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Predicting hurricane evacuation for local neighborhoods across a metropolitan region

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HU – Predicting hurricane evacuation for local neighborhoods across a metropolitan region Shakawat H. Tanim, Steven Reader, Yujie Hu Article first published online: 7 November 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.104117 ABSTRACT: To mitigate the devastating impacts of hurricanes on people’s lives, communities, and societal infrastructures, disaster management would benefit considerably from a detailed understanding of evacuation, including the […]

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Evaluation of Experimental High-Resolution Model Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Using Object-Based Metrics

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MATYAS – Evaluation of Experimental High-Resolution Model Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Using Object-Based Metrics Shakira D. Stackhouse, Stephanie E. Zick, Corene J. Matyas, Kimberly M. Wood, Andrew T. Hazelton, and Ghassan J. Alaka Jr. Article first published online: 1 October 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-22-0223.1 ABSTRACT: Tropical cyclone (TC) precipitation poses serious hazards including freshwater flooding. […]

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Geography Colloquium: Disparities in Business Impact and Recovery from Hurricane Harvey, COVID-19, and Hurricane Laura

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Speaker: Dr. Maria Watson Assistant Professor School of Construction Management Center for Housing Studies University of Florida Thursday, September 15, 2022 4:00-4:50 PM (Period 9) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Since 2017, U.S. communities along the Texas and Louisiana border including Beaumont, TX, Port Arthur, TX, and Lake Charles, […]

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Segmenting Tourists’ Information Behavior in the Event of a Crisis

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MATYAS –Segmenting Tourists’ Information Behavior in the Event of a Crisis Ignatius Cahyanto, Lori Pennington-Gray, Brijesh Thapa, Jorge Villegas, Corene Matyas Article first published online: 3 October 2022 Link: ScholarWorks @ UMass Amherst ABSTRACT: The study examined tourists’ information behavior in the event of a crisis using the Consumer Information Acquisition and Processing Model as a guideline. The data […]

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Compound Flooding in a Subtropical Estuary Caused by Hurricane Irma 2017

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SERAFIN – Compound Flooding in a Subtropical Estuary Caused by Hurricane Irma 2017 Braulio Juárez, Savanna A. Stockton, Katherine A. Serafin, Arnoldo Valle-Levinson Article first published online: 12 September 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099360 ABSTRACT: Hurricane Irma affected the Florida peninsula from 10 to 12 September 2017. The peninsula’s east coast was hit hardest: the city of Jacksonville […]

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Predictors of hurricane evacuation decisions: A meta-analysis

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Shakhawat Tanim, Brenton Wiernik, Steven Reader, Yujie Hu Article first published online: 10 Dec 2021, Journal of Environmental Psychology DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101742 Dr. Yujie Hu – Predictors of hurricane evacuation decisions: A meta-analysis ABSTRACT: We systematically review and meta-analyze quantitative prediction models for hurricane evacuation decisions. Drawing on data from 33 prediction models and 29,873 households, we estimate distributions […]

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How ‘rapid intensification’ fueled Hurricane Ida

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Dr. David Keellings was recently interviewed by NBC News about Hurricane Ida for their piece entitled How ‘rapid intensification’ fueled Hurricane Ida Climate change is altering some of the atmospheric and ocean dynamics that power hurricanes. That doesn’t mean more hurricanes — but it does mean more dangerous ones. Long before Hurricane Ida made landfall Sunday in southern […]

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Geography Colloquium: The Spatial Pattern of Hurricane Rainfall and Associated Moisture for the North Atlantic Basin

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Speaker: Guoqian Yan PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, December 3, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Hurricanes are one of the most dangerous natural disasters as they can produce extremely heavy rainfall, damaging winds, and storm surge. Understanding landfalling hurricane […]

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MET4532-MET6530 Hurricanes

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MET4532-MET6530 Hurricanes Instructor: Dr. Corene Matyas matyas@ufl.edu Learn about Hurricane Andrew and 20 other famous tropical cyclones! Prerequisites: GEO3250 or MET3503 (email me if you are graduating and I’ll consider an over-ride) Turlington 3006 M Per. 4-5, W Per. 5 If moved online, will meet synchronously Course Components: Forecasting Labs Maps Discussions and Updates from […]

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