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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
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Project Number |
206 |
| Date of
Summary |
March 31, 1995 |
| Subject |
Shallow Water Wave
and Current Field Study |
| Performing
Activity |
Oceanweather, Inc. |
| Principal
Investigator |
Dr. Vincent J.
Cardone |
| Contracting
Agency |
Minerals Management
Service |
| Estimated
Completion |
Complete |
| Description |
Provide a comprehensive and
reliable database of environmental data in shallow water (as well as offshore) areas
affected by Hurricane Andrew, through the implementation and application of advanced
numerical wave and current hindcast models. The models to be adopted were previously
applied and validated against historical Gulf of Mexico hurricanes. These were and
carefully checked and recalibrated against available data acquired in Hurricane Andrew. |
| Progress |
Complete |
Reports |
AA (476 pages)
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Hindcast Study of
Wind, Wave and Current Fields in Hurricane Andrew - Gulf of Mexico, Draft Final Report
submitted by Oceanweather, Inc., November 1994. |
| AB (482 pages)
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Cardone, Vincent J.,
Andrew T. Cox and J. A. Greenwood, Hindcast Study of Wind, Wave and Current Fields in
Hurricane Andrew - Gulf of Mexico, Final Report submitted by Oceanweather, Inc., November
1994. |
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