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Storm Surges
Dan Kelley, 2003.
Association of Science Teachers Journal, Submitted, .
Abstract
The strong winds and the low atmospheric pressures of storms can cause coastal waters to flood inland regions. The result is called a 'storm surge.' These surges can cause massive damage, and may do so increasingly as the climate changes. In this article, I outline the Physics of storm surges (touching on more general issues in Fluid Mechanics and Mathematics), as well as listing some important storm-surge events. I end with a few words on predicting storm surges, a topic of much research at Dalhousie University and elsewhere.
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