Simulation of storm surge in northeast coast of the US; A closer look at the wind forcing
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Date of Original Version
1-1-2017
Abstract
A coupled ADCIRC+SWAN model was forced with parametric and global wind products from NHC and ECMWF databases, respectively, to simulate and examine the storm surge responses of Hurricanes Bob (1991) and Irene (2011) in Rhode Island coastal waters. Comparisons with NOAA, USGS, and USACE observation/hindcast data showed that the location of the hurricane track in relation to the study area is paramount when determining which wind product should be used in storm surge simulations. Parametric winds better predict storm surge at locations within the RMW, where global winds lack horizontal resolution, and vice versa for locations outside the RMW.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Torres, Marissa J., M. R. Hashemi, Scott Hayward, Isaac Ginis, and Malcolm Spaulding. "Simulation of storm surge in northeast coast of the US; A closer look at the wind forcing." Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (2017): 1395-1402. https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/oce_facpubs/231