| Abstract |
The Natural Hazards Review project will develop a framework and best practice approach to characterise natural hazards and seek to improve methodologies where current approaches are inefficient. This is to improve energy system infrastructure design and the project is intended to share knowledge of natural hazards across sectors. The project will be completed in three stages. Phase one will focus on a gap analysis. Phase two will look at developing a series of improved methodologies from the gaps identified in phase one, and phase three will demonstrate how to apply these methodologies. Finally, phase 3 will develop a “how to” guide for use by project engineers.
This technical volume addresses:- Introduction
- Description of the main phenomena; key influences on UK weather and climate, UK rainfall mechanisms and extremes, potential interactions with other natural hazards
- Observations, measurements techniques and modelling tools• Methodologies
- Related phenomena including snow, snowpack and avalanches, ice, impacts of extreme snowfall and ice on the energy sector, humidity, fog and mist, impacts of humidity and fog on the energy sector
- Regulation
- Emerging trends
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