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Inventory and Probabilistic Function of Natural Hazards in the United States: July 19, 2018 - September 18, 2018

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1595574· OSTI ID:1595574
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  1. Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States); Southern Illinois Univ., Edwardsville, IL (United States)
  2. Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)
  3. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) developed a standardized risk assessment process that considers the location-specific vulnerabilities and threats (climate-related as well as human-caused) at a site to generate a ranked list of organizational risks and associated mitigation options for reducing those risks. To support this effort, the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP), a National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA) Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) team, was selected to provide climate science expertise to develop a comprehensive inventory and probabilistic function of natural hazards (e.g., hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, and sea level rise) for the entire United States by region. The inventory of climate-related hazards and the associated likelihood scores are incorporated into a companion risk assessment tool enabling standardized comparisons of risk at sites across the country.

Research Organization:
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States); Southern Illinois Univ., Edwardsville, IL (United States); National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Air Force Civil Engineering Center
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1595574
Report Number(s):
NREL/SR--7A40-75493
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English