TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Observing storm surges from space: Hurricane Igor off Newfoundland
JO  - Scientific reports
A1  - Han, Guoqi
A1  - Ma, Zhimin
A1  - Chen, Dake
A1  - Deyoung, Brad
A1  - Chen, Nancy
SP  - 1010
EP  - 1010
VL  - 2
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2045-2322
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep01010
ID  - ref1
ER  -