The storm surge and sub-grid inundation modeling in New York city during hurricane sandy

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 226-246

  Wang, Harry V ^a   Loftis, Jon Derek ^a   Liu, Zhuo ^a   Forrest, David ^a   Zhang, Joseph ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane sandy; Inundation; Storm surge; Sub grid modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940942414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20771312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jmse2010226     Document Type: Article

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