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Group Members :
Shirley Murillo
Russel St. Fleur
Nirva Morisseau-Leroy
Nick Carrasco
George Soukup
Neal Dorst
Jason Dunion
Sonia Otero

Objective :
To support projects associated with improved analysis of surface wind fields in tropical cyclones. Projects for FY-04 include Army Corps of Engineers, NOPP, and HPCC funded efforts.

Accomplishments:
First ever realtime tower data into realtime tropical cyclone wind field analysis, first ever feed of wind swath data to realtime damage assessment HAZUS software at FEMA. High frequency, large domain wind field snapshots for Hurricanes Betsy 1965, Lili (2002) and Isidore (2002). Over 100 realtime analyses of 2003 season tropical cyclones. Technical review panel final report to Army Corps of Engineers on ADCIRC model for New Orleans District. Technical guidance to National Institute of Building Sciences and FEMA for HAZUS via the Wind Committee.

References :

• Houston, S. H., W. A. Shaffer, M. D. Powell, and J. Chen, 1999: Comparisons of HRD and SLOSH surface wind fields in hurricanes: Implications for storm surge and wave modeling. Wea. Forecast., 14, 671-686.

• Powell, M. D., and S. H. Houston, 1999: Comments on "A multiscale numerical study of Hurricane Andrew (1992). Part I: Explicit simulation and verification." Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, 1706-1710.

• Coauthor, NRC Committee Report: 1999: Review of the need for a large-scale test facility for research on the effects of extreme winds on structures. National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington D. C. ISBN-0-309-06483-X.

• Powell, M. D., S. H. Houston, L. R. Amat, and N Morisseau-Leroy, 1998: The HRD real-time hurricane wind analysis system. J. Wind Engineer. and Indust. Aerodyn. 77&78, 53-64

• Powell, M. D., and S. H. Houston, 1998: Surface wind fields of 1995 Hurricanes Erin, Opal, Luis, Marilyn, and Roxanne at landfall. Mon Wea. Rev., 126, 1259-1273.

• Coauthor, USWRP PDT-5 Report, 1998: Tropical Cyclones: Forecast problems and associated research opportunities. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., Vol.79, No.2 , 305-323

• Coauthor, USWRP PDT-3 Report, 1997: Coastal Meteorology and Oceanography: Report of the third prospectus Development team of the USWRP to NOAA and NSF. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., Vol.77, No. , 1578-1585

• Powell, M. D., S. H.Houston, and T. A. Reinhold, 1996: Hurricane Andrew's Landfall in South Florida. Part I: Standardizing measurements for documentation of surface wind fields. Weather Forecast., 11, 304-328.

• Powell, M. D., and S. H. Houston, 1996: Hurricane Andrew's Landfall in South Florida. Part II: Surface Wind Fields and Potential Real-time Applications. Weather. Forecast., 11, 329-349.

FY04 proposed milestones :
Web version of H*Wind, assistance to FEMA for future TC landfall events, MOU with Dominion Power to support future landfall events.

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Last modified: 5/16/2003