Hurricane gustav (2008) waves and storm surge: Hindcast, synoptic analysis, and validation in southern Louisiana

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2488-2522

  Dietrich, J C ^a,d   Westerink, J J ^a   Kennedy, A B ^a   Smith, J M ^b   Jensen, R E ^b   Zijlema, M ^c   Holthuijsen, L H ^c   Dawson, C ^d   Luettich, R A ^e   Powell, M D ^f   Cardone, V J ^g   Cox, A T ^g   Stone, G W ^h   Pourtaheri, H ⁱ   Hope, M E ^a   Tanaka, S ^a   Westerink, L G ^a   Westerink, H J ^a   Cobell, Z ^a,j  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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

^f ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g Oceanweather Inc   (United States)

^h LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^j ARCADIS   (United States)

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Author keywords

Buoy observations; Hindcasts; Hurricanes; Storm surges; Synoptic scale processes

Indexed keywords

BREAKING ZONES; BUOY OBSERVATIONS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEEP-WATER WAVES; FLOOD-PLAINS; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH WATER; HINDCASTS; HURRICANE KATRINA; HURRICANE RESEARCH; KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; LEVELS OF DETAIL; LOUISIANA; MEASURED DATA; MEASUREMENT LOCATIONS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NAVIGATION CANALS; NEARSHORES; NEW ORLEANS; SIMULATING WAVES; STEADY-STATE WAVES; STORM SURGES; SYNOPTIC ANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC-SCALE PROCESSES; TIME HISTORY; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES; WAVE MODELS; WAVEBREAKING; WIND ANALYSIS; WIND WAVE;

CANALS; FLOODS; RIVERS; STORMS; USER INTERFACES; WATER LEVELS; WAVES; WETLANDS; WIND;

HURRICANES;

BARRIER ISLAND; BREAKING WAVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HINDCASTING; HURRICANE GUSTAV 2008; STORM SURGE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WATER WAVE; WAVE HEIGHT; WIND WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052419908     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011MWR3611.1     Document Type: Article

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