Rainfall characteristics of hurricane Mitch

被引：24

作者：

Hellin, J ^{[1
]}

Haigh, H

Marks, F

机构：

[1] Univ Greenwich, Nat Resources Inst, Chatham Maritime ME4 4TB, Kent, England

[2] Oxford Brookes Univ, Dept Geog, Oxford OX3 0BP, England

[3] NOAA, Atlantic Oceanog & Meteorol Lab, Hurricane Res Div, Miami, FL 33149 USA

来源：

NATURE | 1999年 / 399卷 / 6734期

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D O I：

10.1038/20577

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The hurricane or tropical storm known as Mitch struck Central America towards the end of October 1998. The subsequent flooding and landslides claimed approximately 11,000 lives. It was the most deadly hurricane to strike the Western Hemisphere in two centuries. We have measured rainfall totals during Mitch (from 1 to 48 hours) and find that they were not exceptional for hurricanes and tropical storms in the Atlantic basin. Rainfall totals and intensities measured over intervals of 1, 2, 5, 10, 30 and 60 minutes were less than values from the updated maximum potential rainfall curve1,2. The data suggest that extraneous factors, such as already saturated soils and denuded hillsides, were largely responsible for the damage caused.

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