Caribbean Disaster
Mitigation Project
Implemented by the Organization of American States
Unit of Sustainable Development and Environment
for the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and the Caribbean Regional Program |
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Technical Site for Caribbean TAOS/L Users
Information on this page is accurate as of January 2000.
General
General information on the TAOS/L model and Caribbean applications of TAOS under the
CDMP are available on the CDMP Storm Hazard Modeling Page.
TAOS/L Use Guides
The database of historical storms (tracks.all) that is
delivered with TAOS/L is a copy of the storm track files developed by the US National Hurricane Center (NHC). To update the tracks.all file with a newer version, download the new file from the
NHC website (currently available under the 'Atlantic Tracks File' link at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastall.html),
rename the file to 'tracks.all' and replace the existing version in the TAOS/L directory.
TAOS/L Bathymetry/Topography Database
GIS References
Other
TAOS References
- New Technology for Improved Storm Risk
Assessment in the Caribbean. (1994) This paper was originally written in 1994. It
was the first description of the TAOS model. (HTML 39k)
- A technical description of the TAOS model is available in the document Design, Implementation and Operation of a
Modular Integrated Tropical Cyclone Hazard Model. (HTML 75k)
- The statistical approach to return period estimation is discussed in detail in the
document Hurricane Return Period Estimation.
(HTML 50k)
- Wave Model: Lyons, Steven W. 1994. A simple and practical
computerized parametric wave/swell forecast model. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, Scientific Services
Division, Southern Region ; Springfield, VA : Available from the National Technical
Information Service, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, [1994] Series Title: (NOAA technical
memorandum NWS SR ; 152). For high resolution runs, see also Komen et. al. Dynamics
and Modeling of Ocean Waves. Cambridge Univ. Press.