STWAVE simulation of Hurricane Ike: Model results and comparison to data

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-70

  Bender, Christopher ^a   Smith, Jane McKee ^b   Kennedy, Andrew ^c   Jensen, Robert ^b  

^a Taylor Engineering Inc Florida   (United States)

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

^c University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom friction; Hurricanes; Wave measurement; Waves

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM FRICTION; CONTOUR PLOT; GULF COAST; LOUISIANA; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MODEL RESULTS; NEAR-SHORE WAVES; NEARSHORES; OPEN WATER; SCATTER PLOTS; STORM SURGES; TEXAS COAST; TIME STEP; UPPER-END; WATER-LEVEL DATA; WAVE DATA; WAVE HEIGHTS; WAVE MEASUREMENT; WAVE SPECTRA;

FRICTION; HURRICANES; WATER LEVELS; WAVES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BOTTOM FRICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HURRICANE IKE 2008; LAND CLASSIFICATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OCEAN WAVE; STORM DAMAGE; STORM SURGE; WATER LEVEL;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; LOUISIANA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868642025     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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