New York City's Vulnerability to coastal flooding

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 829-841

  Colle, Brian A ^a   Buonaiuto, Frank ^a   Bowman, Malcolm J ^a   Wilson, Robert E ^a   Flood, Roger ^a   Hunter, Robert ^a   Mintz, Alexander ^a   Hill, Douglas ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; FLOODS; FLUID MECHANICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; WATER LEVELS;

ADVANCED CIRCULATION MODEL; COASTAL FLOODING; COASTAL OCEAN; GRID SPACINGS; MESOSCALE MODEL; MODELING SYSTEMS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; NEW YORK CITY; NEW YORK CITY , NEW YORK; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; STORM SURGES; SURFACE WINDS; UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 49249104322     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007BAMS2401.1     Document Type: Article

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