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Hurricane Surface Winds
Principal Investigator :
Mark Powell
Group Members :
Shirley Murillo
Russel St. Fleur
Nirva Morisseau-Leroy
Nick Carrasco
George Soukup
Neal Dorst
Jason Dunion
Sonia Otero
Objective :
To support projects associated with improved analysis of surface wind
fields in tropical cyclones. Projects for FY-04 include Army Corps of
Engineers, NOPP, and HPCC funded efforts.
Accomplishments:
First ever realtime tower data into realtime tropical cyclone wind
field analysis, first ever feed of wind swath data to realtime damage
assessment HAZUS software at FEMA. High frequency, large domain wind
field snapshots for Hurricanes Betsy 1965, Lili (2002) and Isidore
(2002). Over 100 realtime analyses of 2003 season tropical cyclones.
Technical review panel final report to Army Corps of Engineers on
ADCIRC model for New Orleans District. Technical guidance to National
Institute of Building Sciences and FEMA for HAZUS via the Wind
Committee.
References :
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Houston, S. H., W. A. Shaffer, M. D. Powell, and J. Chen, 1999:
Comparisons of HRD and SLOSH surface wind fields in hurricanes:
Implications for storm surge and wave modeling. Wea. Forecast.,
14, 671-686.
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Powell, M. D., and S. H. Houston, 1999: Comments on "A multiscale numerical
study of Hurricane Andrew (1992). Part I: Explicit simulation and
verification." Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, 1706-1710.
- Coauthor, NRC Committee Report: 1999: Review of the need for
a large-scale test facility for research on the effects of extreme
winds on structures. National Research Council, National Academy
Press, Washington D. C. ISBN-0-309-06483-X.
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Powell, M. D., S. H. Houston, L. R. Amat, and N Morisseau-Leroy,
1998: The HRD real-time hurricane wind analysis system. J. Wind
Engineer. and Indust. Aerodyn. 77&78, 53-64
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Powell, M. D., and S. H. Houston, 1998: Surface wind fields of
1995 Hurricanes Erin, Opal, Luis, Marilyn, and Roxanne at
landfall. Mon Wea. Rev., 126, 1259-1273.
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Coauthor, USWRP PDT-5 Report, 1998: Tropical Cyclones:
Forecast problems and associated research opportunities.
Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., Vol.79, No.2 , 305-323
- Coauthor, USWRP PDT-3 Report, 1997: Coastal Meteorology and
Oceanography: Report of the third prospectus Development team of the
USWRP to NOAA and NSF. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., Vol.77,
No. , 1578-1585
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Powell, M. D., S. H.Houston, and T. A. Reinhold, 1996: Hurricane Andrew's
Landfall in South Florida. Part I: Standardizing measurements for
documentation of surface wind fields. Weather Forecast., 11, 304-328.
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Powell, M. D., and S. H. Houston, 1996: Hurricane Andrew's Landfall in South
Florida. Part II: Surface Wind Fields and Potential Real-time Applications.
Weather. Forecast., 11, 329-349.
FY04 proposed milestones :
Web version of H*Wind, assistance to FEMA for future TC landfall
events, MOU with Dominion Power to support future landfall events.
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