Coastal Flooding at the Gulf of Maine during the Patriot's Day Storm

Dongmei Xie; Qing Ping Zou; John W. Cannon

doi:10.1061/9780784480304.031

Coastal Flooding at the Gulf of Maine during the Patriot's Day Storm

Dongmei Xie, Qing Ping Zou, John W. Cannon

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The Gulf of Maine is frequently struck by Nor'easter storms during winter season. The strong wind produced by storm generates large waves and high surge, which may result in coastal inundation in low-lying areas along the coast when the storm peak coincides with high tide. In this paper, the state-of-the-art fully-coupled circulation and spectral wave model ADCIRC-UnSWAN was applied to investigate waves and circulation in the Gulf of Maine. The waves and surge level was well reproduced at wave buoy and tide gauge. While waves at offshore of Saco Bay reaches over 7.0 m at storm peak, it decreases rapidly when propagating into the bay, mainly caused by bottom friction and wave breaking. A clockwise circulation is identified at the offshore of Saco River. With the presence of waves, the clockwise circulation is greatly enhanced and moved further offshore. The surface elevation is also increased by 0.2m along the coast due to wave set-up.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2015
Subtitle of host publication	Resilient Coastal Communities - Proceedings of the Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters Joint Conference 2015
Publisher	American Society of Civil Engineers
Pages	295-301
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9780784480304
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784480304.031
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters Joint Conference 2015 - Boston, United States Duration: 9 Sept 2015 → 11 Sept 2015

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Conference	Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters Joint Conference 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	9/09/15 → 11/09/15

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Atmospheric Science
Economic Geology
Computers in Earth Sciences

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Xie, D., Zou, Q. P., & Cannon, J. W. (2015). Coastal Flooding at the Gulf of Maine during the Patriot's Day Storm. In Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2015: Resilient Coastal Communities - Proceedings of the Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters Joint Conference 2015 (pp. 295-301). American Society of Civil Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784480304.031

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Xie, D, Zou, QP & Cannon, JW 2015, Coastal Flooding at the Gulf of Maine during the Patriot's Day Storm. in Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2015: Resilient Coastal Communities - Proceedings of the Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters Joint Conference 2015. American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 295-301, Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters Joint Conference 2015, Boston, United States, 9/09/15. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784480304.031

Coastal Flooding at the Gulf of Maine during the Patriot's Day Storm. / Xie, Dongmei; Zou, Qing Ping; Cannon, John W.
Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2015: Resilient Coastal Communities - Proceedings of the Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters Joint Conference 2015. American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015. p. 295-301.

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Xie D, Zou QP, Cannon JW. Coastal Flooding at the Gulf of Maine during the Patriot's Day Storm. In Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2015: Resilient Coastal Communities - Proceedings of the Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters Joint Conference 2015. American Society of Civil Engineers. 2015. p. 295-301 doi: 10.1061/9780784480304.031

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