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Advanced Wind Estimation (AWE)
More accurate wind speed / damage
estimates by taking into account surface friction. Reduces errors from
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Expanded Storm Surge MEOW Data.
SLOSH
MEOW data is now available for users of the HURRTRAK Advanced system. This
allows the user to view storm surge information that is specific to a
storm’s strength and direction of motion. Both the standard display and our
exclusive “inundation analysis” is available with this data.
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SLOSH Storm Surge Inundation Analysis
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ESRI Shape File Import - Hurrtrak Advanced allows
the user to overlay their Shape files on top of our Hurricane Tracking
Maps as well as providing the ability to report on the GIS "points" in these
files. |
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Shape File Export - Hurrtrak Advanced can
export several different types of storm related data to a shape file format.
These files can then be used in your GIS application tools like ArcView,
ArcInfo.. and others.
more exports in 2009. |
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Tray Alert Messaging -
We found that Hurrtrak users busy at
their workstations desired a way to be alerted to new and changing
conditions in the tropics. No problem! In 2009 we are introducing a "tray
alert messaging" (TAM) system. TAM notifies our users, via pop-up tray
messages, of several noteworthy conditions including: the formation of new
storms, storm strengthening or weakening, the issuance of watches or
warnings, updated storm data, issuance of the last advisory, new tropical
weather outlooks or new tropical disturbance statements.
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Storm Surge Probabilities -
The
Hurrtrak system has the ability to display…both graphically and through
reports, storm surge probabilities for 2' - 25’. This combined with enhanced
SLOSH information, provides users with the most detailed storm surge
information available.
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Narrative Impact Statements -
In addition to the summary and detailed
impact reports, in 2009 we have added the ability to show a "computer AI
generated" narrative description of the impact to a location. This can be
viewed for the base location, any location in a summary impact report and/or
in the auto generated summary report. Both standard and "executive" formats
are available.
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Damage Estimate Report.
A new report designed to estimate
comparative levels of impact/damage, based on separate components of wind
speed and storm surge flooding. Specifically, this report takes into
account the levels of wind and flooding on the affected population
and new in 2009, property values.
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"True" Pan and Zoom mapping in
SloshView -
2009
brings Pan & Zoom capabilities to the Slosh display program. This allows the
user to select a different map region to analyze without having to "reset"
the map and redefine the storm surge parameters.
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Location plot font control -
In the
2009 version, users have the option to select the font type, color,
and size used to plot a location on a tracking chart. The color can
be controlled by location groups or individual location... thus enabling the
user to "highlight" critical locations on a map.
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Tropical Disturbance Statements -
Tropical
disturbance statements will now be part of the Hurrtrak Online data stream
and displayed in the Hurrtrak system.
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Multiple "undo" levels -
Enhancements to the user
interface now include the ability to undo multiple plotting layers.
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Average
Forecast Error Enhancements -
We have added the ability to plot the 72 and/or 120 hour forecast average
error. |
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Forecast Model Selection Enhancements -
Users can
now be more selective of which forecast models to plot. (Selection is by
type and time period.)
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Enhanced Risk Alert -
Both wind
probability and wind probability trend have been added to the 2009 risk
alert table. |
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Native Google Earth support. In addition to the graphics interface this function exports KML (Google Earth's native
language) that represents a significant number of a storm's observed and
forecast parameters.
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Expanded Google Earth Information -
In addition to the LARGE
amount of hurricane information that the user is able to export from the
HURRTRAK system, you can also
superimpose National Weather Service information on the same
Google Earth “image”.
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Executive Summary Report Enhancements -
The executive summary report is
now more flexible than ever before and includes optional narrative impact
statements, wind probabilities and storm surge probabilities (for coastal
locations). |
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Sea/Wave heights - For offshore locations,
the system estimates the forecast wave heights associated to a hurricane.
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Custom Location Import - Hurrtrak-Advanced
includes the capability to import your organizations specific locations into
the system's database... thus allowing you to create custom impact reports
for these locations. It accepts both comma delimited and shape file
format as input. |
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