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- Title
Improving our understanding of wind extremes from Bangladesh tropical cyclones: insights from a high-resolution convection-permitting numerical model.
- Authors
Steptoe, Hamish; Economou, Theo
- Abstract
We use high resolution (4.4 km) numerical simulations of tropical cyclones to produce exceedance probability estimates for extreme wind (gust) speeds over Bangladesh. For the first time, we estimate equivalent return periods up to and including a 1-in-200 year event, in a spatially coherent manner over all of Bangladesh, by using generalised additive models. We show that some northern provinces, up to 200 km inland, may experience conditions equal to or exceeding a very severe cyclonic storm event (maximum wind speeds in = 64 knots) with a likelihood equal to coastal regions less than 50 km inland. For the most severe super cyclonic storm events (= 120 knots), event exceedance probabilities of 1-in-100 to 1-in-200 events remain limited to the coastlines of southern provinces only. We demonstrate how the Bayesian interpretation of the generalised additive model can facilitate a transparent decision-making framework for tropical cyclone warnings.
- Subjects
BANGLADESH; CYCLONES; SEVERE storms; WIND speed; COASTS; TROPICAL cyclones; COMPUTER simulation
- Publication
Natural Hazards & Earth System Sciences Discussions, 2020, p1
- ISSN
2195-9269
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/nhess-2020-299