Simulation of water levels and extent of coastal inundation due to a cyclonic storm along the east coast of India

Natural Hazards

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1431-1441

  Rao, A D ^a   Murty, P L N ^a   Jain, Indu ^a   Kankara, R S ^b   Dube, S K ^a   Murty, T S ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b Ministry of Earth Sciences   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADCIRC model; Inland inundation; Return period; Storm surges; Water levels

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLONE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOODING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RETURN PERIOD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE; WATER LEVEL; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS; WIND WAVE;

CUDDALORE; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84876941731     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0193-6     Document Type: Article

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