Parameter sensitivity and uncertainty analysis for a storm surge  and wave
model

Bastidas, Luis A.; Knighton, James; Kline, Shaun W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2195-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2195-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2195-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 10

Research article

|

30 Sep 2016

Research article |

| 30 Sep 2016

Parameter sensitivity and uncertainty analysis for a storm surge and wave model

Luis A. Bastidas, James Knighton, and Shaun W. Kline

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RC C2678: 'Comments on « Parameter sensitivity and uncertainty analysis for a storm surge and wave model »', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Dec 2015
- AC C3127: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Luis Bastidas, 02 Feb 2016
RC C2699: 'Comments to "Parameter sensitivity and uncertainty analysis for a storm surge and wave model" (Bastidas et al. 2015)', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Dec 2015
- AC C3133: 'Responses to reviewer 2', Luis Bastidas, 02 Feb 2016

Short summary

We present a model parameter sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of the Delft3D model for the simulation of storm hazards. The sensitive model parameters include wind drag, depth-induced breaking, and bottom roughness. Several parameters show no sensitivity and can therefore be excluded to reduce the computational overburden of probabilistic surge hazard estimates. A comparison of the model performance with forcings from three different wind models is also presented.