Webinar: The Addition of Great Britain Storm Surge to AIR’s Extratropical Cyclone Model for Europe 

With 10 – 15% of coastline less than 5 meters above sea level, the UK is one of the regions in Europe most vulnerable to coastal flooding. In place of the previous Coastal Flood Model for Great Britain, AIR has incorporated the storm surge sub-peril for Great Britain into our recently updated Extratropical Cyclone Model for Europe. In this webinar, AIR experts present the expanded Great Britain model domain, the incorporation of the latest levee data to improve surge footprints, and how the wind and pressure from the existing extratropical cyclone model drive the surge component.

Richard M. Yablonsky, Ph.D.
Principal Scientist  
RYablonsky@air-worldwide.com
Dr. Richard M. Yablonsky is a Principal Scientist in AIR’s Research and Modeling group. He is currently managing the storm surge hazard team. Prior to joining AIR, Richard researched hurricane-ocean interaction and contributed to the development of the ocean component of NOAA’s and the U.S. Navy’s operational hurricane models as a Marine Research Scientist at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography in Narragansett, R.I. He was also a Visiting Scientist at the Developmental Testbed Center in Boulder, Colorado. He earned a B.A. in Chemistry, a B.S. in Meteorology, and an M.S. in Atmospheric Science from North Carolina State University and a Ph.D. in Oceanography from the University of Rhode Island. He has achieved the designation of Certified Extreme Event Modeler by completing the requirements of the AIR Institute Certified Extreme Event Modeler Program.