Hurricane Katrina storm surge distribution and field observations on the Mississippi Barrier Islands

Fritz, Hermann M.; Blount, Chris; Sokoloski, Robert; Singleton, Justin; Fuggle, Andrew; McAdoo, Brian G.; Moore, Adam D.; Grass, Chad; Tate, Banks

doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2007.03.015

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“…However, as mentioned earlier, observations of the impact of recent TC inundations on beach ridges in the region (Nott, 2010) revealed that beach profile flattening (hurricane beach) and scarping of the first seaward ridge occurred and there was an absence of ridge plain breaching. This is unlike the impact of TC inundations observed along the Western Australian coast (Nott andHubbert, 2005) and by others along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico (Morton and Sallenger, 2003;Fritz et al, 2007). The reasons behind these differences are not clear however the answer may lie in the morphological characteristics of the different environments.…”

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“…Wetlands too on the landward side of dunes can experience substantial erosion resulting in the formation of linear and amorphous ponds and braided channels (Morton and Barras, 2011). Tropical cyclone inundations can have a substantial impact on sandy coasts with shoreline retreat sometimes over 100 m as was the case during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 along the Gulf of Mexico coast (Fritz et al, 2007;Horton et al, 2009). Breaching of barriers often occurs with some breaches attaining widths up to 1.9 km as occurred on Dauphin Island, a barrier island offshore from Louisiana, during Hurricane Katrina (Fritz et al, 2007).…”

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“…Tropical cyclone inundations can have a substantial impact on sandy coasts with shoreline retreat sometimes over 100 m as was the case during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 along the Gulf of Mexico coast (Fritz et al, 2007;Horton et al, 2009). Breaching of barriers often occurs with some breaches attaining widths up to 1.9 km as occurred on Dauphin Island, a barrier island offshore from Louisiana, during Hurricane Katrina (Fritz et al, 2007). Substantial sand deposition can also occur in the coastal landscape resulting in the raising of existing barrier topography in places (Fritz et al, 2007;Morton and Barras, 2011;Morton and Sallenger, 2003;Horton et al, 2009;Hopley, 1974;Nott, 2010;Nott et al, 2009;Hawkes and Horton, 2012).…”

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“…Breaching of barriers often occurs with some breaches attaining widths up to 1.9 km as occurred on Dauphin Island, a barrier island offshore from Louisiana, during Hurricane Katrina (Fritz et al, 2007). Substantial sand deposition can also occur in the coastal landscape resulting in the raising of existing barrier topography in places (Fritz et al, 2007;Morton and Barras, 2011;Morton and Sallenger, 2003;Horton et al, 2009;Hopley, 1974;Nott, 2010;Nott et al, 2009;Hawkes and Horton, 2012). Most of the above cited studies have examined the impacts of TC inundations on barrier islands and aeolian dune fronted mainland coasts as opposed to coasts dominated by beach ridges.…”

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“…Hurricane Katrina (23À30 August 2005) made landfall along the northern central Gulf of Mexico coast in the United States, causing significant economic losses, injuries, and fatalities predominantly in Louisiana and Mississippi (Womble et al 2006;Fritz et al 2007). Hurricane Katrina's storm surge destroyed building structures along the coastal area, sweeping away residential neighbourhoods.…”

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Automatic urban debris zone extraction from post-hurricane very high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery

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Friedland

2015

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

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Automated remote sensing methods have not gained widespread usage for damage assessment after hurricane events, especially for low-rise buildings, such as individual houses and small businesses. Hurricane wind, storm surge with waves, and inland flooding have unique damage signatures, further complicating the development of robust automated assessment methodologies. As a step toward realizing automated damage assessment for multi-hazard hurricane events, this paper presents a mono-temporal image classification methodology that quickly and accurately differentiates urban debris from non-debris areas using post-event images. Three classification approaches are presented: spectral, textural, and combined spectralÀtextural. The methodology is demonstrated for Gulfport, Mississippi, using IKONOS panchromatic satellite and NOAA aerial colour imagery collected after 2005 Hurricane Katrina. The results show that multivariate texture information significantly improves debris class detection performance by decreasing the confusion between debris and other land cover types, and the extracted debris zone accurately captures debris distribution. Additionally, the extracted debris boundary is approximately equivalent regardless of imagery type, demonstrating the flexibility and robustness of the debris mapping methodology. While the test case presents results for hurricane hazards, the proposed methodology is generally developed and expected to be effective in delineating debris zones for other natural hazards, including tsunamis, tornadoes, and earthquakes.

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Estimation of extreme sea levels over the eastern continental shelf of North America

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[1] This study presents distributions of extreme sea levels over the eastern continental shelf of North America (ECSNA) associated with storm surges and tidal surface elevations produced by a 2-D ocean circulation model for the period 1979-2010. The 2-D circulation model is driven by atmospheric and tidal forcing. The large-scale atmospheric forcing is the wind stress and sea level atmospheric pressures extracted from NCEP (National Centers for Environmental Prediction) Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) fields at 6 h intervals. A parameterized vortex is inserted into the CFSR fields to better represent the atmospheric forcing associated with a tropical storm or hurricane. The tidal forcing includes specification of tides at model open boundaries and tide generating potential at each model grid. The model performance is assessed using observed sea levels over the ECSNA. The simulated surface elevations driven by the atmospheric force are used to estimate the 50 year return level of extreme sea levels associated with storm surges over the ECSNA using an extremal analysis. The potential regions of the ECSNA to be threatened by severe storm surges are presented. The extreme total sea levels due to tides and storm surges are also estimated using the Monte Carlo method from model results. Regions over the ECSNA experiencing severe 50 year extreme total sea levels due to the storm surges and tides are similar to those regions of 50 year extreme surge-induced elevations, but with much higher extreme values.Citation: Zhang, H., and J. Sheng (2013), Estimation of extreme sea levels over the eastern continental shelf of North America,

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Hurricane Katrina storm surge distribution and field observations on the Mississippi Barrier Islands

Cited by 232 publications

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The origin of centennial- to millennial-scale chronological gaps in storm emplaced beach ridge plains

The origin of centennial- to millennial-scale chronological gaps in storm emplaced beach ridge plains

Automatic urban debris zone extraction from post-hurricane very high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery

Estimation of extreme sea levels over the eastern continental shelf of North America

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