Effects of hurricane forward speed and approach angle on storm surges: an idealized numerical experiment

Zhang Chenguang; Li Chunyan

doi:10.1007/s13131-018-1081-z

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Zhang Chenguang, Li Chunyan. Effects of hurricane forward speed and approach angle on storm surges: an idealized numerical experiment[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2019, 38(7): 48-56. doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1081-z

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Zhang Chenguang, Li Chunyan. Effects of hurricane forward speed and approach angle on storm surges: an idealized numerical experiment[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2019, 38(7): 48-56. doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1081-z

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Effects of hurricane forward speed and approach angle on storm surges: an idealized numerical experiment

doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1081-z

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA 70803, USA

Received Date: 2018-11-19

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The effects of hurricane forward speed (V) and approach angle (θ) on storm surge are important and a systematic investigation covering possible and continuous ranges of these parameters has not been done before. Here we present such a study with a numerical experiment using the Finite Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM). The hurricane track is simplified as a straight line, such that V and θ fully define the motion of the hurricane. The maximum surge is contributed by both free waves and a forced storm surge wave moving with the hurricane. Among the free waves, Kelvin-type waves can only propagate in the down-coast direction. Simulations show that those waves can only have a significant positive storm surge when the hurricane velocity has a down-coast component. The optimal values of V and θ that maximize the storm surge in an idealized semi-circular ocean basin are functions of the bathymetry. For a constant bathymetry, the maximum surge occurs when the hurricane approaches the coast from the normal direction when the free wave generation is minimal; for a stepped bathymetry, the maximum surge occurs at a certain acute approach angle which maximizes the duration of persistent wind forcing; a step-like bathymetry with a sloped shelf is similar to the stepped bathymetry, with the added possibility of landfall resonance when the free and forced waves are moving at about the same velocity. For other cases, the storm surge is smaller, given other parameters (hurricane size, maximum wind speed, etc.) unchanged.
- storm surge experiments,
- FVCOM,
- hurricane forward speed,
- approach angle,
- Kelvin waves,
- forced and free surge interactions

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