Characterizing the hydraulic interactions of hurricane storm surge and rainfall-runoff for the Houston-Galveston region

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 7-19

  Torres, Jacob M ^a   Bass, Benjamin ^a   Irza, Nicholas ^a   Fang, Zheng ^b   Proft, Jennifer ^c   Dawson, Clint ^c   Kiani, Morteza ^b   Bedient, Philip ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed inland hydrology; Hurricane rainfall runoff; Hurricane storm surge; Surge barrier; SWAN + ADCIRC; Unsteady riverine modeling

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; HURRICANES; RAIN; RISK MANAGEMENT; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; SURGE PROTECTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COASTAL FLOOD RISKS; HURRICANE STORM SURGE; RAINFALL RUNOFF; SURGE BARRIERS; SWAN + ADCIRC; TOPOLOGICAL VARIATIONS; UNSTEADY HYDRAULICS; WATER SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

RUNOFF;

FLOOD CONTROL; HURRICANE EVENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORM SURGE;

GALVESTON BAY; HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942303917     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2015.09.004     Document Type: Article

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