This is a compilation of the authors
research while working on a Ph.D. in Oceanography at the
Louisiana State University. It also includes an Introduction
summarizing the scientific literature on storm surge
modeling. A systematic investigation of storm surge impact
to the coasts of Louisiana and Texas, where the continental
shelf reaches up to 200 km in width, is conducted using the
hydrodynamics Finite-Volume Coastal Ocean Model. The model
is applied to the northern Gulf of Mexico to simulate...