Hurricane winds over the North Atlantic: Spatial analysis and sensitivity to ocean temperature

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2014

Abstract

Hurricanes pose serious threats to people and infrastructure along the United States Gulf and Atlantic coasts. The risk of the strongest hurricane winds over the North Atlantic basin is analyzed using a statistical model from extreme value theory and a tessellation of the domain. The spatial variation in model parameters is shown, and an estimate of the limiting strength of hurricanes at locations across the basin is provided. Quantitative analysis of the variation is done using a geographically weighted regression with regional sea surface temperature as a covariate. It is found that as sea surface temperatures increase, the expected hurricane wind speed for a given return period also increases. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Natural Hazards

Number

447

First Page

1733

Last Page

1747

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