Storm surge propagation in Galveston Bay during Hurricane Ike

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 265-279

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

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Barrier island; Coastal inundation; FVCOM; Hurricane winds; Louisiana; Nearshore dynamics; Texas

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; BARRIER SYSTEMS; COASTAL OCEAN MODEL; FINITE-VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH WATER; LOUISIANA; MEAN SEA LEVEL; NEARSHORES; NONLINEAR NATURE; STORM SURGES; SURGE WAVE; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES; WATER SURFACE GRADIENT;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; FLOODS; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; WATER LEVELS;

HURRICANES;

BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); BARRIER ISLAND; BAY; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE; HURRICANE IKE 2008; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NONLINEARITY; SEA LEVEL; STORM SURGE; SURFACE WATER;

GALVESTON BAY; LOUISIANA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955281826     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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