Journal
NATURAL HAZARDS
Volume 31, Issue 2, Pages 437-453Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/B:NHAZ.0000023361.94609.4a
Keywords
head Bay of Bengal; tropical cyclone; numerical model; storm surges
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The head Bay of Bengal region, which covers part of Orissa and west Bengal in India as well as Bangladesh, is one of the most vulnerable regions of extreme sea levels associated with severe tropical cyclones which cause extensive damage. There has been extensive loss of life and property due to extreme events in this region. Shallow nature of the Bay, presence of Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna deltaic system and high tidal range are responsible for storm surges in this region. In view of this a location specific fine resolution numerical model is developed for the simulation of storm surges. To represent most of the islands and rivers in this region a 3-km grid resolution is adopted. Several numerical experiments are carried out to compute the storm surges using the wind stress forcings representative of 1974, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994 and 1999 cyclones, which crossed this region. The model computed surges are in good agreement with the available observations/estimates.
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