Marine Science Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-3-2010
Keywords
radiation stress, wave‐induced force, storm surge, inundation, wave‐current interaction
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JC006090
Abstract
The interactions between waves and storm surge are investigated using an unstructured grid, coupled wave‐surge model forced by a hypothetical Ivan‐like hurricane impacting the Tampa Bay, Florida region. The waves derived from the unstructured version of the third‐generation wave model simulating waves nearshore. The surge derives from the unstructured Finite‐Volume Coastal Ocean Model, to which wave‐induced forces (based on radiation stress theory) are added to the traditional forces by winds and atmospheric pressure. Dependent upon complex bathymetry and geometry, the wave‐induced forces result in an additional 0.3∼0.5 m of surge relative to an uncoupled, surge‐only simulation, and the increase in coastal sea level by the storm surge adds some 1.0∼1.5 m to the significant wave heights nearshore. Such strong interactions through coupling suggest that waves should not be omitted in hurricane storm surge simulations, especially because the forces by waves on coastal structures are perhaps the most damaging of the hurricane related forces.
Rights Information
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 115, art. C12009
Copyright 2010 by the American Geophysical Union.
Scholar Commons Citation
Huang, Yong; Weisberg, Robert H.; and Zheng, Lianyuan, "Coupling of Surge and Waves for an Ivan-like Hurricane Impacting the Tampa Bay, Florida Region" (2010). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 173.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/173
