Hurricane Risk

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Collins, Jennifer M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Walsh, Kevin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Hurricane Risk, 1
• Subjects: Climate change.; Atmospheric sciences.; Natural disasters.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Climate Change.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

This book details the outcomes of new research focusing on climate risk related to hurricanes. Topics include numerical simulation of tropical cyclones, through tropical cyclone hazard estimation to damage estimates and their implications for commercial risk. Inspired by the 6th International Summit...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 1. Global and Regional variability of Tropical Cyclone-induced thermocline Warming
• 2. How has the expansion of the Tropics affected Tropical Cyclogensis?
• 3. Current and Future Cyclone Activity in High-resolution Global Model Ensemble Simulations
• 4. Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Changes in a Warmer Climate
• 5. Forecasting Catastrophe Losses in a Changing Climate
• Conclusions. .