DocumentCode
2938240
Title
Hindcast of Extreme Wind, Wave, Surge and Current Data Offshore Georgia
Author
Cardone, Vincent J.
Author_Institution
Oceanweather Inc., Cos Cob, CT, USA
fYear
1986
fDate
23-25 Sept. 1986
Firstpage
75
Lastpage
83
Abstract
A data base of hurricane-generated surface winds, sea state, storm surge and currents has been produced through a hindcast of 16 of the most intense tropical cyclones to affect the South Atlantic Bight since 1900. The hindcasts were made with numerical prediction models (ODGP, SURGE II) which had been developed originally for the specification of peak hurricane-generated winds, waves and surge heights in the Gulf of Mexico, but which have since undergone validation in a wide range of storm types in several basins. The extremal analysis of site-specific hindcast peak wind, wave, surge and current data provided new estimates of extremes at eight sites designated for structures.
Keywords
Area measurement; History; Hurricanes; Sea measurements; Storms; Stress; Surface waves; Surges; Tropical cyclones; Wind speed;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
OCEANS '86
Conference_Location
Washington, DC, USA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OCEANS.1986.1160554
Filename
1160554
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