State of Florida hurricane loss projection model: Atmospheric science component

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 651-674

  Powell, Mark ^a   Soukup, George ^a   Cocke, Steve ^b   Gulati, Sneh ^c   Morisseau Leroy, Nirva ^d   Hamid, Shahid ^c   Dorst, Neal ^a   Axe, Lizabeth ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophe; Damage; Hurricane; Insured loss; Risk

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOUSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WIND EFFECTS;

CATASTROPHE; CLIMATE CYLES; HURRICANE DAMAGE; INSURED LOSS; SURFACE PRESSURE FIELD;

HURRICANE EFFECTS;

DAMAGE ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE;

EID: 26944460404     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2005.05.008     Document Type: Article

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