@article{ref1,
title="Observing storm surges from space: Hurricane Igor off Newfoundland",
journal="Scientific reports",
year="2012",
author="Han, Guoqi and Ma, Zhimin and Chen, Dake and Deyoung, Brad and Chen, Nancy",
volume="2",
number="",
pages="1010-1010",
abstract="Coastal communities are becoming increasingly more vulnerable to storm surges under a changing climate. Tide gauges can be used to monitor alongshore variations of a storm surge, but not cross-shelf features. In this study we combine Jason-2 satellite measurements with tide-gauge data to study the storm surge caused by Hurricane Igor off Newfoundland. Satellite observations reveal a storm surge of 1 m in the early morning of September 22, 2010 (UTC) after the passage of the storm, consistent with the tide-gauge measurements. The post-storm sea level variations at St. John's and Argentia are associated with free equatorward-propagating continental shelf waves (with a phase speed of ~10 m/s and a cross-shelf decaying scale of ~100 km). The study clearly shows the utility of satellite altimetry in observing and understanding storm surges, complementing tide-gauge observations for the analysis of storm surge characteristics and for the validation and improvement of storm surge models.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2045-2322",
doi="10.1038/srep01010",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep01010"
}