Numerical simulation of a low-lying barrier island's morphological response to Hurricane Katrina

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 985-995

  Lindemer, C A ^a   Plant, N G ^b   Puleo, J A ^a   Thompson, D M ^b   Wamsley, T V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Barrier Islands; Chandeleur Islands; Coastal processes; Hurricanes; Numerical modeling; XBeach

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLANDS; CHANDELEUR ISLANDS; COASTAL PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODELING; XBEACH;

EROSION; ERRORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HURRICANES; HYDRODYNAMICS; OPTICAL RADAR; STORMS; SURVEYS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BARRIER ISLAND; BATHYMETRY; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIDAR; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN WAVE; STORM SURGE; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHANDELEUR ISLANDS; GULF COAST [MEXICO]; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956344674     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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