HAKOU v3: SWIMS Hurricane Inundation Fast Forecasting Tool for Hawaii

Abstract

U.S. Pacific Island coastal communities are extremely vulnerable to tropical cyclones. A powerful hurricane or typhoon can increase water levels and generate large waves impacting island coasts, causing coastal inundation and loss of infrastructure and life. While the complexity and accuracy in modeling coastal inundation continues to increase, most numerical models were conceived and tested primarily for U.S. mainland application. Developing methodologies to analyze accurately hurricane/typhoon waves and storm surge, and their interaction with island coasts, including coastal reefs, is the goal of SWIMS.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA559303

Entities

People

  • Alexandros A. Taflanidis
  • Andrew B. Kennedy
  • Jane M. Smith
  • Joannes J. Westerink
  • Kwok F. Cheung
  • Mary E Anderson

Organizations

  • United States Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Cyclones
  • Delphi Method
  • Emergency Response
  • Engineering
  • Floods
  • Graphical User Interface
  • High Resolution
  • Hurricanes
  • Reliability
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Simulations
  • Storm Surges
  • Storms
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Tropical Cyclones
  • Typhoons

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Economics