A numerical study on the effects of wave-current-surge interactions on the height and propagation of sea surface waves in Charleston Harbor during Hurricane Hugo 1989

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1454-1463

  Liu, Huiqing ^a   Xie, Lian ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Flooding; Hurricane; Inundation; Storm surge; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOTTOM STRESS; FLOODING; HARBOR; HURRICANE HUGO 1989; NUMERICAL METHOD; SEA SURFACE; STORM SURGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER LEVEL; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION; WIND WAVE;

CHARLESTON HARBOR; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349277797     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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