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Tropical or extratropical cyclones: What drives the compound flood hazard, impact, and risk for the United States Southeast Atlantic coast?

Nederhoff, C.M. (author), Leijnse, Tim W.B. (author), Parker, Kai (author), Thomas, Jennifer (author), O’Neill, Andrea (author), van Ormondt, Maarten (author), McCall, Robert (author), Erikson, Li (author), Barnard, Patrick L. (author)

Subtropical coastlines are impacted by both tropical and extratropical cyclones. While both may lead to substantial damage to coastal communities, it is difficult to determine the contribution of tropical cyclones to coastal flooding relative to that of extratropical cyclones. We conduct a large-scale flood hazard and impact assessment across...

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Cyber-Physical Testbed Co-simulation Real-Time: Normal and Abnormal System Frequency Response

Riquelme-Dominguez, Jose Miguel (author), Gonzalez-Longatt, Francisco (author), Melo, Andre Felipe Silva (author), Rueda, José L. (author), Palensky, P. (author)

Future carbon-neutral power systems impose many challenges; one is the urgent need for a simulation platform that allows replicating the complex systems’ actual dynamic performance. This paper shows the results of implementing a cyber-physical testbed co-simulation in real-time to analyse the system frequency response considering primary...

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Evaluation and Improvement of a Stochastic Parametric Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Model - for Flood Impact Assessment

Arish Hasan, Arish (author)

BaCla is a new stochastic parametric precipitation model to estimate rainfall associated with Tropical cyclones (TCs) in a computationally efficient way. It is validated for a number of calibration cases along with the current benchmark IPET deterministic method. The results of these models are compared with the observed StageIV-based rainfall....

master thesis 2022

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Estimating tropical cyclone-induced wind, waves, and surge: A general methodology based on representative tracks

Bakker, Tije M. (author), Antolínez, José A. Á. (author), Leijnse, T.W.B. (author), Pearson, S.G. (author), Giardino, Alessio (author)

Tropical Cyclones (TCs) are singular storms causing intense wind, large waves, extreme water levels, and heavy rainfall. TCs prove every year to be one of the most destructive natural phenomena worldwide. The quantitative assessment of the hazards resulting from TCs (i.e., flooding and extreme winds) is challenging since satellite data are...

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Atmospheric Triggers of the Brunt Ice Shelf Calving in February 2021

Francis, Diana (author), Fonseca, Ricardo (author), Mattingly, Kyle S. (author), Marsh, Oliver J. (author), Lhermitte, S.L.M. (author), Cherif, Charfeddine (author)

The calving of Antarctic ice shelves remains unpredictable to date due to a lack of understanding of the role of the different climatic components in such events. In this study, the role of atmospheric forcing in the calving of the Brunt Ice Shelf (BIS) in February 2021 is investigated using a combination of observational and reanalysis data....

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Parametric Precipitation Model for Tropical Cyclone Radial Rainfall Profiles: Reducing the biases in the Bader model for the North Atlantic

Claassen, Judith (author)

Torrential rain from tropical cyclones can have a devastating impact, causing loss of life and billions in damages. To better understand the risk faced by coastal communities, it is important to estimate how often a tropical cyclone could occur and how much rainfall it will produce. One way to do this is by analyzing past storms and building...

master thesis 2021

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An integrated framework of coastal flood modelling under the failures of sea dikes: a case study in Shanghai

Ke, Q. (author), Yin, Jiangshan (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), Savage, Nicholas (author), Buonomo, Erasmo (author), Ye, Qinghua (author), Visser, P.J. (author), Dong, Guangtao (author), Jonkman, Sebastiaan N. (author)

Climate change leads to sea level rise worldwide, as well as increases in the intensity and frequency of tropical cyclones (TCs). Storm surge induced by TC’s, together with spring tides, threatens to cause failure of flood defenses, resulting in massive flooding in low-lying coastal areas. However, limited research has been done on the...

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Is the tropical cyclone surge in Shanghai more sensitive to landfall location or intensity change?

Wang, Shuai (author), Toumi, Ralf (author), Ye, Qinghua (author), Ke, Q. (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), Tian, Zhan (author), Sun, Laixiang (author)

It has been shown that the proportion of intense tropical cyclones (TCs) has been increasing together with a poleward migration of TC track. However, their relative importance to TC surge at landfall remains unknown. Here we examine the sensitivity of TC surge in Shanghai to landfall location and intensity with a new dynamical modelling...

journal article 2021

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Meteotsunamis Accompanying Tropical Cyclone Rainbands During Hurricane Harvey

Anarde, Katherine (author), Cheng, Wei (author), Tissier, M.F.S. (author), Figlus, Jens (author), Horrillo, Juan (author)

Meteotsunami waves can be triggered by atmospheric disturbances accompanying tropical cyclone rainbands (TCRs) before, during, and long after a tropical cyclone (TC) makes landfall. Due to a paucity of high-resolution field data along open coasts during TCs, relatively little is known about the atmospheric forcing that generate and resonantly...

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Understanding spatiotemporal patterns of typhoon storm surge disasters based on their tropical cyclone track clusters in China

Wang, K. (author), Yang, Yongsheng (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Huang, Quanyi (author)

Typhoon storm surge disasters have garnered much attention because of their catastrophic damages. We investigated spatiotemporal patterns of typhoon storm surge disasters based on their tropical cyclone track clusters to support disaster mitigation in China. We aggregated 172 typhoon storm surge disasters in the entire cluster. Then, we used...

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Tropical Biogeomorphic Seagrass Landscapes for Coastal Protection: Persistence and Wave Attenuation During Major Storms Events

James, R.K. (author), Lynch, A. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), van Katwijk, M.M. (author), van Tussenbroek, B.I. (author), Dijkstra, H.A. (author), van Westen, R. M. (author), van der Boog, C.G. (author), Klees, R. (author), Pietrzak, J.D. (author), Slobbe, D.C. (author), Bouma, T.J. (author)

The intensity of major storm events generated within the Atlantic Basin is projected to rise with the warming of the oceans, which is likely to exacerbate coastal erosion. Nature-based flood defence has been proposed as a sustainable and effective solution to protect coastlines. However, the ability of natural ecosystems to withstand major...

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Creation of new Extra-Tropical Cyclone fields in the North Atlantic with Generative Adversarial Networks: A deep learning framework to generate new synthetic atmospheric variables fields from the learned original sample data distribution

Dainelli, Filippo (author)

Extra-Tropical Cyclones (ETCs) are major storm system ruling and influencing the atmospheric structure at mid-latitudes. These events are usually characterized by strong winds and heavy precipitation and cause considerable storm surges with threatening wave systems for coastal regions. The possibility to simulate these storms or to increase the...

master thesis 2020

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Storm Surge Modelling due to Tropical Cyclone Activity: Development of an artificial neural network capable of predicting maximum storm surge heights for Hong Kong and Macau

Westrik, Lucas (author)

Over the recent years, flood risks and losses have been increasing for coastal cities due to climate change, subsidence, population and economic growth. Hong Kong and Macau are two cities located in the Pearl River Delta that experience a significant flood risk due to storm surges. The increased losses and risks has sparked interest around the...

master thesis 2020

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Improving the sea defense of Central Termoeléctrica Antonio Guiteras

van den Berg, R.D.D. (author), Buijs, Matthijs (author), Krijger, Tjerk (author), Rijnink, Alexandra (author), Vrijmoeth, Wessel (author)

The central Thermo Electrico Antonio Guiteras (CTE Antonio Guiteras) is a thermoelectric power plant located in the bay of Matanzas. In 2017, hurricane Irma passed the north coast of Cuba and destroyed the primary sea defense in front of the CTE, causing major damage to the plant. The power plant is renovated, and a new and improved sea defense...

student report 2020

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Transformation of infragravity waves during hurricane overwash

Anarde, Katherine (author), Figlus, Jens (author), Sous, Damien (author), Tissier, M.F.S. (author)

Infragravity (IG) waves are expected to contribute significantly to coastal flooding and sediment transport during hurricane overwash, yet the dynamics of these low-frequency waves during hurricane impact remain poorly documented and understood. This paper utilizes hydrodynamic measurements collected during Hurricane Harvey (2017) across a...

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Control of a gas-liquid inline swirl separator based on tomographic measurements

Martinez Garcia, M. (author), Sahovic, B. (author), Sattar, M.A. (author), Atmani, H. (author), Schleicher, E. (author), Hampel, U. (author), Babout, L. (author), Legendre, D. (author), Portela, L. (author)

This text structures the application of Wire-Mesh sensors and Electrical Resistance Tomography in the control of an Inline Swirl Separator. It introduces a mechanistic model of the two-phase flow inside the device, which is linearized around an ideal perfect operation, and implemented in a Model Predictive Controller. The whole text is...

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Including stochastic rainfall distributions in a probabilistic modelling approach for compound flooding due to tropical cyclones: A case study for Houston, Texas

Bader, Daan (author)

Hurricanes impose great threats on coastal communities in terms of hazard and impact. Recent hurricanes like Harvey (Texas, 2017) and Idai (Mozambique, 2019) emphasize the global character of this threat. In the U.S., Hurricane Harvey tied with 2005's Hurricane Katrina as the costliest tropical cyclone on record, inflicting $125 billion in...

master thesis 2019

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Financial benefits of mangroves for surge prone high-value areas

Verhagen, H.J. (author)

In this paper, protection options for a high-value, industrial area along the coast of West Bengal (India) are investigated. The options are designed to protect against cyclone surges with a probability of 1/100 per year. Two alternatives are compared, a classical solution of a dike with a revetment and a solution with a mangrove belt in...

journal article 2019

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Statistical Characterization of the Observed Cold Wake Induced by North Atlantic Hurricanes

Haakman, Koen (author), Sayol España, J.M. (author), van der Boog, C.G. (author), Katsman, C.A. (author)

This work quantifies the magnitude, spatial structure, and temporal evolution of the cold wake left by North Atlantic hurricanes. To this end we composited the sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTA) induced by hurricane observations from 2002 to 2018 derived from the international best track archive for climate stewardship (IBTrACS). Cold wake...

journal article 2019

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A modelling-based assessment of the imprint of storms on wind waves in the western Mediterranean Sea

Toomey, Tim (author), Sayol España, J.M. (author), Marcos, Marta (author), Jorda, Gabriel (author), Campins, Joan (author)

This study analyses the distribution of ocean wind waves in response to extratropi- cal cyclones over the western Mediterranean Sea. To this end we use an ERA40-based database of atmospheric cyclones and a 3-hourly wind wave hind- cast with high horizontal resolution (1/6  ) based on an ERA40 downscaled forcing for the region of study. The...

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