Efficient joint-probability methods for hurricane surge frequency analysis

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-134

  Toro, Gabriel R ^a   Resio, Donald T ^b   Divoky, David ^c   Niedoroda, Alan Wm ^d   Reed, Chris ^d  

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

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

^c AECOM   (United States)

^d URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood insurance maps; Hurricane; Joint probability method; Katrina; Numerical methods; Probabilistic methods; Storm surge

Indexed keywords

KATRINA; PROBABILISTIC METHODS; PROBABILITY METHODS; STORM SURGES;

FLOOD INSURANCE; FLOODS; HURRICANES; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY; STORMS;

NUMBER THEORY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HURRICANE; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY; STORM SURGE; WAVE GENERATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73349113167     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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