SLOSH
Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes
The Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes (SLOSH) model is a model of storm surge dynamics, including interactions with infrastructure and coastal features.
- Developer
- NOAA
- Model Information
- For more information about this model, go to www.nhc.noaa.gov
- Spatial Resolution
- The NAVD88 elevation datum used for surge heights. Grid elements are user defined and variable. Grid cells can be defined as polar, elliptical or hyperbolic.
- Temporal Resolution
- Model duration is based on storm duration and ranges from hours to days.
- Outputs
- A predicted wind profile is calculated internally to generate surge heights.
- Intended User
- practitioner
- Model Type
- coastal
- Inclusion of Climate Change
- Model can simulate surge associated with forecasted or future events. The incorporation of climate conditions depends on the input conditions provided.
- Geographic Region
- coast
- Data Requirements
- some data sets built in
- Source Code Availability
- closed source
- Dimensions
- 3d
- Computational Burden
- low
- Scenario Modeling
- unknown
- Coding Language
- GUI
- Operating System
- not applicable
- Mathematical Approach
- deterministic, statistical
- Maintenance Plan
- maintained
- Date of Last Known Update
- not available
- User Manual
- go to documentation at not available
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