![]() ![]() This study simulates the storm surge in New York Harbor in response to Hurricane Sandy 2012, proposes that a directional analysis can approximate the same surge behavior with a set of fixed wind directions, and then applies that analysis to assess the vulnerability of other coastal cities in the United States and the Philippines. (B) Smaller high-resolution domain centered over New York Harbor, with grid resolution 82 m and grid size 1200x1200 cells. W = Wilmington, Delaware DP = Delmarva Peninsula. The red line shows the track of Hurricane Sandy 2012. Panels: (A) Larger domain centered on the state of New Jersey, with a grid resolution of 824 m and grid size 720 rows x 960 columns. Model domains over the New York City area. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Ĭompeting interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.įig 1. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in the publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. NCAR is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are creditedĭata Availability: All COAWST output files are available from the Earth System Grid ( ).įunding: The NCAR Earth System Laboratory (NESL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research provided computational support. Received: OctoAccepted: FebruPublished: March 30, 2015Ĭopyright: © 2015 Drews, Galarneau. PLoS ONE 10(3):Īcademic Editor: Roi Gurka, Coastal Carolina University, UNITED STATES Emergency managers could use these directional maps to prepare their cities for an approaching storm, on planning horizons from days to years.Ĭitation: Drews C, Galarneau TJ Jr (2015) Directional Analysis of the Storm Surge from Hurricane Sandy 2012, with Applications to Charleston, New Orleans, and the Philippines. The directional analysis is then applied to surge events at Charleston, South Carolina, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Tacloban City, the Philippines. ![]() This analysis approximates the surge observed during Hurricane Sandy. We present a new technique using directional analysis to calculate and display maps of a coastline's potential for storm surge these maps are constructed from wind fields blowing from eight fixed compass directions. This study examines the surge event in New York Harbor using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) atmospheric model and the Coupled-Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave- Sediment Transport / Regional Ocean Modeling System (COAWST/ROMS). Carey automobile tunnel between Brooklyn and The Battery. Hurricane Sandy in late October 2012 drove before it a storm surge that rose to 4.28 meters above mean lower low water at The Battery in lower Manhattan, and flooded the Hugh L. ![]()
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