Cyclone Gonu storm surge in Oman

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-106

  Fritz, Hermann M ^a   Blount, Christopher D ^a   Albusaidi, Fawzi B ^b   Al Harthy, Ahmed Hamoud Mohammed ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Directorate General of Civil Aviation and Meteorology   (Oman)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Gonu; hurricanes; Oman; storm surges; tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; CYCLONE; HAZARD; HURRICANE; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; STORM DAMAGE; STORM SURGE;

ARABIAN SEA; EASTERN REGION [OMAN]; INDIAN OCEAN; OMAN; RAS AL HADD;

EID: 72449144059     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.10.019     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Abrams M.J., and Chadwick O.H. Tectonic and climatic implications of alluvial fan sequences along the Batinah coast, Oman. Journal of the Geological Society 151 (1994) 51-58 10.1144/gsjgs.151.1.0051
2. Al-Qurashi A., McIntyre N., Wheater H.S., and Unkrich C. Application of the Kineros2 rainfall-runoff model to an arid catchment in Oman. Journal of Hydrology 355 (2008) 91-105
3. In: Bailey R.W. (Ed). Records of Oman: 1867-1947 8 vols (1988), Archive Editions, Buckinghamshire, England
4. Blount, C., Fritz, H.M., Al-Harthy, A.H.M. Coastal vulnerability assessment based on historic tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea. In: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones and Climatic Change, in press.
5. Donato S.V., Reinhardt E.G., Boyce J.I., Rothaus R., and Vosmer T. Identifying tsunami deposits using bivalve shell taphonomy. Geology 36 3 (2008) 199-202
6. Fritz H.M., Blount C.D., Thwin S., Thu M.K., and Chan N. Cyclone Nargis storm surge in Myanmar. Nature Geoscience 2 7 (2009) 448-449 10.1038/ngeo558
7. Fritz H.M., Blount C., Sokoloski R., Singleton J., Fuggle A., McAdoo B.G., Moore A., Grass C., and Tate B. Hurricane Katrina Storm surge distribution and field observations on the Mississippi barrier islands. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Sciences 74 1-2 (2007) 12-20 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.03.015
8. Fritz H.M., Blount C., Sokoloski R., Singleton J., Fuggle A., McAdoo B.G., Moore A., Grass C., and Tate B. Hurricane Katrina storm surge reconnaissance. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE 134 5 (2008) 644-656 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:5(644)
9. Fritz H.M., and Okal E.A. Socotra island, Yemen: field survey of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Natural Hazards 46 1 (2008) 107-117 10.1007/s11069-007-9185-3
10. Golshani A., and Taebi S. Numerical modeling and warning procedures for Gonu Super Cyclone along Iranian Coastlines. In: Wallendorf L., et al. (Ed). Proceedings of the Third COPRI Solutions to Coastal Disasters Conference, ASCE, Oahu, HI, 13-16 April 2008 (2008)
11. Gréselle B., and Pittet B. Fringing carbonate platforms at the Arabian Plate margin in northern Oman during the Late Aptian-Middle Albian: evidence for high-amplitude sea-level changes. Sedimentary Geology 175 (2005) 367-390
12. Knapp K.R., Kruk M.C., Levinson D.H., and Gibney E.J. Archive compiles new resource for global tropical cyclone research. EOS 90 (2009) 46
13. Luettich, Jr., R.A., Westerink, J.J., Scheffner, N.W., 1992. ADCIRC: An Advanced Three-Dimensional Circulation Model for Shelves, Coasts and Estuaries, Report 1: Theory and Methodology of ADCIRC-2DDI and ADCIRC-3DL, Dredging Research Program Technical Report DRP-92-6, USACE WES, Vicksburg, MS, p. 137.
14. McIntyre N., and Al-Qurash A. Performance of ten rainfall-runoff models applied to an arid catchment in Oman. Environmental Modelling & Software 24 (2009) 726-738
15. Nouh M. Wadi flow in the Arabian Gulf States. Hydrological Processes 20 (2006) 2393-2413
16. Okal E.A., Fritz H.M., Synolakis C.E., Raad P.E., Al-Shijbi Y., and Al-Saifi M. Field survey of the 2004 Indonesian Tsunami in Oman. Earthquake Spectra 22 S3 (2006) S203-S218
17. Okal E.A., and Synolakis C.E. Far-field tsunami hazard from mega-thrust earthquakes in the Indian Ocean. Geophysical Journal International 172 (2008) 995-1015
18. Padgett J., DesRoches R., Nielson B., Yashinsky M., Kwon O.-S., Burdette N., and Tavera E. Bridge damage and repair costs from Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, ASCE 13 1 (2008) 6-14 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2008)13:1(6)
19. Singh O.P., Khan T.M.A., and Rahman M.S. Has the frequency of intense tropical cyclones increased in the north Indian Ocean?. Current Science 80 4 (2001) 575-580
20. Sieh K. Sumatran megathrust earthquakes - from science to saving lives. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 364 (2006) 1947-1963
21. Synolakis C.E., and Bernard E.N. Tsunami science before and beyond Boxing Day 2004. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 364 (2006) 2231-2265
22. Wang D., and Zhao H. Estimation of phytoplankton responses to Hurricane Gonu over the Arabian Sea based on ocean color data. Sensors 8 (2008) 4878-4893 10.3390/s8084878
23. Webster P.J., Holland G.J., Curry J.A., and Chang H.R. Changes in tropical cyclone number, duration, and intensity in a warming environment. Science 309 5742 (2005) 1844-1846