Tropical Cyclones and Associated Impacts
A Global Perspective
- 1st Edition - January 9, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Gabriele Villarini, Gabriel A Vecchi, Enrico Scoccimarro
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 3 9 0 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 7 6 1 - 8
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Request a sales quoteTropical Cyclones and Associated Impacts: A Global Perspective provides a one-stop-shop for readers interested in the impacts of tropical cyclones, capturing the convergence of knowledge across disciplines and fields. Chapters in this book provide a coherent structure that reflects the hazards associated with these storms (e.g., storm surge, inland flooding and heavy rainfall, damaging winds) and their impacts on many spheres of our lives (e.g., energy, public health). This book is geared towards readers who have an interest in tropical cyclones, with a broad appeal to different audiences ranging from academia to federal and state agencies dealing with these storms.
- Features a multidisciplinary approach to the science and impacts of tropical cyclones
- Includes contributions from leading experts in the fields impacted by tropical cyclones
- Presents case studies to connect the science to practical applications
Academia (departments include atmospheric science, climate sciences, hydrology, water resources, civil and environmental engineering, geosciences, risk management), Federal and state agencies dealing with tropical cyclones (e.g., National Hurricane Center; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts), Insurance and reinsurance industry
- Title of Book
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- List of contributors
- About the editors
- Chapter 1. Overview of tropical cyclones and historical perspective
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Tropical cyclone’s structure, life cycle, kinematics, and energetics
- 1.3 Measures of tropical cyclone intensity and activity
- 1.4 Tropical cyclone climatology
- 1.5 Tropical cyclone intraseasonal variability
- 1.6 Tropical cyclone interannual variability
- 1.7 Tropical cyclone decadal to centennial variability and change
- 1.8 Impact of tropical cyclones on climate
- 1.9 Opportunities offered by highly resolved simulations in studying the small-scales properties affecting tropical cyclones intensification
- References
- Chapter 2. Tropical cyclones and flooding
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Tropical cyclones and rainfall
- 2.3 Tropical cyclones and flooding
- 2.4 Case study
- 2.5 Summary and conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 3. Tropical cyclones and urbanization
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Impact of climate change on tropical cyclones
- 3.3 Impact of urbanization on tropical cyclones
- 3.4 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 4. Tropical cyclones and storm surge
- Abstract
- 4.1 Overview
- 4.2 Understanding the mechanisms of tropical cyclone–driven storm surge
- 4.3 The basics of storm surge modeling
- 4.4 Storm surge risk assessment
- 4.5 Summary
- References
- Chapter 5. Compound hazards during tropical cyclones
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Statistical methods
- 5.3 Numerical modeling
- 5.4 Hybrid approaches
- 5.5 Case study: Arch Creek Basin, Southeast Florida, United States
- References
- Chapter 6. Tropical cyclones and wind damage
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Tropical cyclone wind hazard
- 6.3 Socioeconomic impacts of tropical cyclone wind hazards
- 6.4 Concluding remarks
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 7. Managing the risks associated with tropical cyclones
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Tropical cyclone risks defined
- 7.3 Understanding and communicating risk
- 7.4 Hazards associated with tropical cyclones
- 7.5 Risk management measures
- 7.6 Climate change and nonstationary risk management
- 7.7 The way ahead
- References
- Chapter 8. Tropical cyclones and the energy sector
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction and objectives
- 8.2 The global energy system: energy outlook and landscape
- 8.3 Forces and damages created by a tropical cyclone
- 8.4 Components of the global energy system
- 8.5 Tropical cyclone impacts on infrastructure
- 8.6 Specifications and standards
- 8.7 New and emerging technologies in the energy industry
- 8.8 The next 100 years of energy
- 8.9 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 9. Understanding human health impacts of tropical cyclones across scales
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Current approaches to study health impacts
- 9.3 Opportunities to understand human health impacts across scales
- 9.4 Temporal and spatial variability of the historical tropical cyclone record
- 9.5 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 10. Forecasting the impacts associated with tropical cyclones
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Methodology
- 10.3 Application
- 10.4 Recommendations and future directions
- 10.5 Summary
- References
- Chapter 11. Projecting global and regional changes in tropical cyclones and their potential impacts
- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Methods
- 11.3 Results using CESM1
- 11.4 Projections in other models
- 11.5 Uncertainties
- 11.6 Discussion
- References
- Chapter 12. Attribution of impacts associated with tropical cyclones to climate change
- Abstract
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Methods for the attribution analysis of climate change
- 12.3 Current progress in attributing tropical cyclone impacts
- 12.4 Future pathways
- References
- Chapter 13. Reconstructing prehistoric tropical cyclone activity with paleotempestology
- Abstract
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Sedimentary approaches
- 13.3 Isotopic and geochemical approaches
- 13.4 Data availability and citations
- 13.5 Climate modeling
- 13.6 Summary
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 9, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 314
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323953900
- eBook ISBN: 9780323957618
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Gabriele Villarini
Gabriele Villarini is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and at the High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University. He received his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2008 and his Executive MBA in 2018 from the University of Iowa. His research interests focus on flood hydrology, hydroclimatology, and climate predictions and projections. He has received several awards, including the “Hydrological Sciences Outstanding Young Scientist Award” by the European Geosciences Union (2013), and the James B. Macelwane Medal by the American Geophysical Union (2016). He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (2016). Prior to coming to Princeton University in 2023, he was a professor at the University of Iowa, and the Director of IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and at the High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University.GA
Gabriel A Vecchi
Gabriel Vecchi is Knox Taylor Professor of Geosciences and the High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University. Since July 2021 he has been Director of the High Meadows Environmental Institute. He is also the Deputy Director of the Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System (CIMES), a joint institute between Princeton University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and has received several awards including the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the AMS’s Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award, and the Ascent Award from the Atmospheric Sciences Section of the American Geophysical Union. His research focuses on understanding short- and long-term changes to the oceans and atmosphere, including the monsoons, El Niño, and the impact of climate on tropical cyclones, weather extremes, and global patterns of rainfall and drought. Prior to coming to Princeton University in 2017, he was a Research Oceanographer and the Head of the Climate Variations and Predictability Group at the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), where he was from 2003.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Geosciences and the High Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton University USAES
Enrico Scoccimarro
Enrico Scoccimarro is Senior Scientist at Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), and Director of the Climate Variability and Prediction division at CMCC. He has 25 years of experience in climate modelling with a special focus on the coupling between the atmosphere and ocean components of General Circulation Models (GCMs). During this period, he has contributed to the development of several GCMs (e.g., INGV-SXG, CMCC-Med, CMCC-CM CMCC-CM2, CMCC-CM3) and has performed a number of climate scenario simulations and projections participating to the different Coupled Model Intercomparison Projects (CMIP3, CMIP5, CMIP6) providing climate data for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Reports. He has been partner in several international projects mainly dealing with high resolution modelling and impacts associated to extreme events. His main research interest is on extreme events such as tropical cyclones with particular focus on their interaction with the climate system.
Affiliations and expertise
CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Italy.Read Tropical Cyclones and Associated Impacts on ScienceDirect