A numerical study of vegetation impact on reducing storm surge by wetlands in a semi-enclosed estuary

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 95, Issue , 2015, Pages 66-76

  Hu, Kelin ^a   Chen, Qin ^a,b   Wang, Hongqing ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Hurricane Isaac; Numerical experiments; Storm surge; Vegetation induced surge reduction

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; FLOODS; HURRICANES; STORMS; VEGETATION;

COASTAL LOUISIANA; COASTAL WETLANDS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HURRICANE EVENTS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; STORM SURGES; VEGETATION EFFECTS; VEGETATION PROPERTIES;

WETLANDS;

COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL WETLAND; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; STORM SURGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VEGETATION COVER;

BRETON SOUND; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84910044434     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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