The authors describe the development and verification of a statistical model relating tropical cyclone (TC) intensity to the local large-scale environment. A multiple linear regression framework is used to estimate the expected intensity of a tropical cyclone given the environmental and storm conditions. The uncertainty of the estimate is constructed from the empirical distribution of model err...

The effects of a major storm event (Hurricane Gordon) on the biogeochemistry of Atlantic coastal and Gulf Stream waters were investigated during a research cruise in November 1994. Prestorm, NH , NO , and PO 1 2 23 4 3 4 concentrations were consistently well below 1 mM, whereas after the storm, nutrient concentrations were higher in the surface-water samples: .2 mM, in some instances. Primary a...

Siek, M. and Solomatine, D.P., 2011. Real-time data assimilation for chaotic storm surge model using NARX neural network. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 64 (Proceedings of the 11th International Coastal Symposium), 1189 – 1194. Szczecin, Poland, ISSN 0749-0208 This paper introduces a real-time data assimilation technique where Nonlinear AutoRegressive with eXogenous inputs (NARX) neural networ...

Storm effects at F1-layer heights (160–200 km) were analyzed for the first time using Millstone Hill (midlatitudes) and EISCAT (auroral zone) incoherent scatter (IS) observations. The morphological study has shown both increases (positive effect) and decreases (negative effect) in electron concentration. Negative storm effects prevail for all seasons and show a larger magnitude than positive on...

1 An old-growth mesic forest in northern Michigan, USA, experienced an unusually intense storm in July 2002. Permanent inventory plots and a 2.9-ha mapped stand allow comparison of effects of this rare disturbance with patterns of ‘baseline’ mortality. 2 Tree mortality attributable to immediate effects of the storm was of similar magnitude to mortality over the previous decade, amounting to abo...

The simulations and potential forecasting of dust storms are of significant interest to public health and environment sciences. Dust storms have interannual variabilities and are typical disruptive events. The computing platform for a dust storm forecasting operational system should support a disruptive fashion by scaling up to enable high-resolution forecasting and massive public access when d...

SUMMARY Thyroid storm is a rare and potentially life-threatening medical emergency. We experienced a case of thyroid storm associated with sepsis caused by pneumonia, which had a catastrophic course including recurrent cardiac arrest and subsequent multiple organ failure (MOF). A 22-year-old female patient with a 10-year history of Graves' disease was transferred to our emergency department (ED...

The effective use of pervious concrete in environmental site design requires consistent design procedures integrating the structural and material properties of the pervious concrete pavement with hydrologic performance of the pervious concrete system. Design procedures to size pervious concrete storm-water systems are presented based on criteria for freeze-thaw protection and drawdown reliabili...

Marine protected areas worldwide limit harvest to protect sensitive fisheries, but rarely do they address water quality goals that may have equally demonstrable impacts. California has over 500 coastal shoreline miles of marine protected areas designated as Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS), but receives untreated wet weather runoff discharges from over 1600 storm drain outfalls. ...

We describe herein a case of thyroid storm with hypoglycemia and lactic acidosis-a rare complication of thyroid storm. The patient was a 50-year-old Japanese woman who suffered cardiopulmonary arrest an hour after hospitalization. Analysis of a blood sample obtained before her cardiopulmonary arrest yielded surprising results: Her plasma glucose level was 14 mg/dL and her lactic acid concentrat...