LIST OF FIGURES 



FIGURE Page 



1 Computing lattice showing locations where U, V, 4/ are 

 evaluated. Positive U is toward the east (increasing 



index I). Positive V is to the north (increasing index J). 18 



2 Grid system for the Gulf ot Mexico and the Cayman Sea. 



The grid increments are 15 in latitude and longitude. . . 19 



3 Model coastline and sample contours of the digitized 

 bathymetry. Depths in meters 20 



4 Schematic of one dimensional channel with stair-step 

 depth profile. Capital letters A through E indicate 

 locations where the gradients ["IxCH^/D)] are defined. . . 29 



5 Track of hurricane Carla from 1200 GMT 6 September to 



1800 GMT 11 September 1961 38 



6 Time sequence of Carla central pressure 4-13 September, 



1961 (after Dunn et al., 1962) 40 



7 Track of hurricane Allen from 0000 GMT 7 August to 1200 



GMT 12 August 1980 41 



8 Time sequence of Allen central pressure 4-10 August, 



1980 (after Lawrence and Pelissier, 1981) 42 



9 Schematic showing azimuthal distribution of radial 



sections where wind profiles were fitted 45 



10 Hurricane Carla surface wind (m/s) at 0000 GMT 7 

 September 1961, as obtained from Holland's model. The 

 solid circles indicate the observed wind speed from the 

 surface chart 47 



11 Hurricane Carla surface wind (m/s) at 1200 GMT 9 

 September 1961, as obtained from Holland's model. The 

 solid circles indicate the observed wind speed from the 



the surface chart 48 



12 Locations of tide gauge stations used in this study. KW 

 is Key West, NP is Naples, SP is St. Petersburg, CK is 

 Cedar Key, AP is Apalachicola, PE is Pensacola, GI is 

 Grand Isle, GV is Galveston, PI is Port Isabel, MD is 

 Madero, VC is Veracruz, CM is Carmen, PG is Progreso. 

 The solid circles indicate those stations used in the 

 simulation of hurricane Carla. Both the solid and open 



