A modeling-based analysis of the flooding associated with Xynthia, central Bay of Biscay

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 94, Issue 212, 2014, Pages 80-89

  Bertin, Xavier ^a   Li, Kai ^a,b   Roland, Aron ^c   Zhang, Yinglong J ^d   Breilh, Jean François ^a   Chaumillon, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^c BGS Umweltplanung GmbH   (Germany)

^d VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal flooding; Numerical modeling; Storm surge; Unstructured grid; Xynthia

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEVEES; NUMERICAL MODELS; STORMS; WATER LEVELS;

COASTAL FLOODING; FULLY-COUPLED MODEL; INFRA-GRAVITY WAVES; MID-LATITUDE STORMS; MODEL-BASED ANALYSIS; STORM SURGES; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; XYNTHIA;

FLOODS;

COASTAL ZONE; DIKE; FLOODING; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STORM SURGE; WATER LEVEL; WAVE RUNUP;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BENGAL; BAY OF BISCAY; GULF OF MEXICO; INDIAN OCEAN; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84921472267     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2014.08.013     Document Type: Article

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