Hurricane Modification and Adaptation in Miami-Dade County, Florida

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...

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Main Authors: Klima, Kelly, Lin, Ning, Emanuel, Kerry Andrew, Morgan, M. Granger, Grossmann, Iris
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/1721.1/75770
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2066-2082