METHODS OF CHARACTERIZING STORMS

• US 20070225915A1
• Filed: 03/22/2007
• Published: 09/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Universal Weather and Aviation Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Universal Weather and Aviation Incorporated
• Inventors: Chambers, Mark, Hebert, Christopher, Weinzapfel, Robert
• Application Number:
  US11/690,062
• Publication Number:
  US 20070225915A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/3
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 1/02 Instruments for indicating weather conditions by measuring two or more variables, e.g. humidity, pressure, temperature, cloud cover or wind speed G01W1/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 1/10 Devices for predicting weather conditions computers per se G06; display devices G09

Abstract

At least one method for characterizing cyclone includes combining a first parameter with at least a second parameter.

Claims

1. A method of characterizing a cyclone, comprising combining a first parameter with at least a second parameter.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first parameter includes an intensity parameter.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein first parameter is based on a wind speed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second parameter includes a size of the cyclone.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first parameter includes an exponential function of wind speed.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second parameter includes an exponential function of the size of the cyclone.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising combining with the first parameter or the second parameter a third parameter for characterizing the cyclone, wherein the third parameter includes a minimum sea level pressure.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising combining with the first parameter or the second parameter a third parameter for characterizing the cyclone, wherein the third parameter includes a measure of flight level winds.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising combining with the first parameter or the second parameter a third parameter for characterizing the cyclone, wherein the third parameter includes a speed of movement.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising combining with the first parameter or the second parameter a third parameter for characterizing the cyclone, wherein the third parameter includes a rainfall potential.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising combining with the first parameter or the second parameter a third parameter for characterizing the cyclone, wherein the third parameter includes a storm surge.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising combining with the first parameter or the second parameter a third parameter for characterizing the cyclone, wherein the third parameter includes a direction of movement of the cyclone.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising combining with the first parameter or the second parameter a third parameter for characterizing the cyclone, wherein the third parameter includes an indication of the increase or decrease in a wind speed of the cyclone.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the cyclone includes a hurricane.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the cyclone includes a tropical cyclone.

4. The method of clam 1, wherein the first parameter is based on a combination of different wind speed data, wherein the wind speed data are obtained by measuring the wind speed at varying locations in the cyclone.

17. A method of characterizing a cyclone, comprising:

providing a storm index, the storm index including an intensity parameter and a size parameter.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the intensity parameter has a non-linear relationship to a wind speed of the cyclone.

19. A method of characterizing a storm comprising:

providing a storm index including a size parameter, wherein the size parameter has a non-linear relationship to the size of the cyclone.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising adding an intensity parameter to the index.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising adding asecond parameter to the index, wherein the second parameter is based on Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.

22. A method of characterizing a cyclone, comprising:

indexing a wind intensity parameter having a non-linear relation to a wind speed.

23. A method of preparing an insurance index, comprising:

characterizing a cyclone by indexing a first parameter having a non-linear relation to a wind speed;

characterizing an insurance parameter based on at least the characterizing of the cyclone; and

providing an insurance index by combining the first parameter and the second parameter.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the insurance index includes a damage estimate of a location.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the insurance index includes a risk associated with a location.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein the insurance index includes a policy quote.