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Mesoscale simulation of typhoon-generated storm surge: methodology and Shanghai case study
Shuyun Dong
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School of Geography, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand
Wayne J. Stephenson
School of Geography, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand
Sarah Wakes
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Otago,
Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand
Zhongyuan Chen
State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China
Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
Jianzhong Ge
State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China
Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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Mesoscale simulation provides a general approach that could be implemented to fulfill the purpose of planning and has relatively low requirements for computation time and data while still providing reasonable accuracy. The method is generally applicable to all coastal cities around the world for examining the effect of future climate change on typhoon-generated storm surge even where historical observed data are inadequate or not available.
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