ARA Announces Approval of Hurricane Model by Florida Using Climate Conditioning for First Time
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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
"This improvement recognizes the evolving nature of hurricane risk, which is driven by changing environmental parameters, such as sea surface temperature and wind shear,” said ARA Principal Engineer Frank Lavelle, who has managed the development and support of ARA’s hurricane model since 2002.
Key Points:
- "This improvement recognizes the evolving nature of hurricane risk, which is driven by changing environmental parameters, such as sea surface temperature and wind shear,” said ARA Principal Engineer Frank Lavelle, who has managed the development and support of ARA’s hurricane model since 2002.
- This breakthrough in climate conditioned modeling is made possible by ARA’s unique methodology, allowing for direct input from leading Global Circulation Models (GCM).
- “Environmental parameters are direct inputs to ARA’s unique, physically-based hurricane hazard model,” said Senior Engineer Lauren Mudd, ARA’s principal climate change expert with respect to the hurricane hazard.
- ARA’s wind engineering expertise and its state-of-the-art hurricane model, HurLoss ®, provide an independent and highly respected view of hurricane risk to structural engineers, emergency managers, energy producers, and property insurers.