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Apr 26, 2012
Hurricane Characteristics along the Northern U.S. Gulf of Mexico Coast for Surge Prediction
Publication: Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008
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This paper begins with a brief analysis of different statistical approaches to the estimation of hurricane-driven storm surge probabilities in coastal areas and concludes that some version of a Joint Probability Method is presently the best available choice for this purpose. Next, information on the type of information required to model hurricane surges along the northern portion of the U.S. Gulf coast is developed, and analyses are applied to generate this information. Finally, an analysis of potential effects related to climate variability on expected coastal surges is discussed.
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Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008
Pages: 170 - 184
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© 2008 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Climate change
- Climates
- Coastal engineering
- Coastal processes
- Coasts, oceans, ports, and waterways engineering
- Developing countries
- Disaster risk management
- Disasters and hazards
- Engineering fundamentals
- Environmental engineering
- Geology
- Geotechnical engineering
- Gulfs
- Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones
- Joints
- Mathematics
- Natural disasters
- Practice and Profession
- Probability
- Statistics
- Storm surges
- Structural engineering
- Structural members
- Structural systems
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Research Development Center, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6133. E-mail: [email protected]
Texas A&M University, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, College Station, Texas, 77843. E-mail: [email protected]
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