1 |
AMTCP |
Annual Mean TCP at each grid |
Dependent Variable |
mm |
2 |
MaxETCP |
Historical Maximum Event TCP at each grid |
Dependent
Variable |
mm |
3 |
ETCP |
Event TCPs at each grid |
Dependent Variable |
mm |
4 |
ETCP90 |
All TCP events with precipitation greater than the 90
percentile of the ETCP. |
Dependent Variable |
mm |
5 |
Mean |
Mean elevation within each 0.25° grid box |
Independent
Variable, Static |
Meter |
6 |
Max |
Maximum elevation within each 0.25° grid box |
Independent
Variable, Static |
Meter |
7 |
Min |
Minimum elevation within each 0.25° grid box |
Independent
Variable, Static |
Meter |
8 |
Range |
Difference between Max and Min |
Independent Variable,
Static |
Meter |
9 |
StanDev |
Standard Deviation for elevations within each 0.25° grid
box |
Independent Variable, Static |
Meter |
10 |
Slope |
The ratio between the rise and the run (tan θ) for each
0.25° grid box |
Independent Variable, Static |
NA |
11 |
Aspect |
The Slope’s major orientation angle from the normal (north
as 0°) for each 0.25° grid box |
Independent Variable, Static |
Degree |
12 |
Distant to Track |
Nearest sphere distance from each precipitation
grid to the storm track |
Independent Variable, Dynamic |
Km |
13 |
Track Cluster |
Track Cluster defined by the regression mixture
model by Gaffney et al. (2007) |
Independent Variable, Dynamic |
NA |
14 |
Lon |
Longitude of each 0.25° grid |
Independent Variable, Static |
Degree |
15 |
Lat |
Latitude of each 0.25° grid |
Independent Variable, Static |
Degree |
16 |
Distance to Coast |
Nearest sphere distance from each precipitation
grid to the Gulf of Mexico Coast |
Independent Variable, Static |
KM |
17 |
Month |
Month when each TCP event happened |
Independent Variable,
Dynamic |
NA |
18 |
Forward U Speed |
A vector for the mean of east-west (east as
positive sign) component of the storm movement for each TCP event |
Independent Variable, Dynamic |
Knot |
19 |
Forward V Speed |
A vector for mean of the north-south (north as
positive sign) component of the storm movement for each TCP event |
Independent Variable, Dynamic |
Knot |
20 |
Forward Speed |
The magnitude of vector U plus vector V |
Independent Variable, Dynamic |
Knot |
21 |
Forward Speed Variance |
Variance of the Forward Speed for each TCP
event |
Independent Variable, Dynamic |
Knot |
22 |
Forward Speed Angle |
The direction of the Forward Speed measured
clockwise starting from the north for each TCP event |
Independent
Variable, Dynamic |
Degree |
23 |
Forward Speed Angle Variance |
Variance of the Forward Speed Angle
for each TCP event |
Independent Variable, Dynamic |
Degree |
24 |
Stalled |
A dummy variable that indicates whether the storm is
stalled or not (stalled storms move toward south in this case are
defined as 1 and other storms are defined as 0) |
Independent Variable,
Dynamic |
NA |
25 |
Event Duration |
How long a TCP event last |
Independent Variable,
Dynamic |
Days |
26 |
ATCP Cluster |
The clusters of TCP grids defined by the anomaly of
their annual mean TCP |
Independent Variable, Static |
NA |