Effects of Hurricane Floyd on Water Levels Data Report

By Zervas, Chris

Book Id: WPLBN0000695855
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 2.79 MB.
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Effects of Hurricane Floyd on Water Levels Data Report
Author:	Zervas, Chris
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Science., Ecology & environment, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.)
Collections:	National Oceanographic Data Center
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Publisher:	Government Reference Publication


Citation APA MLA Chicago Zervas, H. (n.d.). Effects of Hurricane Floyd on Water Levels Data Report. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Excerpt
Introduction: Hurricane Floyd was the strongest and most damaging hurricane of the 1999 Atlantic season. At its peak strength it was classified as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir/Simpson Hurricane Scale. By the time it made landfall near Wilmington, NC it had weakened to a Category 2 hurricane. Most of the damage and casualties attributed to the storm were due to the heavy rainfall and flooding caused by the passage of the storm along the U.S. Atlantic coastline. The hardest hit area was eastern North Carolina.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v List of Acronyms and Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II. Description of Hurricane Floyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 III. The National Water Level Observation Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 IV. Maximum Observed Elevations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 V. Storm Surge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 VI. Meteorological Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 VII. Currents near Hampton Roads, VA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 VIII. Operation of the Real-Time Monitoring System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 IX. Internet Dissemination of Storm Surge Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 X. Coordination with Federal and State Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 XI. Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Appendix I. Data Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Appendix II. Time series of observed water level and predicted tide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Appendix III. Time series of storm surge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Appendix IV. Time series of wind speed and barometric pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103