CYBER-EYE: Development of Integrated Cyber-Infrastructure to Support Rapid Hurricane Risk-Assessment

摘要

Recent losses provide sobering evidence of the continued need for more effective hurricane risk assessment and mitigation that can leverage the latest developments both in the characterization of the hazard and its impacts on built environments and enable their efficient, high fidelity execution. This paper describes a virtual environment designed for this purpose called CYBER-EYE, with specific focus on the kernel that enables its rapid risk assessment framework, its computational model execution environment, and its geospatial services, all packaged for efficient execution online. Through the development of such digital workspaces that synergize existing datasets, models, simulation tools and risk assessment frameworks, this project offers the opportunity for integrated assessment of hurricane impacts on civil infrastructure to support not only research and education, but also decision making by stakeholders in coastal regions.