Wave forecasts associated with hurricane landfalls in the vicinity of Cape Lookout, North Carolina

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• Personal Author:
  Fonseca, Mark S. ; Malhotra, Amit
• Corporate Authors:
  National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NOS (National Ocean Service) ; NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science)
• Description:
  "In this study we focused on simulating the distribution and intensity of local wind waves that would be generated during hurricanes, especially at the shoreline. Our study included simulating alternate paths of hurricanes and presenting only the wind waves impact on our study areas during the course of hurricanes. We utilized WEMo to recognize the areas along shorelines where maximum damage could occur. It should be noted that these computations were done in the absence of storm surge which could propagate waves on and inshore of the current shoreline; integration of WEMo and storm surge modeling represents the next generation of forecasting effort"--Page 5.
• Content Notes:
  Mark Fonseca and Amit Malhotra.
  
  System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  
  Includes bibliographical references (page 13).
  
  
• Keywords:
  Computer Simulation Forecasting Hurricane Isabel, 2003 Hurricanes Storm Surges Wind Waves Computer Simulation Storm Surges Wind Waves
• Series:
  NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; 118
• Document Type:
  Technical Memorandum
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; Lookout, Cape
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7da88f8fe7c672aa99365db5ddf2e0f74c44d89e7a3a8a6dd2b48060f882d05c
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/2720/noaa_2720_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 12.65 MB ]