On the importance of the forward speed of hurricanes in storm surge forecasting: A numerical study

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Rego, João Lima ^a   Li, Chunyan ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL OCEAN MODEL; FINITE-VOLUME; FORWARD SPEED; HURRICANE RITA; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LOUISIANA; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE; SPEED INCREASE; STORM SURGE FORECASTING; STORM SURGES; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS; WIND INTENSITY;

FLOODS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SPEED; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

HURRICANES;

HURRICANE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; RESONANCE; STORM SURGE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FORCING;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67449141360     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036953     Document Type: Article

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