Abstract
The northeastern sector of the Arabian Sea, which covers the Gujarat coast of India and western coast of Pakistan, is a region vulnerable to extreme sea levels associated with tropical cyclones (TCs). Although the frequency of tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea is not high, the coastal regions of India and Pakistan suffer in terms of loss of life and property caused by the surges. In view of this a location-specific fine resolution model is developed for the Gujarat coast of India and adjoining Pakistan coast. The east–west and north–south grid distance is about 3.0 km. Using this model, numerical experiments are carried out to simulate the surges generated by 1999 and 2001 cyclones which struck the Pakistan coast. The model computed surges are in agreement with the available observational estimates.
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Jain, I., Chittibabu, P., Agnihotri, N. et al. Numerical storm surge model for India and Pakistan. Nat Hazards 42, 67–73 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-006-9060-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-006-9060-7