Directional Analysis of the Storm Surge from Hurricane Sandy 2012

Hurricane Sandy in late October 2012 drove before it a storm surge that rose to 4.28 meters above mean lower low water at The Battery in lower Manhattan, and flooded the Hugh L. Carey automobile tunnel between Brooklyn and The Battery. This study examines the surge event in New York Harbor using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) atmospheric model and the Coupled-Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave- Sediment Transport / Regional Ocean Modeling System (COAWST/ROMS). We present a new technique using directional analysis to calculate and display maps of a coastline's potential for storm surge; these maps are constructed from wind fields blowing from eight fixed compass directions. This analysis approximates the surge observed during Hurricane Sandy. The directional analysis is then applied to surge events at Charleston, South Carolina, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Tacloban City, the Philippines.

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Author Drews, Carl
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 2015-01-01
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6NC5Z77
Alternate Identifier d583152
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Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
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Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:31:15Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d583152
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Drews, Carl. (2015). Directional Analysis of the Storm Surge from Hurricane Sandy 2012. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6NC5Z77. Accessed 10 October 2025.

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