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Model now capable of street-level storm-tide predictions |
March 27, 2014
A new modeling study demonstrates the ability to predict a hurricane's storm tide at a much finer scale than current operational methods. The water that surged into the intersection of New York City's Canal and Hudson streets during Hurricane Sandy -- to choose just one flood-ravaged locale -- was ultimately driven ashore by forces swirling hundreds of miles out in the Atlantic. That simple fact shows not only the scale and power of a tropical cyclone, but the difficulty of modeling and forecasting its potential for coastal flooding on the fine scale needed to most effectively prepare a response.
Link: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/computers_math/computer_science/~3/zn_aT65CrxU/140325133542.htm
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