Extreme flows and unusual water levels near a Caribbean coral reef: Was this a case of a "perfect storm"?

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1043-1057

  Ezer, Tal ^a   Heyman, William D ^b   Houser, Chris ^b   Kjerfve, Björn ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WORLD MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caribbean coral reef; Flow topography interaction; Numerical model; Storm surge

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; COASTAL CURRENTS; CORAL REEF; CURRENT SPEED; CYCLONIC EDDY; EXTERNAL FORCING; EXTREME FLOWS; FLOW-TOPOGRAPHY INTERACTION; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; MIXING PROCESS; MOMENTUM BALANCE ANALYSIS; PERFECT STORM; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SPAWNING AGGREGATIONS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STORM SURGES; STRONG CURRENTS; TROPICAL STORMS; WATER LEVEL CHANGES;

FLOODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; REEFS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER LEVELS;

STORMS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CORAL REEF; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; STORM SURGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84865695698     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-012-0545-5     Document Type: Article

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