Patents by Inventor Mark D. Powell

Mark D. Powell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Predicting tropical cyclone destructive potential by integrated kinetic energy according to the Powell/Reinhold scale
    Patent number: 7970543
    Abstract: A method of predicting the destructive capacity of a tropical cyclone based on a new Wind Destructive Potential (WDP) and Storm Surge Destructive Potential (SDP) scales which provide a manner to rate the severity of hurricanes and typhoons, based on information provided in operational forecast and warning products, experimental wind field products, or gridded numerical weather prediction model outputs. These new scales are formulated to be consistent with the physical mechanism through which tropical cyclones impact coastal communities through wind, storm surges and wave damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Commerce
    Inventors: Mark D. Powell, Timothy A. Reinhold
  • PREDICTING TROPICAL CYCLONE DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL BY INTEGRATED KINETIC ENERGY ACCORDING TO THE POWELL/REINHOLD SCALE
    Publication number: 20090240352
    Abstract: A method of predicting the destructive capacity of a tropical cyclone based on a new Wind Destructive Potential (WDP) and Storm Surge Destructive Potential (SDP) scales which provide a manner to rate the severity of hurricanes and typhoons, based on information provided in operational forecast and warning products, experimental wind field products, or gridded numerical weather prediction model outputs. These new scales are formulated to be consistent with the physical mechanism through which tropical cyclones impact coastal communities through wind, storm surges and wave damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Mark D. Powell, Timothy A. Reinhold