Analysis of the coastal Mississippi storm surge hazard

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-90

  Niedoroda, A W ^a   Resio, D T ^b   Toro, G R ^c   Divoky, D ^d   Das, H S ^e   Reed, C W ^a  

^a URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c Risk Engineering Inc William Lettis and Associates   (United States)

^d AECOM   (United States)

^e Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal flood hazard; Hurricane; Hurricane storm surge; Katrina; Surge modeling

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FLOOD HAZARD; COASTAL FLOODS; FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY; FLOOD HAZARDS; HURRICANE KATRINA; HURRICANE STORM SURGE; KATRINA; MISSISSIPPI; NUMERICAL MODELING; STORM SURGES;

CLIMATOLOGY; FLOODS; HURRICANES; NUMERICAL METHODS; STORMS;

HAZARDS;

COASTAL PROTECTION; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STORM SURGE; WAVE MODELING;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73149091844     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2009.08.019     Document Type: Article

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