Extreme Weather Records

Cerveny, Randall S.; Lawrimore, J. H.; Edwards, Roger; Landsea, Christopher W.

doi:10.1175/bams-88-6-853

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“…Typhoon Tip in 1979 tracked through the eastern section of the PAR but remained offshore and eventually tracked north, making landfall in Japan [ Dunnavan and Diercks , ]. While east of the Philippines, this typhoon became the most intense TC in world history, registering a minimum central pressure of 870 mbar [ Dunnavan and Diercks , ; Cerveny et al ., ]. Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 made landfall in Samar and Leyte, while maintaining maximum sustained winds of 313 km/h, which was the strongest sustained wind at landfall for any TC in world history [ Masters , ].…”

Section: Western North Pacific (Includes All Of East Asia)mentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of tropical cyclone‐generated storm surges: Global data sources, observations, and impacts

Needham

Keim

Sathiaraj

2015

Reviews of Geophysics

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Tropical cyclone-generated storm surges are among the world's most deadly and destructive natural hazards. This paper provides the first comprehensive global review of tropical storm surge data sources, observations, and impacts while archiving data in SURGEDAT, a global database. Available literature has provided data for more than 700 surge events since 1880, the majority of which are found in the western North Atlantic (WNA), followed by Australia/Oceania, the western North Pacific (WNP), and the northern Indian Ocean (NIO). The Bay of Bengal (BOB) in the NIO consistently observes the world's highest surges, as this subbasin averages five surges ≥5 m per decade and has observed credible storm tide levels reaching 13.7 m. The WNP observes the highest rate of low-magnitude surges, as the coast of China averages 54 surges ≥1 m per decade, and rates are likely higher in the Philippines. The U.S. Gulf Coast observes the second highest frequency of both high-magnitude (≥5 m) and low-magnitude (≥1 m) surges. The BOB observes the most catastrophic surge impacts, as 59% of global tropical cyclones that have killed at least 5000 people occurred in this basin. The six deadliest cyclones in this region have each killed at least 140,000 people, and two events have killed 300,000. Storm surge impacts transportation, agriculture, and energy sectors in the WNA. Oceania experiences long-term impacts, including contamination of fresh water and loss of food supplies, although the highest surges in this region are lower than most other basins.

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Section: Western North Pacific (Includes All Of East Asia)mentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of tropical cyclone‐generated storm surges: Global data sources, observations, and impacts

Needham

Keim

Sathiaraj

2015

Reviews of Geophysics

251

115

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“…When the idea of a global weather archive was first proposed (Cerveny et al 2007), the idea that weather extremes can be community or regional points of pride and community spirit was discussed. The strong reaction to this current wind extremes investigation aptly demonstrated the continued need for meteorologists and climatologists to be deeply sensitive to the local community's potentially strong feelings regarding replacement of a long-or passionately held connection to a given weather record.…”

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Documentation and verification of the world extreme wind gust record: 113.3 m/s on Barrow Island, Australia, during passage of tropical cyclone Olivia

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Cerveny³

et al. 2012

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“…Extreme rainfall events associated with flash floods [1,2], landslides [3,4], and debris flow [5] often lead to tremendous damages to properties and fatalities. According to Cerveny [6] and Mazzoglio [7], extreme rainfall events are becoming more frequent. It is thus an increasing concern for emergency agencies, researchers, and the public, especially residents in coastal cities [8].…”

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Cross-Examination of Similarity, Difference and Deficiency of Gauge, Radar and Satellite Precipitation Measuring Uncertainties for Extreme Events Using Conventional Metrics and Multiplicative Triple Collocation

Chen

Gao

et al. 2020

Remote Sensing

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Quantifying uncertainties of precipitation estimation, especially in extreme events, could benefit early warning of water-related hazards like flash floods and landslides. Rain gauges, weather radars, and satellites are three mainstream data sources used in measuring precipitation but have their own inherent advantages and deficiencies. With a focus on extremes, the overarching goal of this study is to cross-examine the similarities and differences of three state-of-the-art independent products (Muti-Radar Muti-Sensor Quantitative Precipitation Estimates, MRMS; National Center for Environmental Prediction gridded gauge-only hourly precipitation product, NCEP; Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM, IMERG), with both traditional metrics and the Multiplicative Triple Collection (MTC) method during Hurricane Harvey and multiple Tropical Cyclones. The results reveal that: (a) the consistency of cross-examination results against traditional metrics approves the applicability of MTC in extreme events; (b) the consistency of cross-events of MTC evaluation results also suggests its robustness across individual storms; (c) all products demonstrate their capacity of capturing the spatial and temporal variability of the storm structures while also magnifying respective inherent deficiencies; (d) NCEP and IMERG likely underestimate while MRMS overestimates the storm total accumulation, especially for the 500-year return Hurricane Harvey; (e) both NCEP and IMERG underestimate extreme rainrates (>= 90 mm/h) likely due to device insensitivity or saturation while MRMS maintains robust across the rainrate range; (g) all three show inherent deficiencies in capturing the storm core of Harvey possibly due to device malfunctions with the NCEP gauges, relative low spatiotemporal resolution of IMERG, and the unusual "hot" MRMS radar signals. Given the unknown ground reference assumption of MTC, this study suggests that MRMS has the best overall performance. The similarities, differences, advantages, and deficiencies revealed in this study could guide the users for emergency response and motivate the community not only to improve the respective sensor/algorithm but also innovate multidata merging methods for one best possible product, specifically suitable for extreme storm events.

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Extreme Weather Records

Cited by 47 publications

References 8 publications

A review of tropical cyclone‐generated storm surges: Global data sources, observations, and impacts

A review of tropical cyclone‐generated storm surges: Global data sources, observations, and impacts

Documentation and verification of the world extreme wind gust record: 113.3 m/s on Barrow Island, Australia, during passage of tropical cyclone Olivia

Cross-Examination of Similarity, Difference and Deficiency of Gauge, Radar and Satellite Precipitation Measuring Uncertainties for Extreme Events Using Conventional Metrics and Multiplicative Triple Collocation

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