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Global storm tide modeling with ADCIRC v55: unstructured mesh design and performance
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
Damrongsak Wirasaet
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
Keith J. Roberts
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Joannes J. Westerink
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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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.
We improve and test a computer model that simulates tides and storm surge over all of Earth's...
