Tropical Cyclones and Associated Impacts
A Global Perspective

Coordinators: Villarini Gabriele, A Vecchi Gabriel, Scoccimarro Enrico

Language: English

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Tropical 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 and their impacts on many spheres of our lives. This book is geared towards readers who have an interest in tropical cyclones, with a broad appeal to difference audiences ranging from academia to federal and state agencies dealing with these storms. Tropical cyclones are among the most destructive natural hazards, and every year they claim numerous fatalities and large economic damages due to storm surge, inland flooding and heavy rainfall, and damaging winds. Many sectors are impacted by these events, including energy, insurance/reinsurance, and public health.

1. Overview of tropical cyclones and historical perspective 2. Tropical cyclones and flooding 3. Impacts of tropical cyclones in urban areas 4. Tropical cyclones and storm surge 5. Tropical cyclones and compound riverine / coastal flooding 6. Tropical cyclones and wind damage 7. Managing the risks associated with tropical cyclones 8. Tropical cyclones and the insurance / reinsurance sector 9. Tropical cyclones and the energy sector 10. Tropical cyclones and human health 11. Forecasting the impacts associated with tropical cyclones 12. Projecting changes in the impacts of tropical cyclones 13. Attribution of impacts associated with tropical cyclones to climate change 14. A paleoclimatological perspective on tropical cyclones

Gabriele Villarini is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa, and Director of IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering. 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 a number of 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). He has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers, including articles in Nature, Science, Nature Climate Change, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He is the Editor-in-Chief for Advances in Water Resources. He served as a member of the U.S.-CLIVAR Working Group on Hurricanes and Climate.
Gabriel Vecchi is Professor in the Department of Geosciences and the High Meadows Environmental Institute. 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 NOAA, and from July 2019 to July 2021 was its Director. 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) in Princeton, New Jersey, where he was since 2003. 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.
Enrico Scoccimarro is Senior Scientist at euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), and deputy direct
  • 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