Street-scale modeling of storm surge inundation along the New Jersey Hudson river waterfront

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1486-1497

  Blumberg, Alan F ^a   Georgas, Nickitas ^a   Yin, Larry ^a   Herrington, Thomas O ^a   Orton, Philip M ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood events; Forecast verification skill; Hurricanes typhoons; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Ocean models; Storm surges

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; HURRICANES; HYDRODYNAMICS; STORMS; WATER LEVELS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FLOOD EVENT; FORECAST VERIFICATION/SKILL; HURRICANES/TYPHOONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION/FORECASTING; OCEAN MODEL; STORM SURGES;

FLOODS;

FLOODING; HURRICANE SANDY 2012; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL VARIATION; STORM SURGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TYPHOON; WATER LEVEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HUDSON RIVER; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84944050247     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00213.1     Document Type: Article

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