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
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111104100332
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3639

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