PREDICTING TROPICAL CYCLONE DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL BY INTEGRATED KINETIC ENERGY ACCORDING TO THE POWELL/REINHOLD SCALE
First Claim
1. A method for determining the severity of storms selected from the group consisting of hurricanes and typhoons, according to a Wind Destructive Potential (WDP) Scale and a Storm Surge Destructive Potential (SDP) Scale, otherwise known as the Powell/Reinhold Scale, whereinsaid WDP accounting for structural and loading and the non-linear nature of wind damage to residential structures;
- said SDP relating the process through which wind forces, storm surge and waves create damage;
said method comprising;
computing the integrated kinetic energy (IKE) (TJ) from a surface wind field by integrating the 10-m-level kinetic energy per unit volume of portions of the storm domain volume (V) containing sustained surface wind speeds (U) satisfying equation (1);
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Abstract
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.
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1. A method for determining the severity of storms selected from the group consisting of hurricanes and typhoons, according to a Wind Destructive Potential (WDP) Scale and a Storm Surge Destructive Potential (SDP) Scale, otherwise known as the Powell/Reinhold Scale, wherein
said WDP accounting for structural and loading and the non-linear nature of wind damage to residential structures; -
said SDP relating the process through which wind forces, storm surge and waves create damage; said method comprising; computing the integrated kinetic energy (IKE) (TJ) from a surface wind field by integrating the 10-m-level kinetic energy per unit volume of portions of the storm domain volume (V) containing sustained surface wind speeds (U) satisfying equation (1); - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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