Storm Surge Modeling – Capturing the Wind

Dear Colleagues,

Sustained, high-velocity winds induced by tropical cyclones grip the surface of our oceans and push water towards our valuable and vulnerable coastlines. The ability of scientists and engineers to accurately simulate storm surge in a variety of natural and built environments is essential to the assessment of risk and the design of resilient coastal infrastructure. This Special Issue of Atmosphere is focused on disseminating basic and applied research findings on the connection between wind and storm surge. Under the stated emphasis on the measurement, encoding, and implementation of tropical cyclone winds in storm surge models, we specifically encourage submissions involving the following topics:

• Boundary layer interactions including momentum transfer, wind drag, and aerodynamic roughness characterization;
• Quantification of the uncertainty associated with air/sea interaction;
• Computational methods for wind-driven surge simulation including advances to high performance distributed computing architecture, data assimilation, and machine learning;
• Parameterization and validation techniques based on in-situ sensor measurements, remote sensing, photogrammetry, etc.;
• Innovative metrics to assess model performance.

Dr. Stephen C. Medeiros
Guest Editor

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