The Atlantic Coast Storm of March 1989

Authors

  • Robert Dolan
  • Douglas L. Inman
  • Bruce Hayden

Keywords:

Storm surge, wave hindcast, storm waves, sand transport during storms, Outer Banks of North Carolina

Abstract

A severe northeast storm in March, 1989, resulted in major damage and beach erosion along the mid-Atlantic coast. Our hindcast analysis shows that this storm generated deep-water waves of 1.5m or higher for 115 hours. In terms of erosion along the Virginia-North Carolina coast, it was one of the three highest, total-energy storms for the period 1942-1989.


 

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Published

1990-07-17

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 3 (1990): Journal of Coastal Research

Section

Technical Communications

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