Appendix II: wind damage functions
TICCS | Damage function ID [ref] and regional application | Damage function |
Applies to all TICCS subclasses | Wind (United States) [1] applied globally to all assets | where F is the fraction of the property value lost, V is the wind speed, Vthresh is the wind speed (and below) at which no damage occurs, and Vhalf is the wind speed at which half the property value is lost. |
[1] Emanuel, K. (2011). Global warming effects on U.S. hurricane damage. Weather, Climate, and Society, 3, 261–268. https://doi.org/10.1175/wcas-d-11-00007.1