Advances in Hurricane Research - Modelling, Meteorology, Preparedness and Impacts

Edited by Kieran Richard Hickey

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Abstract: This book provides a wealth of new information, ideas and analysis on some of the key unknowns in hurricane research. Topics covered include the numerical prediction systems for tropical cyclone development, the use of remote sensing methods for tropical cyclone development, a parametric surface wind model for tropical cyclones, a micrometeorological analysis of the wind as a hurricane passes over Houston, USA, the meteorological passage of numerous tropical cyclones as they pass over the South China Sea, simulation modelling of evacuations by motorised vehicles in Alabama, the influence of high stream-flow events on nutrient flows in the post hurricane period, a reviews of the medical needs, both physical and psychological of children in a post hurricane scenario and finally the impact of two hurricanes on Ireland. Hurricanes discussed in the various chapters include Katrina, Ike, Isidore, Humberto, Debbie and Charley and many others in the North Atlantic as well as numerous tropical cyclones in the South China Sea.

JEL-codes: Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 978-953-51-0867-2
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Chapters in this book:

Application of Simulation Modeling for Hurricane Contraflow Evacuation Planning

Gary Moynihan and Daniel Fonseca

Assessment of a Parametric Hurricane Surface Wind Model for Tropical Cyclones in the Gulf of Mexico

Kelin Hu, Qin Chen and Patrick FitzPatrick

Characteristics of Hurricane Ike During Its Passage over Houston, Texas

Gunnar Schade

Elaboration of Technologies for the Diagnosis of Tropical Hurricanes Beginning in Oceans with Remote Sensing Methods

A. A. Milshin, Svyatoslav Marechek, Vladimir Krapivin, Mariya Marechek, Alexander Mil`shin, Evgenii Novichikhin, Sergey Golovachev, Nadezda Shelobanova, Anatolii Shutko and Alexander Grankov

Initialization of Tropical Cyclones in Numerical Prediction Systems

Eric Hendricks and Melinda Peng

Meeting the Medical and Mental Health Needs of Children After a Major Hurricane

Robert Gensure and Adharsh Ponnapakkam

The Impact of Hurricane Debbie (1961) and Hurricane Charley (1986) on Ireland

Kieran Richard Hickey and Christina Connolly-Johnston

The Variations of Atmospheric Variables Recorded at Xisha Station in the South China Sea During Tropical Cyclone Passages

Dongxiao Wang, Jian Li, Lei Yang and Yunkai He

Transport of Nitrate and Ammonium During Tropical Storm and Hurricane Induced Stream Flow Events from a Southeastern USA Coastal Plain In-Stream Wetland - 1997 to 1999

Jeff Novak, Ariel Szogi, Ken Stone, Xuefeng Chu, Don Watts and Mel Johnson

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DOI: 10.5772/3399

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