PREDICTING TROPICAL CYCLONE DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL BY INTEGRATED KINETIC ENERGY ACCORDING TO THE POWELL/REINHOLD SCALE

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 w...

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Main Authors REINHOLD TIMOTHY A, POWELL MARK D
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 24.09.2009
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
MEASURING
METEOROLOGY
PHYSICS
TESTING
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Summary: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.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20080050836