HURRICANE SURGE PREDICTIONS FOR CHESAPEAKE BAY

Abstract

The report presents a comprehensive investigation of hurricane surge problems for the Chesapeake Bay area. Methods and techniques are presented, and are calibrated with available surge data, so that the computational procedures result in reasonable estimates of maximum hurricane surge for design purposes. It is believed that the final results given in this report can only be refined by use of additional hurricane surge data, suitable for furthering the present investigation. Such additional hurricane surge data are not available at present, but might become available from future hurricanes affecting the Chesapeake Bay area. In addition theoretical studies, the formulas and techniques of which must also be calibrated, performed in the future, might tend to refine the surge results presented in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1959
Accession Number
AD0699408

Entities

People

  • Charles L. Bretschneider

Organizations

  • United States Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Bays
  • Beach Erosion
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Computations
  • Continental Shelves
  • Coriolis Effect
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Hurricanes
  • Meteorological Data
  • Peak Values
  • Potomac River
  • Virginia
  • Wind Stress
  • York River

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Systems Analysis and Design