Predicting the storm surge threat of hurricane sandy with the national weather service SLOSH model

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 437-476

  Forbes, Cristina ^a   Rhome, Jamie ^a   Mattocks, Craig ^a   Taylor, Arthur ^b  

^a NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

High; Hurricane; Inundation; Marks; Sandy; Sensors; Storm; Surge; Tides; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940668735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20771312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jmse2020437     Document Type: Article

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