Articles | Volume 16, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2195-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2195-2016
Research article
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30 Sep 2016
Research article |  | 30 Sep 2016

Parameter sensitivity and uncertainty analysis for a storm surge and wave model

Luis A. Bastidas, James Knighton, and Shaun W. Kline

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We present a model parameter sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of the Delft3D model for the simulation of storm hazards. The sensitive model parameters include wind drag, depth-induced breaking, and bottom roughness. Several parameters show no sensitivity and can therefore be excluded to reduce the computational overburden of probabilistic surge hazard estimates. A comparison of the model performance with forcings from three different wind models is also presented.
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