U.S. IOOS coastal and ocean modeling testbed: Inter-model evaluation of tides, waves, and hurricane surge in the Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5129-5172

  Kerr, P C ^a   Donahue, A S ^a   Westerink, J J ^a   Luettich Jr , R A ^b   Zheng, L Y ^c   Weisberg, R H ^c   Huang, Y ^c   Wang, H V ^d   Teng, Y ^d   Forrest, D R ^d   Roland, A ^e   Haase, A T ^f   Kramer, A W ^f   Taylor, A A ^f   Rhome, J R ^f   Feyen, J C ^f   Signell, R P ^g   Hanson, J L ^h   Hope, M E ^a   Estes, R M ^a   Dominguez, R A ^a   Dunbar, R P ^a   Semeraro, L N ^a   Westerink, H J ^a   Kennedy, A B ^a   Smith, J M ⁱ   Powell, M D ^f   Cardone, V J ^j   Cox, A T ^j   more..

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d William and Mary   (United States)

^e DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^h U S ARMY   (United States)

ⁱ US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^j Oceanweather Inc   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

hurricane; inundation; storm surge; testbed; tides; waves

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; FRICTION; HURRICANES; STORMS; TESTBEDS; TIDES; WAVES;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL CIRCULATION MODELS; COUPLED CIRCULATION; INUNDATION; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; OPERATIONAL SIMULATIONS; STORM SURGES; UNSTRUCTURED MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BENCHMARKING; COASTAL CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HINDCASTING; HURRICANE IKE 2008; HURRICANE RITA 2005; MODEL VALIDATION; NOAA SATELLITE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; STORM SURGE; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84890258925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20376     Document Type: Article

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