Section 



I. 





Section 



II 



1 



2 



CONTENTS 



Page 



INTRODUCTION 1 



PREDICTION OF STORM SURGE 3 



General 3 



Factors Influencing the Maximum Surge 4 



Section III, THEORETICAL ASPECTS 



Preliminary Conditions Imposed 8 



Basic Notation 9 



The Differential Equations 9 



The Bathystrophic Approximation 12 



Bottom and Surface Stresses 12 



Limitations of Reduced Equations 15 



The Numerical Scheme 16 



Computational Formulas 19 



Section IV. DESIGN STORMS 22 



1. General 22 



2. Standard Project Hurricane 22 



3. Probable Maximum Hurricane 23 



4. Design Storms other than SPH or PMH 24 



Section V, ESTIMATING THE PRESSURE EFFECT, INITIAL WATER LEVEL, 



AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE 24 



1. Pressure Setup 24 



2. Initial Water Level and Astronomical Tide 26 



Section VI, APPLICATION .......... 27 



1. General 27 



2. Storm Surge Computer Program , . , . , 27 



3. Example Problem .....,,....,, 28 



LITERATURE CITED ....... 41 



APPENDIX 45 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Table 



1 Manual Computations at a Time Level Centered between t = 16,5 



hours and t + At = 17,0 hours 37 



III 



