Semidiurnal perturbations to the surge of Hurricane Sandy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2211-2217

  Valle Levinson, Arnoldo ^a   Olabarrieta, Maitane ^b   Valle, Alvaro ^c  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c Eastside High School   (United States)

Author keywords

edge waves; Hurricane Sandy; long waves; semidiurnal perturbation; storm surge

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL TIDES; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CORIOLIS ACCELERATION; EDGE WAVES; LONG WAVES; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; SEMIDIURNAL PERTURBATION; STORM SURGES;

FLOODS; STORMS;

HURRICANES;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CORIOLIS FORCE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EDGE WAVE; FORECASTING METHOD; HURRICANE EVENT; PERTURBATION; STORM SURGE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879930740     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50461     Document Type: Article

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