README.md

TC impact forecast sandbox

Scripts here produce a daily impact forecast from tropical cyclones following Kam et al. (2024).

Content

Main scripts

plot_tracks_overview_daily.py: Python script that download the latest ECMWF TC tracks forecast and plot them into a globle map. Available as a PNG plot and an interactive map.

tc_windfield_compute.py: Python script that download the latest ECMWF TC tracks forecast and compute the TC wind field using the Hurricane Pressure-Wind Model. Output the TC wind field in hdf5 files.

impact_calculate.py: Python script that compute impacts from TC in terms of exposed population to user's defined threshold of wind speed, and displacement. Execute only after running tc_windfield_compute.py.

Scripts contain useful function

1. tc_tracks_func.py
2. impact_calc_func.py
3. plot_func.py

Requirements

Requires:

• Python 3.11+ environment (best to use conda for CLIMADA repository)
• CLIMADA repository version v5.0.0+: https://github.com/CLIMADA-project/climada_python
• CLIMADA Petals repository version v5.0.0+: https://github.com/CLIMADA-project/climada_petals