2007) (/ˈsæfər/ ) was an American civil engineer who co-developed (with meteorologist Robert Simpson)...
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the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-15. "Interview with Herbert B. Keller". Oral History Project. California Institute of Technology Archives...
climatic phenomena on a European scale HerbertSaffir (March 29, 1917 – November 21, 2007) – was the developer of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale for measuring...
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(NHC). Additionally, he co-developed and published the Saffir–Simpson scale with HerbertSaffir in 1973, a hurricane intensity scale implemented by The...
by sustained wind speed. The hurricane scale was created in 1969 by HerbertSaffir and Bob Simpson. The National Hurricane Center classifies hurricanes...
tracked by the National Hurricane Center. In 1971, the Saffir–Simpson scale was devised by HerbertSaffir and Robert Simpson. Category 1 was designed as the...
hurricane-force winds to California. The tables list hurricanes by category on the Saffir–Simpson scale, based on winds that occurred in each state. As of 2022, a...
later, the storm strengthened and became a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. Still moving westward, the system reached...
landfall near Palm Beach, Florida, as a Category 4 hurricane on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson scale. After initially moving northwestward across Florida, the...
Gale of 1815, which would likely have been rated a strong hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, and the so-called "Perfect Storm" of October 31, 1991. The...
that ranks as Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. R. H. Simpson; Paul J. Herbert (April 1973). "Atlantic Hurricane Season...
Archived from the original on September 6, 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2020. Saffir, Herbert S. (1991). "Hurricane Hugo and Implications for Design Professionals...
database in 1851, 162 tropical cyclones peaked at Category 3 strength on the Saffir–Simpson scale in the Atlantic basin, which covers the waters of the Atlantic...
Ulithi, with Admiral Nimitz, CINCPAC, in attendance at the court. Captain Herbert K. Gates was the judge advocate for the court. The court found that though...
Anniversary (Report). NOAA. Retrieved June 12, 2015. R. H. Simpson and Paul J. Herbert (April 1973). "Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1972" (PDF). Miami, Florida:...
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in the proportion of tropical cyclones of Category 3 and higher on the Saffir–Simpson scale. The trend was most clear in the North Atlantic and in the...