Performance and validation of a coupled parallel ADCIRC-SWAN model for THANE cyclone in the Bay of Bengal

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 601-623

  Bhaskaran, Prasad K ^a   Nayak, Sashikant ^a   Bonthu, Subba Reddy ^a   Murty, P L N ^a,b   Sen, Debabrata ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN INFORMATION SERVICES   (India)

Author keywords

ADCIRC; Coupled model; Significant wave height; SWAN; Thane; WRF

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CYCLONE; EXTREME EVENT; FORECASTING METHOD; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84887618672     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-013-9284-5     Document Type: Article

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