An overview of the hurricane hazard modeling, terrain modeling,
and wind load modeling components used in the development of
the HAZUS Hurricane Model has been presented. The hurricane
hazard model is an improved version of the model developed by
Vickery et al. 2000a,b, and has undergone further validation
studies, some of which were presented herein. The HAZUS Hurricane
Model contains the first ever national database of ground
roughness developed using a combination of land use and land
cover databases and aerial photography. The wind load model
used in HAZUS reproduces the variation of wind loads with wind
direction and has been validated through comparisons with wind
tunnel tests. When coupled with the windborne debris models
described herein, the wind load models also provide the necessary
inputs to estimate wind induced damage and loss, as described in
the companion paper Vickery et al. 2006.
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