The reduction of storm surge by vegetation canopies: Three-dimensional simulations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Sheng, Y Peter ^a   Lapetina, Andrew ^a   Ma, Gangfeng ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VEGETATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; CANOPY PARAMETER; COASTAL REGIONS; COASTAL VEGETATION; FORWARD SPEED; KATRINA; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SEA LEVEL RISE; SHALLOW WATER WAVES; STORM SURGES; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; VEGETATION CANOPY;

FLOODS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANOPY; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE; HURRICANE EVENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHALLOW WATER; STORM SURGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84867569842     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053577     Document Type: Article

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