Storm surge simulations of Hurricane Ike (2008): Its impact in Louisiana and Texas

Proceedings of the International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling

Volumn 388, Issue , 2010, Pages 704-723

  Forbes, Cristina ^a   Luettich, Rick ^a   Mattocks, Craig ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricanes; Louisiana; Simulation; Storm surges; Texas

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; HIGH-RESOLUTION GRIDS; HINDCASTS; LOUISIANA; MODEL PERFORMANCE; OCEAN MODEL; PREDICTION MODEL; RMS ERRORS; SIMULATION; STORM SURGES; TEXAS; TIME STEP; WIND MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ESTUARIES; FLOODS; HURRICANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RATING; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 78650977608     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41121(388)41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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