Does It Make Sense To Modify Tropical Cyclones? A Decision-Analytic Assessment

Recent dramatic increases in damages caused by tropical cyclones (TCs) and improved understanding of TC physics have led DHS to fund research on intentional hurricane modification. We present a decision analytic assessment of whether it is potentially cost-effective to attempt to lower the wind spee...

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Main Authors: Klima, Kelly, Morgan, M. Granger, Grossmann, Iris, Emanuel, Kerry Andrew
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Chemical Society 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75729
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2066-2082