Simulating tidal and storm surge hydraulics with a simple 2D inertia based model, in the Humber Estuary, U.K

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 155, Issue , 2015, Pages 126-136

  Skinner, Christopher J ^a   Coulthard, Thomas J ^a   Parsons, Daniel R ^a   Ramirez, Jorge A ^a,b   Mullen, Liam ^c   Manson, Susan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c Humber Estuary Services Associated British Ports   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Flooding; Numerical modelling; Prediction; Storm surge; Tides

Indexed keywords

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODING; HYDRAULICS; INERTIA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; STORM SURGE; TIDAL CYCLE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED KINGDOM]; ENGLAND; HUMBER ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84922349419     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2015.01.019     Document Type: Article

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