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Document Type
Book Chapter
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
1-1-2005
Role
K.G. Sellner
Book Title
Hurricane Isabel in Perspective : Proceedings of a conference
Publisher
Chesapeake Research Consortium, Inc.
City
Edgewater, Maryland
Abstract
Hurricane Isabel made landfall near Drum Inlet, about 240 km south of the Chesapeake Bay mouth, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina at 17:00 UTC (GMT 12:00), 18 September 2003. Hurricane Isabel is considered one of the most significant tropical cyclones to affect portions of northeastern North Carolina and east-central Virginia. The ADvanced CIRCulation Model (ADCIRC) model was applied to the Chesapeake Bay to simulate Hurricane Isabel. High-resolution grids were placed inside the Bay and tributaries; coarse grids were placed outside the Bay. The spatial grid resolution in the Bay mainstem is about 200–1000 m and the spatial grid resolution in the tributaries ranges from 50–700 m. A parametric wind model was used to drive the model. The model results show that, with the use of a parametric wind model, the model can predict the peak surge and storm tide histories along the Bay mainstem and tributaries. The model was used to analyze the impact of sea level rise on surge and inundation prediction.
Keywords
Modeling, Storms, Climate
Recommended Citation
Shen, Jian; Gong, W.; and Wang, Harry V., "Simulation of Hurricane Isabel Using the Advanced Circulation Model (ADCIRC)" (2005). VIMS Books and Book Chapters. 7.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsbooks/7
