Effect of the surface wind stress parameterization on the storm surge modeling

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-127

  Moon, Il Ju ^a   Kwon, Jae Il ^b   Lee, Jong Chan ^b   Shim, Jae Seol ^b   Kang, Sok Kuh ^b   Oh, Im Sang ^c   Kwon, Seok Jae ^d  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^b Ocean Research and Development Institute   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d National Oceanographic Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Drag coefficient; Grid resolution; Storm surge; Typhoon; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; GRID RESOLUTION; HIGH WIND SPEED; HIGH WINDS; HIGHER RESOLUTION; PARAMETERIZATIONS; SEA SURFACES; STORM SURGE; STORM SURGES; SURFACE FORCING; SURFACE WIND STRESS; TYPHOON;

DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLOODS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION; STORMS;

WIND STRESS;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE; STORM SURGE; SURFACE WIND; TYPHOON; WIND STRESS; WIND VELOCITY; WIND WAVE;

EID: 67349286807     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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