The effect of uncertainty on estimates of hurricane surge hazards

Natural Hazards

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1443-1459

  Resio, Donald T ^a   Irish, Jennifer L ^b   Westerink, Joannes J ^c   Powell, Nancy J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazards; Hurricanes; Risk; Storm surges; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE; PROBABILITY; STORM SURGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876949468     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0315-1     Document Type: Article

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