Uncertainty in hurricane surge simulation due to land cover specification

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1812-1827

  Ferreira, Celso M ^a   Irish, Jennifer L ^b   Olivera, Francisco ^c  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bottom friction; hurricanes; land cover; model uncertainty; storm surge

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; FRICTION; HURRICANES; NUMERICAL MODELS; STORMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BOTTOM FRICTION; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; HURRICANE STORM SURGE; HYPOTHETICAL STORMS; LAND COVER; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; PREDICT AND ESTIMATE; STORM SURGES;

FORECASTING;

BOTTOM FRICTION; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE EVENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAND COVER; NATURAL HAZARD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; STORM SURGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND FORCING;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900366118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009604     Document Type: Article

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