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2012 AASC Meeting

2012 AASC Meeting. LOUISIANA OFFICE of STATE CLIMATOLOGY Louisiana State University Dept. of Geography & Anthropology Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (225) 578-6870 -- Office (225) 578-2912 -- FAX. Kyle Brehe User Services Moe Moreau NWS Liason. Handle Hundreds of Data Requests Annually

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2012 AASC Meeting

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  1. 2012 AASC Meeting LOUISIANA OFFICE of STATE CLIMATOLOGYLouisiana State University Dept. of Geography & Anthropology Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (225) 578-6870 -- Office (225) 578-2912 -- FAX Kyle Brehe User Services Moe Moreau NWS Liason • Handle Hundreds of Data Requests Annually • Give Hundreds of Media Requests Annually • Contribute to the RISA-Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP) • Perform Applied Research

  2. THREE EXAMPLES OF RECENT RESEARCH • Nashville, TN Storm of May 1-2, 2010 – w/ AWA • Rainiest TSs and Hurricanes in the Eastern US • SURGEDAT – Storm Surge Database Nashville, TN May 2010 Wilks-Barre, PA June 1972 (H Agnes) Bolivar Peninsula, TX September 2008 (H Ike)

  3. Nashville Storm and Flooding May 1-2, 2010 Deep Trough – W./C. US * Slow Moving Cold Front * Strong Advection off of Gulf Figure 1: Surface and 500-mb maps at 0700 EST (1200 UTC) for 1-3 May 2010 from the Daily Weather Map series provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Hydrometeorological Prediction Center.

  4. Geographical Pattern of Rainfall Across Tennessee, May 1-2, 2010 Peak near Brownville at 19.71”

  5. Depth-Area-Duration Table for Point of Maximum Rainfall

  6. Return Frequencies of the Tennessee Storm May 1-2, 2010 Nashville, TN Brownsville, TN

  7. Wettest TSs and Hurricanes in the U.S. 1960-2011 in Water Volume (192 Storms)

  8. Storm Tracks and Rainfall Patterns for Hurricanes Agnes and Ike From: David Roth, Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, NCEP, NOAA

  9. SURGEDAT – The World’s Most Comprehensive Tropical Storm Surge Database

  10. Map of Surge Activity along the U.S. Gulf Coast

  11. SURGEDAT utilized 70 sources of surge data (U.S. Gulf Coast) Federal Government: 28 Books and Academic Publications: 23 Historic newspapers: 16 titles 3,120 pages of newspaper read

  12. Top 10 Storm Surges in the Gulf of Mexico 1880-2009

  13. SRCC linear regression for Gulf Coast storm surges

  14. Storm Surge Quantiles for U.S. Gulf Coast

  15. Building Full Envelopes of Storm Surge: Example Hurricane Ike

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