Correlating storm surge heights with tropical cyclone winds at and before landfall

Earth Interactions

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1-26

  Needham, Hal F ^a   Keim, Barry D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Hurricanes; Storm surge; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; HURRICANES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPEED; TROPICS; WATER LEVELS; WIND;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; EVENT TYPES; GULF COAST; STORM SURGES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND SPEED; WIND SURGES;

STORMS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HURRICANE; STORM SURGE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER LEVEL; WIND VELOCITY;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897422207     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2013EI000527.1     Document Type: Article

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