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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 46, Issue 2, Pages 636-642Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/es202640p
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- Climate Decision Making Center [SES-0345798]
- center for Climate and Energy Decision Making [SES-0949710]
- National Science Foundation
- Carnegie Mellon University
- NOAA
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie
- Divn Of Social and Economic Sciences [949710] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We investigate tropical cyclone wind and storm surge damage reduction for five areas along the Miami-Dade County coastline either by hardening buildings or by the hypothetical application of wind-wave pumps to modify storms. We calculate surge height and wind speed as functions of return period and sea surface temperature reduction by wind-wave pumps. We then estimate costs and economic losses with the FEMA HAZUS-MH MR3 damage model and census data on property at risk. All areas experience more surge damages for short return periods, and more wind damages for long periods. The return period at which the dominating hazard component switches depends on location. We also calculate the seasonal expected fraction of control damage for different scenarios to reduce damages. Surge damages are best reduced through a surge barrier. Wind damages are best reduced by a portfolio of techniques that, assuming they work and are correctly deployed, include wind-wave pumps.
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