PortVisitInformation
MAZATLAN
PORT VISIT INFORMATION
In February 2000, NRL Meteorologist Mr. Sam Brand and SAIC Meteorologist Mr. R. Glenn Handlers met with the following persons to obtain much of the information in this evaluation: Captain Jose Luis Rios Hernandez, Captain of the Port, and Captain Manuel Vargas Cernas, Mazatlan Port Pilot; Mr. Rafael Rivera, Husbandry Agent for U. S. Navy port visits and General Manager of Tropical Tours; Mr. Hector Saul Arceo and Elias Martinez, Government Meteorologists in Mazatlan. In addition, the Captain of the Port and the Port Pilot provided significant assistance by providing answers to a tropical cyclone questionnaire, as well as charts and diagrams of the Port of Mazatlan harbor facilities. Mr. C. J. Neumann, SAIC, Monterey, CA provided the tropical cyclone climatology data used in this evaluation. Ms. Cynthia Karengin converted the port study into electronic, web accessible format.
Source: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/port_studies/thh-nc/mexico/mazatlan/text/pvi.htm
