Ocean-atmosphere dynamics during Hurricane Ida and Nor'Ida: An application of the coupled ocean-atmosphere-wave-sediment transport (COAWST) modeling system

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 43-44, Issue , 2012, Pages 112-137

  Olabarrieta, Maitane ^a   Warner, John C ^a   Armstrong, Brandy ^a   Zambon, Joseph B ^b   He, Ruoying ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; COAWST model; Coupled model; Extra tropical storm; Hurricane; Nor'Ida; Ocean wave roughness; ROMS; Runup; Storm surge; SWAN; Tropical storm; Wave age; Wave steepness; WRF

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; COUPLED MODELS; NOR'IDA; RUNUP; STORM SURGE; SWAN; TROPICAL STORMS; WAVE AGE; WAVE STEEPNESS; WRF;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DYNAMICS; FLOODS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; HURRICANES; OCEAN CURRENTS; PARAMETERIZATION; ROM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER WAVES; WAVES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER; GOES; HURRICANE EVENT; JASON-1; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN WAVE; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM SURGE; WAVE RUNUP; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84856070746     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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