UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF WIND INTENSITY, FORWARD SPEED, PRESSURE AND TRACK ON GENERATION AND PROPAGATION OF HURRICANE IRMA SURGES AROUND FLORIDA

Understanding the Effects of Wind Intensity, Forward Speed, Pressure and Track on Generation and Propagation of Hurricane Irma Surges around Florida

In this study, it is demonstrated that hurricane wind intensity, forward speed, pressure, and track play an important role on the generation and propagation of coastal storm surges.Hurricane Irma, which heavily impacted the entire Florida peninsula in 2017, is used to study the storm surge sensitivity to varying storm characteristics.Results show t

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