A storm surge inundation model of the northern Bay of Bengal using publicly available data

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 671, 2013, Pages 358-369

  Lewis, Matt ^a,b   Bates, Paul ^b   Horsburgh, Kevin ^a   Neal, Jeff ^b   Schumann, Guy ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclone Sidr; IIT D; Inundation; SRTM; Storm surge

Indexed keywords

IIT-D; INUNDATION; PREDICTION ACCURACY; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SRTM; STORM SURGES;

FLOOD CONTROL; STORMS; TRACKING RADAR; WATER LEVELS;

FLOODS;

CHANNEL FLOW; CYCLONE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOOD; HINDCASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER FLOW; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; STORM SURGE; WATER LEVEL;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI;

EID: 84875378200     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2040     Document Type: Article

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