The Impact of Climate Change on Global Tropical Storm Damages

The Impact of Climate Change on Global Tropical Storm Damages

This paper constructs an integrated assessment model of tropical cyclones in order to quantify the impact that climate change may have on tropical cyclone damages in countries around the world. The paper relies on a tropical cyclone generator in ea...

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Main Authors:	Mendelsohn, Robert, Emanuel, Kerry, Chonabayashi, Shun
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	APPLIED METEOROLOGY ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE BLANKET BUILDING CODES CALCULATION CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGE CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGES CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTIONS CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE CONDITIONS CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE DYNAMICS CLIMATE MODEL CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE SCENARIO CLIMATE SCENARIOS CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATES CLIMATOLOGY CO2 COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE CYCLONE ACTIVITIES CYCLONE CENTER CYCLONE TRACKS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT DISASTER DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RELIEF ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE EMISSION EMISSION PATH EMISSION SCENARIO EMISSIONS EMISSIONS SCENARIO EMISSIONS SCENARIOS EXTREME EVENT EXTREME EVENTS FATALITIES FATALITY FLOOD FLOOD INSURANCE GCM GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL GENERATOR GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GASES GWP HURRICANE HURRICANES IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INTENSITY OF STORMS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC LAND USE MAXIMUM WIND SPEED METEOROLOGY NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL HAZARDS OCEAN BASINS OCEANS POLICY MAKERS PRESENT VALUE PROBABILITY DENSITY PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION RISK ANALYSIS SCENARIOS SCIENTISTS SEA LEVEL RISE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES SEA WALLS SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOLAR RADIATION STORM DAMAGE STORM DAMAGES STORM SURGES STORMS TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE CHANGES TOTAL DAMAGES TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL CYCLONE IMPACTS TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY TROPICAL CYCLONES TROPICAL STORM TROPICAL STORMS TYPHOONS UNCERTAINTIES VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE WARMER CLIMATE WEATHER WIND WIND DIRECTION WIND SHEAR WIND SPEED 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_20111104095129 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3638

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