Global storm tide modeling with ADCIRC v55: unstructured mesh design and performance

Pringle, William J.; Wirasaet, Damrongsak; Roberts, Keith J.; Westerink, Joannes J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1125-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1125-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1125-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

Development and technical paper

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25 Feb 2021

Development and technical paper |

| 25 Feb 2021

Global storm tide modeling with ADCIRC v55: unstructured mesh design and performance

William J. Pringle, Damrongsak Wirasaet, Keith J. Roberts, and Joannes J. Westerink

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RC1: 'Review of Pringle et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Oct 2020
- AC1: 'On the tidal solutions of our model', William Pringle, 11 Nov 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #1', William Pringle, 08 Dec 2020
RC2: 'Review of "Global Storm Tide Modeling with ADCIRC v55: Unstructured Mesh Design and Performance"', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Nov 2020
- AC3: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #2', William Pringle, 08 Dec 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by William Pringle on behalf of the Authors (08 Dec 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (28 Jan 2021) by Claire Levy

Short summary

We improve and test a computer model that simulates tides and storm surge over all of Earth's oceans and seas. The model varies mesh resolution (triangular element sizes) freely so that coastal areas, especially storm landfall locations, are well-described. We develop systematic tests of the resolution in order to suggest good mesh design criteria that balance computational efficiency with accuracy for both global astronomical tides and coastal storm tides under extreme weather forcing.