Estimation of Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Frequency in the United States
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Author(s)
Feldmann, Monika
Emanuel, Kerry
Zhu, Laiyin
Lohmann, Ulrike
Date Issued
August 2019
Journal
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Publisher
American Meteorological Society
Citation
Feldmann, et al. "Estimation of Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Frequency in the United States." Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 58, 8 (August 2019): 1853-1866 © 2019 Author(s)
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Abstract
Tropical cyclones pose a significant flood risk to vast land regions in their path because of extreme precipitation. Thus it is imperative to quantitatively assess this risk. This study compares exceedance frequencies of tropical cyclone precipitation derived from two independent observational datasets with those estimated using a tropical cyclone rainfall algorithm applied to large sets of synthetic tropical cyclones. The modeled rainfall compares reasonably well to observed rainfall across much of the southern United States but does less well in the mid-Atlantic states. Possible causes of this disparity are discussed. © 2019 American Meteorological Society.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0011.1
