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A storm surge model for the Australian region
Author(s) -
Hubbert G. D.,
Leslie L. M.,
Manton M. J.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49711649411
Subject(s) - advection , storm surge , surge , storm , meteorology , climatology , front (military) , current (fluid) , cold front , geology , continental shelf , nonlinear system , oceanography , environmental science , geography , physics , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
A depth‐integrated ocean‐current model is developed to simulate currents and sea surface elevations on the Australian continental shelf. the nonlinear advective terms are included and the equations of motion are solved using an efficient split‐explicit finite difference scheme, which yields accurate and stable results. the model predictions are compared with observations over a four‐day period of both surface elevations and currents in Bass Strait during the passage of a typical cold front in April 1984.