The Impact of Climate Change on Hurricane Damages in the United States

The Impact of Climate Change on Hurricane Damages in the United States

This paper quantifies hurricane damage caused by climate change across the US. A damage function is estimated from historic hurricane data to measure the impacts at each location given the storm's strength. The minimum barometric pressure of e...

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Main Authors:	Mendelsohn, Robert, Emanuel, Kerry, Chonabayashi, Shun
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	APPLIED METEOROLOGY ATLANTIC HURRICANE ATLANTIC OCEAN ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE BUILDING CODES CALCULATION CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGE CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGES CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTIONS CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE CONDITIONS CLIMATE DAMAGES CLIMATE DYNAMICS CLIMATE HAZARD CLIMATE MODEL CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE SCENARIO CLIMATE SCENARIOS CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY CLIMATES CLIMATOLOGY CO2 COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE CYCLONE ACTIVITY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT DAMAGE FROM HURRICANES DAMAGES DEATH TOLL DISASTER DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RELIEF EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE EMISSION EMISSION PATH EMISSION SCENARIO EMISSIONS EMISSIONS PATH EMISSIONS SCENARIO EMISSIONS SCENARIOS EVACUATION EXTREME EVENT EXTREME EVENTS FATALITIES FLOOD FLOOD INSURANCE FLOODING FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS GCM GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL GENERATOR GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION HURRICANE HURRICANE CENTER HURRICANE DAMAGE HURRICANE FREQUENCY HURRICANE INTENSITY HURRICANES IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INCREASE IN WIND SPEED INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURERS INTENSITY OF STORMS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC LAND USE MAJOR HURRICANES MAXIMUM WIND SPEED METEOROLOGY NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS POLICY MAKERS PP PRESENT VALUE PROBABILITY DENSITY PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC ECONOMICS REAL ESTATE RISK ANALYSIS SCIENTISTS SEA LEVEL RISE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES SEA WALLS SENSITIVITY ANALYSES SEVERE STORMS SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOLAR RADIATION STORM STORM DAMAGE STORM DAMAGES STORMS TEMPERATURE TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITIES TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY TROPICAL CYCLONES VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE WEATHER WEATHER FORECASTING WIND WIND DIRECTION WIND PATTERNS WIND SHEAR WIND SPEEDS
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