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National Meetings

Tropical Cyclones: From Science to Mitigation

DATE

Wednesday 16 January 2019
12:30 - 17:20

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LOCATION

Met Office
Fitzroy Road
Exeter
Devon
EX1 3PB
United Kingdom

Tropical cyclones are among the most devastating forms of severe weather. They are estimated to have caused over a million deaths since the start of the 20th century, and costs in the US alone are estimated at $28 billion a year.

Mitigating the impacts of tropical cyclones requires a concerted response; from meteorologists observing and forecasting their movement and strength, governments and the humanitarian sector planning resilience strategies and responding to disasters, scientists advancing the modelling capabilities and assessing future risks and insurers paying claims and adjusting premiums.
This meeting will start with an overview of these many different aspects of tropical cyclones. This will be followed by talks on the approaches to operational modelling of tropical cyclones taken by the Met Office and the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and a review of the variability of tropical cyclone activity on the longer climate timescale.

In addition to talks there will be a posters and visual demonstrations on various aspects of tropical cyclones including hazard warning strategies, high-resolution modelling simulations and the involvement of the insurance sector. These will be available to view before the meeting and during the extended afternoon tea break. After the tea break there will be an overview of the UK government's approach to tropical cyclones as part of its overseas aid strategy by partnering the academic sector with national meteorological services. This is followed by a talk from ShelterBox, as an example of how the humanitarian sector prepares for and responds to disasters. The meeting will close with a short discussion.

Resources

Programme | Tropical Cyclones
pdf 280.36 KB
Biographies | Tropical Cyclones
pdf 91.13 KB
Abstracts| Tropical Cyclones
pdf 139.07 KB
PRESENTATION | Jenny Rourke_Introduction to tropical cyclones
pdf 3.9 MB
PRESENTATION | Linus Magnusson and Julian Heming_Tropical cyclone operational modelling at the Met Office and ECMWF
pdf 1.53 MB
PRESENTATION | Julian Heming_Tropical Cyclone Modelling at the Met Office
pdf 4.43 MB
PRESENTATION | Hurricanes and typhoons in the global climate system_Pier Luigi Vidale
pdf 11.51 MB
PRESENTATION | The role of inner-core processes in the rapid intensification of Typhoon Nepartak (2016)_Sam Hardy
pdf 1.84 MB
PRESENTATION | Andy Hartley_ UK: In Partnership with the Philippines to improve forecasting of Tropical Cyclones
pdf 2.68 MB
PRESENTATION | Tropical Weather and the Humanitarian Response_ Beth Simons
pdf 6.25 MB

Sponsors

Met Office Logo

This meeting is part of the Royal Meteorological Society Meetings programme, open to all, from expert to enthusiast, for topical discussions on the latest advances in weather and climate. Free to attend. Non members are welcome.

Tropical cyclones are among the most devastating forms of severe weather. They are estimated to have caused over a million deaths since the start of the 20th century, and costs in the US alone are estimated at $28 billion a year.

Mitigating the impacts of tropical cyclones requires a concerted response; from meteorologists observing and forecasting their movement and strength, governments and the humanitarian sector planning resilience strategies and responding to disasters, scientists advancing the modelling capabilities and assessing future risks and insurers paying claims and adjusting premiums.
This meeting will start with an overview of these many different aspects of tropical cyclones. This will be followed by talks on the approaches to operational modelling of tropical cyclones taken by the Met Office and the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and a review of the variability of tropical cyclone activity on the longer climate timescale.

In addition to talks there will be a posters and visual demonstrations on various aspects of tropical cyclones including hazard warning strategies, high-resolution modelling simulations and the involvement of the insurance sector. These will be available to view before the meeting and during the extended afternoon tea break. After the tea break there will be an overview of the UK government's approach to tropical cyclones as part of its overseas aid strategy by partnering the academic sector with national meteorological services. This is followed by a talk from ShelterBox, as an example of how the humanitarian sector prepares for and responds to disasters. The meeting will close with a short discussion.

Resources

Programme | Tropical Cyclones
pdf 280.36 KB
Biographies | Tropical Cyclones
pdf 91.13 KB
Abstracts| Tropical Cyclones
pdf 139.07 KB
PRESENTATION | Jenny Rourke_Introduction to tropical cyclones
pdf 3.9 MB
PRESENTATION | Linus Magnusson and Julian Heming_Tropical cyclone operational modelling at the Met Office and ECMWF
pdf 1.53 MB
PRESENTATION | Julian Heming_Tropical Cyclone Modelling at the Met Office
pdf 4.43 MB
PRESENTATION | Hurricanes and typhoons in the global climate system_Pier Luigi Vidale
pdf 11.51 MB
PRESENTATION | The role of inner-core processes in the rapid intensification of Typhoon Nepartak (2016)_Sam Hardy
pdf 1.84 MB
PRESENTATION | Andy Hartley_ UK: In Partnership with the Philippines to improve forecasting of Tropical Cyclones
pdf 2.68 MB
PRESENTATION | Tropical Weather and the Humanitarian Response_ Beth Simons
pdf 6.25 MB

Sponsors

Met Office Logo

This meeting is part of the Royal Meteorological Society Meetings programme, open to all, from expert to enthusiast, for topical discussions on the latest advances in weather and climate. Free to attend. Non members are welcome.

DATE

Wednesday 16 January 2019
12:30 - 17:20

Add Event to Calendar: Google

LOCATION

Met Office
Fitzroy Road
Exeter
Devon
EX1 3PB
United Kingdom

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