| Abstract: | The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) deployed a temporary monitoring network of 117 pressure transducers (sensors) at 65 sites over an area of about 5,000 square miles to record the timing, areal extent, and magnitude of inland hurricane storm surge and coastal flooding generated by Hurricane Ike, which struck southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana September 12-13, 2008. Fifty-six sites were in Texas and nine were in Louisiana. Sites were categorized as surge, riverine, or beach/wave on the basis of proximity to the Gulf Coast. One-hundred five sensors from 59 sites (fig. 1) were recovered; 12 sensors from six sites either were lost during the storm or were not retrieved. All 59 sites (41 surge, 10 riverine, 8 beach/wave) had sensors to record water pressure (fig. 2), which is expressed as water level in feet above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88), and 46 sites had an additional sensor to record barometric pressure, expressed in pounds per square inch. Figure 3 shows an example of water level and barometric pressure over time recorded by sensors during the storm. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 97121 |
| Citation Author: | East, Jeffery W.; Turco, Michael J.; Mason, Robert R., Jr. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Texas Water Science Center |
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| Citation LatN: | 0300105 |
| Citation LatS: | 0281145 |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2008-1365 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Monitoring Inland Storm Surge and Flooding from Hurricane Ike in Texas and Louisiana, September 2008; 2008; OFR; 2008-1365; East, Jeffery W.; Turco, Michael J.; Mason, Robert R., Jr. |
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| Citation Year: | 2008 |
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| Text: | Monitoring Inland Storm Surge and Flooding from Hurricane Ike in Texas and Louisiana, September 2008; 2008; OFR; 2008-1365; East, Jeffery W.; Turco, Michael J.; Mason, Robert R., Jr. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1365/ |
| Date Other: | Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
