Nonlinear terms in storm surge predictions: Effect of tide and shelf geometry with case study from Hurricane Rita

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Rego, João L ^a,b   Li, Chunyan ^a,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; STORMS; TIDES; WATER LEVELS;

COASTAL OCEAN MODEL; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; FINITE VOLUME; HIGH TIDES; HURRICANE RITA; LOUISIANA; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR EFFECT; NONLINEAR TERMS; STORM SURGES; STORM TIDE; TEXAS COAST;

HURRICANE EFFECTS;

AMPLITUDE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GEOMETRY; HURRICANE RITA 2005; MODEL VALIDATION; NONLINEARITY; STORM SURGE; WATER LEVEL;

LOUISIANA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954510967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005285     Document Type: Article

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