Storm Surge Analysis Using Numerical and Statistical Techniques and Comparison with NWS Model SLOSH
Title | Storm Surge Analysis Using Numerical and Statistical Techniques and Comparison with NWS Model SLOSH PDF eBook |
Author | Manish Aggarwal |
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Release | 2005 |
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This thesis presents a technique for storm surge forecasting. Storm surge is the water that is pushed toward the shore by the force of the winds swirling around the storm. This advancing surge combines with the normal tides to create the hurricane storm tide, which can increase the mean water level by almost 20 feet. Numerical modeling is an important tool used for storm surge forecast. Numerical model ADCIRC (Advanced Circulation model; Luettich et al, 1992) is used in this thesis for simulating hurricanes. A statistical technique, EST (Empirical Statistical Technique) is used to generate life cycle storm surge values from the simulated hurricanes. These two models have been applied to Freeport, TX. The thesis also compares the results with the model SLOSH (Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes), which is currently used for evacuation and planning. The present approach of classifying hurricanes according to their maximum sustained winds is analyzed. This approach is not found to applicable in all the cases and more research needs to be done. An alternate approach is suggested for hurricane storm surge estimation.
An Assessment of Storm Surge Modeling
Title | An Assessment of Storm Surge Modeling PDF eBook |
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Pages | 52 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Storm surges |
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Evaluation of Numerical Storm Surge Models
Title | Evaluation of Numerical Storm Surge Models PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Committee on Tidal Hydraulics |
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Pages | 96 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Hurricanes |
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Storm Surge Analysis
Title | Storm Surge Analysis PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers |
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Pages | 238 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Storm surges |
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Comparison and Verification of Dynamical and Statistical Lake Erie Storm Surge Forecasts
Title | Comparison and Verification of Dynamical and Statistical Lake Erie Storm Surge Forecasts PDF eBook |
Author | William Shelby Richardson |
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Pages | 28 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Storm surges |
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The Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and the Techniques Development Laboratory have compared Lake Erie storm surge forecasts produced by a dynamical and a statistical method for several months in 1977 and 1978. The dynamical method yields much better forecasts at Buffalo and slightly better forecasts at Toledo.
A Preliminary View of Storm Surges Before and After Storm Modifications for Alongshore-moving Storms
Title | A Preliminary View of Storm Surges Before and After Storm Modifications for Alongshore-moving Storms PDF eBook |
Author | Chester P. Jelesnianski |
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Pages | 22 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Ocean-atmosphere interaction |
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Numerical means are used to compute storm surges (meteorological tides) in a standard basin of constant slope, bounded by a straightline coast. All storm tracks in this study are constrained to lie parallel to the coast; the storm can lie at any distance from the coast and travel with any speed, but once set, the distance and speed are invariant with time. Two driving forces, wind stress and atmospheric pressure gradient, are used to generate surges; they are derived from an analytic wind profile. The model storm is described with two invariant parameters, storm size and difference between ambient and central pressure of the storm.
Coastal Flooding Storm Surge Model: User's guide
Title | Coastal Flooding Storm Surge Model: User's guide PDF eBook |
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Pages | 146 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Coasts |
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