Hindcast and validation of Hurricane Ike (2008) waves, forerunner, and storm surge

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4424-4460

  Hope, M E ^a   Westerink, J J ^a   Kennedy, A B ^a   Kerr, P C ^a   Dietrich, J C ^a   Dawson, C ^b,c   Bender, C J ^d   Smith, J M ^e   Jensen, R E ^e   Zijlema, M ^f   Holthuijsen, L H ^f   Luettich, R A ^g   Powell, M D ^h   Cardone, V J ⁱ   Cox, A T ⁱ   Pourtaheri, H ^j   Roberts, H J ^k   Atkinson, J H ^k   Tanaka, S ^a,l   Westerink, H J ^a   Westerink, L G ^a   more..

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d Taylor Engineering Inc Florida   (United States)

^e US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^f DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^g The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^h ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ Oceanweather Inc   (United States)

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

^k ARCADIS   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

hurricane forerunner; Hurricane Ike; Louisiana Texas shelf; storm surge; waves

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; HURRICANES; STORMS; WATER LEVELS;

CIRCULATION MODELS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; HURRICANE IKE; LOUISIANA-TEXAS SHELF; STORM SURGES; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES; WAVE RADIATION STRESS;

WAVES;

CIRCULATION MODELING; COAST; DELTA; FLOODPLAIN; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HINDCASTING; HURRICANE IKE 2008; MODEL VALIDATION; SHELF BREAK; STORM SURGE; WAVE GENERATION; WIND FIELD;

ALABAMA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); CARIBBEAN SEA; GALVESTON; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; LOUISIANA SHELF; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; TEXAS; TEXAS SHELF; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884240542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20314     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Amante, C., and, B. W. Eakins, (2009), ETOPO1 1 arc-minute global relief model: Procedures, data sources and analysis, NOAA Tech. Memo. NESDIS NGDC-24, 19 pp. Natl. Geophys. Data Cent., Boulder, Colo.
2. Battjes, J. A., and, J. P. F. M. Janssen, (1978), Energy loss and set-up due to breaking of random waves, in Proceedings of 16th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Am. Soc. of Civ. Eng., Hamburg, Germany.
3. Battjes J. A., and, M. J. F. Stive, (1985), Calibration and verification of a dissipation model for random breaking waves, J. Geophys. Res., 90 (C5), 9159-9167, doi: 10.1029/JC090iC05p09159.
4. Bender, C., J. M. Smith, A. B. Kennedy, and, R. Jensen, (2013), STWAVE simulation of Hurricane Ike: Model results and comparison to data, Coastal Eng., 73, 58-70, doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.10.003.
5. Berg, R., (2009), Tropical Cyclone Report, Hurricane Ike, 1-14 Sep., pp. 55, NOAA/National Hurricane Cent., Miami, Fla.
6. Booij, N., R. C. Ris, and, L. H. Holthuijsen, (1999), A third-generation wave model for coastal regions: 1. Model description and validation, J. Geophys. Res., 104 (C4), 7649-7666, doi: 10.1029/98JC02622. (Pubitemid 29410061)
7. Bretschneider, C. L., H. J. Krock, E. Nakazaki, and, F. M. Casciano, (1986), Roughness of typical Hawaiian terrain for tsunami run-up calculations: A users manual, J. K. K. Look Lab. Rep., Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu Hawaii.
8. Buczkowski, B. J., J. A. Reid, C. J. Jenkins, J. M. Reid, S. J. Williams, and, J. G. Flocks, (2006), usSEABED: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean (Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands) offshore surficial sediment data release, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 146, version 1.0, U.S. Geol. Surv., Reston, Va.
9. Bunya, S., et al. (2010), A high-resolution coupled riverine flow, tide, wind, wind wave and storm surge model for southern Louisiana and Mississippi. Part I: Model development and validation, Mon. Weather Rev., 138, 345-377, doi: 10.1175/2009MWR2906.1.
10. Cardone, V. J., and, A. T. Cox, (2009), Tropical cyclone wind field forcing for surge models: Critical issues and sensitivities, Nat. Hazards, 51, 29-47, doi: 10.1007/s11069-009-9369-0.
11. Cavaleri, L., and, P. M. Rizzoli, (1981), Wind wave prediction in shallow water: Theory and applications, J. Geophys. Res., 86 (C11), 10,961-10,973, doi: 10.1029/JC086iC11p10961.
12. Cox, A. T., J. A. Greenwood, V. J. Cardone, and, V. R. Swail, (1995), An interactive objective kinematic analysis system, paper presented at the Fourth International Workshop on Wave Hindcasting and Forecasting, Banff, Alberta.
13. Dawson, C., J. J. Westerink, J. C. Feyen, and, D. Pothina, (2006), Continuous, discontinuous and coupled discontinuous-continuous Galerkin finite element methods for the shallow water equations, Int. J. Numer. Methods. Fluids, 52 (1), 63-88, doi: 10.1002/fld.1156. (Pubitemid 44256211)
14. Dietrich, J. C., et al. (2010), A high-resolution coupled riverine flow, tide, wind, wind wave and storm surge model for southern Louisiana and Mississippi: Part II-Synoptic description and analysis of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Mon. Weather Rev., 138 (2), 378-404, doi: 10.1175/2009MWR2907.1.
15. Dietrich, J. C., et al. (2011a), Hurricane Gustav (2008) waves and storm surge: Hindcast, synoptic analysis and validation in southern Louisiana, Mon. Weather Rev., 139 (8), 2488-2522, doi: 10.1175/2011MWR3611.1.
16. Dietrich, J. C., M. Zijlema, J. J. Westerink, L. H. Holthuijsen, C. N. Dawson, R. A. Luettich Jr,., R. E. Jensen, J. M. Smith, G. S. Stelling, and, G. W. Stone, (2011b), Modeling hurricane waves and storm surge using integrally-coupled, scalable computations, Coastal Eng., 58 (1), 45-65, doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2010.08.001.
17. Dietrich, J. C., et al. (2012a), Limiters for spectral propagation velocities in SWAN, Ocean Modell., 70, 85-102, doi: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.11. 005.
18. Dietrich, J. C., S. Tanaka, J. J. Westerink, C. N. Dawson, R. A. Luettich Jr,., M. Zijlema, L. H. Holthuijsen, J. M. Smith, L. G. Westerink, and, H. J. Westerink, (2012b), Performance of the unstructured-mesh, SWAN+ ADCIRC model in computing hurricane waves and surge, J. Sci. Comput., 52, 468-497, doi: 10.1007/s10915-011-9555-6.
19. East, J. W., M. J. Turco, and, R. R. Mason Jr,. (2008), Monitoring inland storm surge and flooding from Hurricane Ike in Texas and Louisiana, September 2008, U.S. Geol. Surv. Open File Rep., 2008-1365.
20. Egbert, G. D., A. F. Bennett, and, M. G. G. Foreman, (1994), TOPEX/POSEIDON tides estimated using a global inverse model, J. Geophys. Res., 99 (C12), 24,821-24,852, doi: 10.1029/94JC01894.
21. Egbert, G. D., and, S. Y. Erofeeva, (2002), Efficient inverse modeling of barotropic ocean tides, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 19 (2), 183-204, doi: 10.1175/1520-0426(2002)019<0183:EIMOBO>2.0.CO;2. (Pubitemid 34829734)
22. FEMA (2008), Texas Hurricane Ike rapid response coastal high water mark collection, FEMA-1791-DR-Texas, Washington, D. C.
23. FEMA (2009), Louisiana Hurricane Ike coastal high water mark data collection, FEMA-1792-DR-Louisiana, Washington, D. C.
24. Garster, J. K., B. Bergen, and, D. Zilkoski, (2007), Performance evaluation of the New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana hurricane protection system, Vol. II-Geodetic vertical and water level datums, Final Report of the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force, U.S. Army Corps of Eng., Washington, D. C., 157 pp.
25. Günther, H., (2005), WAM cycle 4.5 version 2.0, Inst. for Coastal Res., GKSS Res. Cent., Geesthacht, Germany.
26. Hanson, J. L., B. A. Tracy, H. L. Tolman, and, R. D. Scott, (2009), Pacific hindcast performance of three numerical wave models, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 26 (8), 1614-1633, doi: 10.1175/2009JTECHO650.1.
27. Kennedy, A. B., U. Gravois, B. Zachry, R. A. Luettich, T. Whipple, R. Weaver, J. Reynolds-Fleming, Q. J. Chen, and, R. Avissar, (2010), Rapidly installed temporary gauging for waves and surge during Hurricane Gustav, Cont. Shelf Res., 30 (16), 1743-1752, doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.07.013.
28. Kennedy, A. B., U. Gravois, B. C. Zachry, J. J. Westerink, M. E. Hope, J. C. Dietrich, M. D. Powell, A. T. Cox, R. A. Luettich Jr,., and, R. G. Dean, (2011a), Origin of the Hurricane Ike forerunner surge, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L08608, doi: 10.1029/2011GL047090.
29. Kennedy, A. B., U. U. Gravois, and, B. Zachry, (2011b), Observations of landfalling wave spectra during Hurricane Ike, J. Waterw. Port Coastal Ocean Eng., 137 (3), 142-145, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000081.
30. Kerr, P. C., et al. (2013a), Surge generation mechanisms in the lower Mississippi River and discharge dependency, J. Waterw. Port Coastal Ocean Eng., 139, 326-335, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000185.
31. Kolar, R. L., J. J. Westerink, M. E. Cantekin, and, C. A. Blain, (1994), Aspects of nonlinear simulations using shallow water models based on the wave continuity equations, Comput. Fluids, 23 (3), 523-538, doi: 10.1016/0045- 7930(94)90017-5.
32. Komen, G., L. Cavaleri, M. Donelan, K. Hasselmann, S. Hasselmann, and, P. A. E. M. Janssen, (1994), Dynamics and Modeling of Ocean Waves, Cambridge Univ. Press, New York.
33. Komen, G. J., K. Hasselmannm, and, K. Hasselmann, (1984), On the existence of a fully-developed wind-sea spectrum, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 14, 1271-1285, doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(1984)014<1271:OTEOAF>2.0.CO;2.
34. Madsen, O. S., Y.-K. Poon, and, H. C. Graber, (1988), Spectral wave attenuation by bottom friction: Theory, paper presented at the 21th Int. Conf. Coastal Engineering, Torremolinos, Spain.
35. Martyr, R. C., et al. (2012), Simulating hurricane storm surge in the lower Mississippi River under varying flow conditions, J. Hydraul. Eng., 139, 492-501, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000699.
36. Mitchell, D. A., W. J. Teague, E. Jarosz, and, D. W. Wang, (2005), Observed currents over the outer continental shelf during Hurricane Ivan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L11610, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023014.
37. Mukai, A., J. J. Westerink, R. A. Luettich, and, D. J. Mark, (2002), A tid al constituent database for the Western North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, Tech. Rep. ERDC/CHL TR-02-24, U.S. Army Eng. Res. and Dev. Cent., Vicksburg, Miss.
38. Powell, M., (2006), Drag coefficient distribution and wind speed dependence in tropical cyclones, Final Report to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Joint Hurricane Testbed (JHT) Program, Atl. Oceanogr. and Meteorol. Lab., Miami, Fla.
39. Powell, M. D., and, T. A. Reinhold, (2007), Tropical cyclone destructive potential by integrated kinetic energy, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 88 (4), 513-526, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-88-4-513. (Pubitemid 46784457)
40. Powell, M. D., S. H. Houston, and, T. A. Reinhold, (1996), Hurricane Andrew's landfall in South Florida. Part I: Standardizing measurements for documentation of surface wind fields, Weather Forecast., 11, 304-328, doi: 10.1175/1520-0434(1996)011<0304:HALISF>2.0.CO;2.
41. Powell, M. D., S. H, Houston, L. R. Amat, and, N. Morrisseau-Leroy, (1998), The HRD real-time hurricane wind analysis system, J. Wind Eng. Ind. Aerodyn., 77-78, 53-64, doi: 10.1016/S0167-6105(98)00131-7. (Pubitemid 29085645)
42. Powell, M. D., P. J. Vickery, and, T. A. Reinhold, (2003), Reduced drag coefficient for high wind speeds in tropical cyclones, Nature, 422 (6929), 279-283, doi: 10.1038/nature01481. (Pubitemid 36378349)
43. Powell, M. D., et al. (2010), Reconstruction of Hurricane Katrina's wind fields for storm surge and wave hindcasting, Ocean Eng., 37, 26-36, doi: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2009.08.014.
44. Ris, R. C., N. Booij, and, L. H. Holthuijsen, (1999), A third-generation wave model for coastal regions: 2. Verification, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 7667-7681, doi: 10.1029/1998JC900123. (Pubitemid 29410062)
45. Rogers W. E., P. A. Hwang, and, D. W. Wang, (2003), Investigation of wave growth and decay in the SWAN model: Three regional scale applications. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 33, 366-389, doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0366:IOWGAD>2.0. CO;2.
46. Smith, J. M., (2000), Benchmark tests of STWAVE, paper presented at the Sixth International Workshop on Wave Hindcasting and Forecasting, Monterey, Calif.
47. Smith, J. M., (2007), Full-plane STWAVE: II. Model overview, ERDC TN-SWWRP-07-5, Vicksburg, Miss.
48. Smith, J. M., A. R. Sherlock, and, D. T. Resio, (2001), STWAVE: Steady-state spectral wave model user's manual for STWAVE, version 3.0, Tech. Rep. ERDC/CHL SR-01-1, Eng. Res. and Dev. Cent., Vicksburg, Miss.
49. Smith, J. M., R. E. Jensen, A. B. Kennedy, J. C. Dietrich, and, J. J. Westerink, (2010), Waves in wetlands: Hurricane Gustav, in Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE), Shanghai, China.
50. Sorensen, R. M., (2006), Basic Coastal Engineering, Springer, N. Y.
51. Sullivan, P. P., L. Romero, J. C. McWilliams, and, W. K. Melville, (2012), Transient evolution of Langmuir turbulence in ocean boundary layers driven by hurricane winds and waves, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 42, 1959-1980, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-025.1.
52. Westerink, J. J., R. A. Luettich, J. C. Feyen, J. H. Atkinson, C. Dawson, H. J. Roberts, M. D. Powell, J. P. Dunion, E. J. Kubatko, and, H. Pourtaheri, (2008), A basin- to channel-scale unstructured grid hurricane storm surge model applied to southern Louisiana, Mon. Weather Rev., 136 (3), 833-864, doi: 10.1175/2007MWR1946.1. (Pubitemid 351753150)
53. Zijlema, M., (2010), Computation of wind-wave spectra in coastal waters with SWAN on unstructured grids, Coastal Eng, 57 (3), 267-277, doi: 10.1016/j.coastalengsss.2009.10.011.