SEARCH STRING: su:hurricane+ and su:(wind speed)
DATABASE: Environment
RECORD NO: 3669098
AUTHOR: Sparks, P.R.; Schiff, S.D.; Reinhold, T.A.
NOTE: Author's affiliation: Dep. Civ. Eng., Clemson Univ., Clemson,
SC 29634-0911, USA.
TITLE: Wind damage to envelopes of houses and consequent insurance
losses.
SOURCE: J. WIND ENG. IND. AERODYN., 1994, vol. 53, no. 1-2, pp. 145-
155
ISSN: 0167-6105
YR: 1994
ABSTRACT JNL: *Health & Safety Science Abstracts. -- Section: H SE6.21
HURRICANES. Section: H SI1.21 HOUSING AND BUILDING
INDUSTRIES.
LANGUAGE: English
DESCRIPTOR: hurricanes; wind; building; insurance; economics; fatigue
SEARCH STRING: su:hurricane+ and su:(wind speed)
DATABASE: Environment
RECORD NO: 2949268
AUTHOR: Rogers, R.F.; Davis, R.
NOTE: Author's affiliation: Dep. Meteorol., 503 Walker Build.,
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA 16802, USA.
TITLE: The effect of coastline curvature on the weakening of
Atlantic tropical cyclones.
SOURCE: INT. J. CLIMATOL., 1993, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 287-299
ISSN: 0899-8418
YR: 1993
ABSTRACT JNL: *Safety Sciences Abstracts. -- Section: H SE6.21 HURRICANES.
LANGUAGE: English
DESCRIPTOR: ASW, Mexico; ASW, USA; ANW, USA; coastal morphology;
hurricanes; meteorology; Mexico; USA
IDENTIFIER: marine; coastline curvature
SEARCH STRING: su:hurricane+ and su:(wind speed)
DATABASE: Environment
RECORD NO: 2696821
AUTHOR: Hsu, S.A.
NOTE: Contains: Conference proceedings, meeting reports, papers
presented. Contains: Summary, abstract, or condensation.
Author's affiliation: Coast. Stud. Inst. and Dep. Geol. and
Geophys., Sch. Geosci., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge,
LA 70803, USA. Presented at: 156. Natl. Meet. of the American
Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, New Orleans, LA (USA),
15-20 Feb 1990. Abstract only.
TITLE: Dynamics of hurricanes as they approach and take landfall.
CONF TITLE: 156. Natl. Meet. of the American Assoc. for the Advancement
of Science;(15-20 Feb 1990 : New Orleans, LA )
SOURCE: 1990 AAAS ANNUAL MEETING ABSTRACTS., 1989, p. 28
YR: 1989
ABSTRACT JNL: *Safety Sciences Abstracts. -- Section: H SE6.21 HURRICANES.
LANGUAGE: English
DESCRIPTOR: dynamics; thermal structure; atmospheric boundary layer;
Frederic; Alicia; mathematical models; friction;
surface/topography; wind stress; storm surges; boundary
layers; thermodynamics
IDENTIFIER: hurricanes; land-sea frictional asymmetry; landfall
SEARCH STRING: su:(hurricane) and su:(wind speed)
DATABASE: Geobase
NUMBER: 97H-99999
AUTHOR: Powell, M.D.; Houston, S.H.
TITLE: Hurricane Andrew's landfall in south Florida. Part II: surface
wind fields and potential real-time applications
JOURNAL: Weather and Forecasting, v11/3, 329-349
YEAR: 1996
LANGUAGE: English
ABSTRACT: All available wind data associated with Hurricane Andrew's
passage were analyzed for periods corresponding to landfall
south of Miami and emergence from southwest Florida. On the
southwest coast, convective cell development in the southern
eyewall was supported by a coastal convergence maximum.
Comparison of the wind swath with two independent Fujita-scale
damage maps indicated that peak swath speeds compared well
with damage-derived speed equivalents in the worst damaged
areas but were higher than equivalents in moderately damaged
areas. Comparison of the analysis maximum wind swath with an
engineering survey of damaged homes suggests that homes
exposed to a wide range of wind directions while subjected to
high wind speeds suffered the most damage. Potential real-time
applications of wind field products include warning
dissemination, emergency management, storm surge and wave
forecasting, and wind engineering. Development of damage
assessment models for disaster mitigation is addressed from
the viewpoint of an electrical utility.
DESCRIPTORS: USA; Florida; natural hazard; wind field; hazard mitigation;
hurricane; Hurricane Andrew; surface wind; Hurricane Andrew;
wind velocity; wind field; storm track; emergency management;
disaster mitigation
SUBJECT CODE: Geography
SEARCH STRING: su:(hurricane) and su:(wind speed)
DATABASE: Geobase
NUMBER: 96J-09448
AUTHOR: Kaplan, J.; DeMaria, M.
TITLE: A simple empirical model for predicting the decay of tropical
cyclone winds after landfall
JOURNAL: Journal of Applied Meteorology, v34 n11, pp 2499-2512
YEAR: 1995
LANGUAGE: English
ABSTRACT: An empirical model for predicting the maximum wind of
landfalling tropical cyclones is developed. The model is based
upon the observation that the wind speed decay rate after
landfall is proportional to the wind speed. Observations also
indicate that the wind speed decays to a small, but nonzero,
background wind speed. With these assumptions, the wind speed
is determined from a simple two-parameters exponential decay
model, which is a function of the wind speed at landfall and
the time since landfall. A correction can also be added that
accounts for differences between storms that move inland
slowly and storms that move inland rapidly. This model can be
used for operational forecasting of the maximum winds of
landfalling tropical cyclones. It can also be used to estimate
the maximum inland penetration of hurricane force winds (or
any wind speed threshold) for a given initial storm intensity.
-from Authors
DESCRIPTORS: windspeed decay; windspeed prediction model; hurricane
intensity; empirical model; tropical; cyclone; USA; Florida;
SUBJECT CODE: Geography
SEARCH STRING: su:(hurricane) and su:(wind speed)
DATABASE: Geobase
NUMBER: 93J-11830
AUTHOR: Rogers, R. F.; Davis, R. E.
AFFILIATION: Dept. of Meteorology, 503 Walker Buiilding, The Pennsylvania
State Univ., University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
TITLE: The effect of coastline curvature on the weakening of Atlantic
tropical cyclones
JOURNAL: International Journal of Climatology, v13 n3, pp 287-299
YEAR: 1993
LANGUAGE: English
ABSTRACT: The USA and Mexican coastline was approximated by a subjective
smoothing procedure, and the coastal curvature corresponding
to each landfalling Atlantic tropical cyclone from 1900 to
1979 was measured and grouped into one of the three curvature
categories. Storm- filling rates and total amounts of filling
were determined before and after landfall by computing the
change in wind speed for various Saffir-Simpson hurricane
intensity categories. Concave coasts were found to be
associated with storms filling both more rapidly and by a
greater amount than convex coasts for weak hurricanes and
strong tropical storms, and they were associated with storms
that filled by a greater amount for hurricanes of moderate
strength. This most likely results from the lower water-to-
land ratios associated with storms striking concave coasts and
the reduction in latent and sensible heat fluxes from the
surface. -from Authors
DESCRIPTORS: water/land ratio; coastline curvature; hurricane climatology;
tropical cyclone filling; Atlantic;
SUBJECT CODE: Geography
CSA Environment
Record 1 of 4
TI: Title
Potential vorticity diagnostics of hurricane movement. Part 1.: A
case study of Hurricane Bob (1991)
AU: Author
Wu, Chun-Chieh; Emanuel, KA
AF: Author Affiliation
Dep. Atmos. Sci., Natl. Taiwan Univ., 61, Ln 144, Sec 4, Keelung
Rd., 10772 Taipei, Taiwan
SO: Source
Monthly Weather Review [MON. WEATHER REV.], vol. 123, no. 1, pp.
69-92, 1995
IS: ISSN
0027-0644
AB: Abstract
Potential vorticity (PV) diagnostics are applied to evaluate the
control by the large-scale environment of hurricane movement and,
more importantly, to assess the storm's influence on its own
track. As a first application of these diagnostics, an
observational case study of Hurricane Bob (1991) is presented
using the twice-daily National Meteorological Center Northern
Hemisphere final analyses gridded datasets. Defining the seasonal
climatology as the mean reference state, piecewise potential
vorticity inversions are performed under the nonlinear balance
condition. This allows one to determine the balanced flows
associated with any individual perturbation of PV. By examining
the balanced flows at the central position of the hurricane, one
can identify the influence of each PV perturbation on hurricane
movement. The hurricane advection flow is also defined as the
balanced flow at the storm center associated with the whole PV
distribution, excluding the positive PV anomaly of the hurricane
itself. The results from the observational study of Bob show that
the hurricane advection flow is a good approximation to the real
storm motion. The results also show that the balanced flows
associated with the climatological mean PV and perturbation PV
distribution in both the lower and upper troposphere are both
important in contributing to Bob's movement. However, it is
difficult to separate PV anomalies directly or indirectly
attributable to the storm from ambient PV anomalies. Results from
other cases will be presented in a companion paper.
LA: Language
English
SL: Summary Language
English
PY: Publication Year
1995
PT: Publication Type
Journal Article
DE: Descriptors
storms; tropic zone; cyclones; hurricanes; case studies;
atmospheric physics; vortices; tropical meteorology; vorticity
ID: Identifiers
Hurricane Bob
TR: ASFA Input Center Number
CS9510996
CL: Classification
SW 0815 Precipitation; Q2 02241 General
SF: Subfile
Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy &
Non-Living Resources
AN: Accession Number
3727686
Record 2 of 4
TI: Title
The motion of Hurricane Gloria: A potential vorticity diagnosis
AU: Author
Shapiro, LJ
AF: Author Affiliation
Hurricane Research Division, AOML/NOAA, 4301 Rickenbacker
Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, USA
SO: Source
Monthly Weather Review [MON. WEATHER REV.], vol. 124, no. 11, pp.
2497-2508, 1996
IS: ISSN
0027-0644
AB: Abstract
Multilevel, multinested analyses of Hurricane Gloria of 1985 are
the most comprehensive kinematic dataset yet developed for a
single hurricane. A piecewise inversion technique is used with
these analyses and the nonlinear balance equation to deduce the
three-dimensional distribution of potential vorticity (PV) that
contributed to the deep-layer mean (DLM) flow that steered Gloria
toward the northwest. The background state is taken to be the
azimuthally averaged winds in balance with a geopotential
distribution on an f plane. Advantage is taken of the
near-linearity of the weak asymmetries near the hurricane's core
and of PV in the environment. Thus, ad hoc aspects of the
linearization required by other investigators are effectively
eliminated. Removal of the hurricane vortex and the use of a
climatological mean background state are avoided as well. The
insensitivity of the results to the imposed lateral boundary
conditions is also demonstrated. Wind anomalies attributable to
pieces of anomalous PV restricted to cylinders of different radii
centered on the hurricane are evaluated. The DLM wind that steered
Gloria to the northwest is primarily attributable to PV anomalies
confined within a cylinder of radius 1000 km and levels 500 mb and
above, including positive anomalies associated with a cold low
over Cuba. The vector difference between the hurricane's observed
motion and the DLM wind at Gloria's center attributable to these
PV anomalies is 1.0 m s super(-1), explaining more than
five-sixths of the hurricane's 6.2 m s super(-1) motion.
Implications for measurements required to establish short-term
changes of the environmental steering flow are considered.
Difficulties in the interpretation of results are discussed for PV
anomalies that are confined to noncircular regions; the
implication for other studies is considered as well.
LA: Language
English
SL: Summary Language
English
PY: Publication Year
1996
PT: Publication Type
Journal Article
DE: Descriptors
hurricanes; storms; wind; climatology
ID: Identifiers
Hurricane Gloria
CL: Classification
SW 0815 Precipitation
SF: Subfile
Water Resources Abstracts
AN: Accession Number
3978786
Record 3 of 4
TI: Title
Hurricane Hugo offers many lessons to building designers.
AU: Author
Harris, Gill
AF: Author Affiliation
Metal Building Manufacturers Assoc, Cleveland, OH, USA
SO: Source
BUILD STAND., vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 10-13, 1992
IS: ISSN
0270-1197
AB: Abstract
More than 30 years had passed since the Charleston, South
Carolina, area had experienced wind forces of the scale produced
by Hurricane Hugo on September 21 and 22, 1989. As a result, the
hurricane provided a vivid history of the wind resistances of many
different types of construction in the area. This article
summarizes the results of an investigation of metal buildings to
evaluate their resistance to the hurricane. A nearby anemometer
provided relatively well-known conditions for the buildings.
Performance of the buildings indicated improvements had occurred
in establishing current wind load criteria.
LA: Language
English
PY: Publication Year
1992
PT: Publication Type
Journal Article
DE: Descriptors
Hurricanes; Wind effects; Structural analysis; Metals; Structural
design; Hurricane effects; Hurricane resistance; Building codes;
Structural loads
ID: Identifiers
Metal Construction; Wind Loads; Wind Load Design Criteria; Wind
Speed
CL: Classification
EE 402 BUILDINGS AND TOWERS; EE 443.1 Atmospheric Properties; EE
408.1 Structural Design (General); EE 408.2 Structural Members and
Shapes; EE 531 METALLURGY AND METALLOGRAPHY; EE 902.2 Codes and
Standards
SF: Subfile
Environmental Engineering Abstracts
AN: Accession Number
0019686
Record 4 of 4
TI: Title
Engineering overview of Hurricane Andrew in South Florida
AU: Author
Sirkin, A
AF: Author Affiliation
Consulting Engr. and Gen. Contractor, One Lincoln Rd. Build., Ste.
217, Miami Beach, FL 33139, USA
SO: Source
Journal of Urban Planning and Development [J. URBAN PLANN. DEV.],
vol. 121, no. 1, pp. 1-10, 1995
IS: ISSN
0733-9488
AB: Abstract
On August 24, 1992 Hurricane Andrew became the first major
hurricane to attack south Florida in 57 years. Although adequate
warnings were given as the storm approached, after the hurricane
had passed, it was found that no plan was in place to provide a
quick response for the victims. Workers and equipment needed to be
repositioned and brought in from long distances.
Hurricane-resistive building codes were found to be inadequate.
Essential electrical power networks were lost. Manufactured homes
were devastated. Obviously, changes would be needed to plan for
the next major hurricane to hit the area.
LA: Language
English
SL: Summary Language
English
PY: Publication Year
1995
PT: Publication Type
Journal Article
DE: Descriptors
hurricanes; USA, Florida; building codes; warning systems; legal
aspects; flood damage; storm surges; wind; urban planning
CL: Classification
SW 0815 Precipitation
SF: Subfile
Water Resources Abstracts
AN: Accession Number
3935444
Database: Environmental Sciences
Query: (hurricane and ab=wind ADJ speed)
Your Note:
Record 1 of 1
TI: Title
Dynamics of hurricanes as they approach and take landfall.
AU: Author
Hsu, SA
AF: Author Affiliation
Coast. Stud. Inst. and Dep. Geol. and Geophys., Sch. Geosci.,
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
CF: Conference
156. Natl. Meet. of the American Assoc. for the Advancement of
Science, New Orleans, LA (USA), 15-20 Feb 1990
ED: Editor
Games, MD (comp)
SO: Source
1990 AAAS ANNUAL MEETING ABSTRACTS., 1989, p. 28
NT: Notes
Abstract only.
AB: Abstract
An overview is made of the changes in boundary-layer kinematic and
thermodynamic structures of hurricanes such as Frederic (1979) and
Alicia (1983) at landfall, and a numerical model that simulates
these characteristics is presented. It is shown that land-sea
frictional asymmetry at landfall is the most important dynamic
factor. This roughness difference opposes the mean vortex flow
over land and reinforces it at sea. In general, the standard
10-meter wind speed at a coastal station on land is approximately
80% of the speed over water. The vertical shear of the horizontal
wind over land is twice that over water. Thermodynamic analyses
indicate that loss of oceanic heat and moisture source, in
addition to the advection of drier air from land, is responsible
for cooling and drying of the inflowing boundary layer air.
Numerical simulation of a hurricane indicates that the rainfall in
spiral rainbands diminishes during the 7 hours before landfall.
For coastal applications such as storm surge modeling, the wind
field along the shoreline but normal to the storm track, as well
as characteristics of the wind stress (drag) coefficient under
hurricane conditions, will also be discussed.
LA: Language
English
PY: Publication Year
1989
PT: Publication Type
Book Monograph; Conference; Summary
DE: Descriptors
dynamics; thermal structure; atmospheric boundary layer; Frederic;
Alicia; mathematical models; friction; surface/topography; wind
stress; storm surges; boundary layers; thermodynamics
ID: Identifiers
hurricanes; land-sea frictional asymmetry; landfall
CL: Classification
Q2 02243 Structure, mechanics and thermodynamics; H SE6.21
HURRICANES
SF: Subfile
ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources; Health &
Safety Science Abstracts
AN: Accession Number
2696821