Nile delta technology

Author

Schneck, T.

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

9-12 Nov. 2004

Firstpage

732

Abstract

The enhancement in modelling of transitioning storms will provide useful data for the re-insurance industry. In Nile delta region, the location of the highest speed winds move away from the storm track, out to distances that are far higher than the typical north Indian tropical cyclones. The effect of the effective influx of the sediment load is difficult to quantify in the coastal area of the Nile. The storm system which tracked across the eastern Mediterranean region on 2002 December 20 brought strong winds and heavy rainfall. Flooding was reported in Lebanon, winds gusted to 60 mph after the recurving tropical cyclone transition to a fast moving storm and waves gusted 4 meters height (limited sea room in the Mediterranean Basin).

Keywords

atmospheric waves; oceanographic regions; rain; storms; wind; AD 2002 12 20; Lebanon; Nile coastal area; Nile delta technology; eastern Mediterranean region; flooding; gusts; heavy rainfall; re-insurance industry; sediment load; storm system; storm track; storm transition modelling; tropical cyclone transition; wind speed location; wind waves; Floods; Mathematics; Oceans; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Sediments; Soil; Storms; Tropical cyclones; Wind speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '04. MTTS/IEEE TECHNO-OCEAN '04

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8669-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2004.1405528

Filename

1405528