Robert Bright and Frank Alsheimer

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Interactive Hurricane Surge Visualization for
Charleston, South Carolina

• Robert Bright and Frank Alsheimer
• National Weather Service / Charleston, SC
• B. Lindner, G. Miller, D. Timmons, and J. Johnson
  
• College of Charleston

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Surge Simulator

• Based on SLOSH
• Users select
• Location
• Storm Category
• Storm Direction
• Landfall Location
• Tide Level (high or low)
• Wave action?

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Example