Transition of the coastal and estuarine storm tide model to an operational storm surge forecast model: A case study of the florida coast

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1019-1037

  Zhang, Keqi ^a   Li, Yuepeng ^a   Liu, Huiqing ^a   Rhome, Jamie ^b   Forbes, Cristina ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARK MODELS; COMPUTATION TIME; DEMONSTRATION PROJECT; FORECAST MODEL; LAKE OKEECHOBEE; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; SIMULATED RESULTS; SINGLE PROCESSORS;

FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HURRICANES; LAKES; STORMS;

FORECASTING;

COASTAL ZONE; GIS; HURRICANE ANDREW 1992; NUMERICAL MODEL; STORM SURGE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883865559     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-12-00076.1     Document Type: Article

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