Rapidly installed temporary gauging for hurricane waves and surge, and application to Hurricane Gustav

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1743-1752

  Kennedy, Andrew B ^a   Gravois, Uriah ^b   Zachry, Brian ^c   Luettich, Rick ^d   Whipple, Tony ^d   Weaver, Robert ^d   Reynolds Fleming, Janelle ^d   Chen, Qin J ^e   Avissar, Roni ^f  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e Louisiana State University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricanes; Storm surge; Water waves; Wave spectra

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; GAUGE; HURRICANE; HURRICANE GUSTAV 2008; LEVEE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; STORM SURGE; WATER LEVEL; WAVE SPECTRUM;

EID: 77956932741     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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