ADVANCES IN HURRICANE RESEARCH MODELLING, METEOROLOGY, PREPAREDNESS AND IMPACTS

ADVANCES IN HURRICANE RESEARCH -MODELLING, METEOROLOGY, PREPAREDNESS AND IMPACTS Edited by Kieran Hickey Advances in Hurricane Research - Modelling, Meteorology, Preparedness and Impacts http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/3399 Edited by Kieran Hickey Contributors Eric Hendricks, Melinda Peng, Alexander Grankov, Vladimir Krapivin, Svyatoslav Marechek, Mariya Marechek, Alexander Mil`shin, Evgenii Novichikhin, Sergey Golovachev, Nadezda Shelobanova, Anatolii Shutko, Gary Moynihan, Daniel Fonseca, Robert Gensure, Jeff Novak, Ariel Szogi, Ken Stone, Xuefeng Chu, Don Watts, Mel Johnson, Gunnar Schade, Qin Chen, Kelin Hu, Patrick FitzPatrick, Dongxiao Wang, Kieran Richard Hickey Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Iva Lipovic Technical Editor InTech DTP team Cover InTech Design team First published December, 2012 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechopen.com Advances in Hurricane Research - Modelling, Meteorology, Preparedness and Impacts, Edited by Kieran Hickey p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0867-2 free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found at www.intechopen.com Contents Preface VII Section 1 Modelling 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Initialization of Tropical Cyclones in Numerical Prediction Systems 3 Eric A. Hendricks and Melinda S. Peng Elaboration of Technologies for the Diagnosis of Tropical Hurricanes Beginning in Oceans with Remote Sensing Methods 23 A. G. Grankov, S. V. Marechek, A. A. Milshin, E. P. Novichikhin, S. P. Golovachev, N. K. Shelobanova and A. M. Shutko Assessment of a Parametric Hurricane Surface Wind Model for Tropical Cyclones in the Gulf of Mexico 43 Kelin Hu, Qin Chen and Patrick Fitzpatrick Section 2 Meteorology 73 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 The Variations of Atmospheric Variables Recorded at Xisha Station in the South China Sea During Tropical Cyclone Passages 75 Dongxiao Wang, Jian Li, Lei Yang and Yunkai He Characteristics of Hurricane Ike During Its Passage over Houston, Texas 89 Gunnar W. Schade ... - tailieumienphi.vn