On hurricane parametric wind and applications in storm surge modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Lin, Ning ^a   Chavas, Daniel ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HURRICANES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STORMS;

BACKGROUND FLOW; BACKGROUND WINDS; COASTAL SITES; COUNTER-CLOCKWISE; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; PARAMETRIC MODELING; PARAMETRIC REPRESENTATIONS; REDUCTION FACTOR; SEA SURFACES; STORM SURGES; STORM WIND; SURFACE WIND FIELDS; SURFACE WINDS; TRANSLATION VECTOR; WIND FIELD; WIND PARAMETERS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; DRAG COEFFICIENT; EKMAN TRANSPORT; HURRICANE EVENT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STORM SURGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VORTEX; WIND FIELD; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 84861147140     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017126     Document Type: Article

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