Coastal Flooding Analysis – Storm Surge
Module 4 for GIS Applications performs analyses on coastal flooding and storm surge. Storm surge is generally associated with landfalling tropical storms and hurricanes, but it can also be attributed to extratropical storms, such a Nor'easters along the Eastern Seaboard, or powerful winter storms with low barometric pressure and tight wind gradients. Coastal flooding events can also be due to spring tide events based upon the moon's cycle. The [...]