Additional Readings

• Bush, D. M., et al. (2001),
  Living on the Edge of the Gulf: The West Florida and Alabama Coast, 368 pp.,
  Duke Univ. Press, Durham, N. C.,
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• Curry, J. A., P. J. Webster, and G. J. Holland (2005),
  Mixing science and politics: Testing the hypothesis that greenhouse warming is causing a global increase in hurricane intensity,
  submitted to Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
• Downton, M., and R. A. Pielke Jr. (2005),
  How accurate are disaster loss data? The case of U.S. flood damage,
  Nat. Hazards, 35(2), 211–228,
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-004-4808-4.
• Downton, M., J. Z. B. Miller, and R. A. Pielke Jr. (2005),
  Reanalysis of U.S. National Weather Service Flood Loss Database,
  Nat. Hazards Rev., 6(1), 13–22,
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2005)6:1(13).
• Emanuel, K. (1986),
  An air-sea interaction theory for tropical cyclones: Part I. Steady-state maintenance,
  J. Atmos. Sci., 43(6), 585–605,
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1986)043<0585:AASITF>2.0.CO;2.
• Emanuel, K. (1988),
  The maximum intensity of hurricanes,
  J. Atmos. Sci., 45(7), 1143–1155,
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1988)045<1143:TMIOH>2.0.CO;2.
• Emanuel, K. (2005),
  Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes, 296 pp.,
  Oxford Univ. Press, New York,
  http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780195149418.
• Emanuel, K. (2005),
  Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years,
  Nature, 436, 686–688,
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature03906.
• Emanuel, K. A., C. DesAutels, C. Holloway, and R. Korty (2004),
  Environmental control of tropical cyclone intensity,
  J. Atmos. Sci., 61(7), 843–858,
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<0843:ECOTCI>2.0.CO;2.
• Fisk, H. N. (1944),
  Geological Investigation of the Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi River, 78 pp.,
  Miss. River Comm., Vicksburg, Miss.
• Fisk, H. N., and E. McFarlan Jr. (1955),
  Late Quaternary deltaic deposits of the Mississippi River, in Crust of the Earth, edited by A. Poldervaart,
  Spec. Pap. Geol. Soc. Am., 62, 279–302.
• Freeman, J. C., L. Baer, and G. H. Jung, (1957),
  The bathystrophic storm tide,
  J. Mar. Res., 16, 12–22.
• Goni, G. J., and J. A. Trinanes (2003),
  Ocean thermal structure monitoring could aid in the intensity forecast of tropical cyclones,
  Eos Trans. AGU, 84(51), 573, 577–578,
  http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2003/2003EO510001.shtml.
• Heaps, N. S. (1983),
  Storm surges, 1967–1982,
  Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc., 74, 331–376.
• Henderson-Sellers, A., et al. (1998),
  Tropical cyclones and global climate change: A post-IPCC assessment,
  Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 79(1), 19–38,
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<0019:TCAGCC>2.0.CO;2.
• Holland, G. J., and P. J. Webster (2006),
  On the changing characteristics of hurricanes in a warming world,
  submitted to Nature.
• Holland, G. H., and P. J. Webster (2006),
  On the changing characteristics of North Atlantic hurricanes,
  submitted to Geophysical Research Letters.
• Hong, X., S. W. Chang, S. Raman, L. K. Shay, and R. Hodur (2000),
  The interaction between Hurricane Opal (1995) and a warm core ring in the Gulf of Mexico,
  Mon. Weather Rev., 128(5), 1347–1365,
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<1347:TIBHOA>2.0.CO;2.
• Hoyos, C. D., P. A. Agudello, P. J. Webster, and J. A. Curry (2006),
  Deconvolution of the factors contributing to the increase in global hurricane intensity,
  Science, 312(5770), 94–97,
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1123560.
• Jelesnianski, C. P., J. Chen, and W. A. Shaffer (1992),
  SLOSH: Sea, lake and overland surges from hurricanes,
  NOAA Tech. Rep., NWS 48, Natl. Weather Serv., Silver Spring, Md.
• Jones-Kershaw, P., and B. Mason (2005),
  Lessons learned between hurricanes: From Hugo to Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne—Summary of the March 8, 2005, workshop of the Disasters Roundtable, 28 pp.,
  Natl. Res. Counc., Washington, D. C.,
  http://fermat.nap.edu/catalog/11528.html.
• Kuo, C. Y., C. K. Shum, A. Braun, and J. X. Mitrovica (2004),
  Vertical crustal motion determined by satellite altimetry and tide gauge data in Fennoscandia,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L01608, doi:10.1029/2003GL019106,
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2003GL019106.
• Leben, R. R. (2005),
  Altimeter-derived loop current metrics, in Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico: Observations and Models, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., vol. 161, edited by W. Sturges and A. Lugo-Fernandez, pp. 181–201,
  AGU, Washington, D. C.,
  https://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/agubookstore?…
• Leipper, D. F., and D. Volgenau (1972),
  Hurricane heat potential of the Gulf of Mexico,
  J. Phys. Oceanogr., 2(3), 218–224,
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1972)002<0218:HHPOTG>2.0.CO;2.
• Lin, I. I., C. C. Wu, K. A. Emanuel, I. H. Lee, C. R. Wu, and I. F. Pun (2005),
  The interaction of Supertyphoon Maemi (2003) with a warm ocean eddy,
  Mon. Weather Rev., 133(9), 2635–2649,
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR3005.1.
• Luettich, R. A., Jr., and J. J. Westerink (2004),
  Formulation and numerical implementation of the 2D/3D ADCIRC finite element model version 44, 73 pp.
  (Available at http://www.adcirc.org/: http://www.marine.unc.edu/C_CATS/adcirc/adcirc_theory_2004_12_08.pdf)
• Mileti, D. (1999),
  Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States, 376 pp.,
  Joseph Henry Press, Washington, D. C.,
  http://fermat.nap.edu/catalog/5782.html
• National Research Council (1999),
  Reducing Disaster Losses Through Better Information, 72 pp.,
  Board on Nat. Disasters, Washington, D. C.,
  http://www.nap.edu/catalog/6363.html
• Penland, S., and K. E. Ramsey (1990),
  Relative sea-level rise in Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico: 1908–1988,
  J. Coastal Res., 6, 323–342.
• Pielke, R. A., Jr. (2005),
  Attribution of disaster losses,
  Science, 310(5754), 1615-1616,
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.310.5754.1615c.
• Pielke, R. A., Jr. (2005),
  Meteorology: Are there trends in hurricane destruction?,
  Nature, 438, E11,
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature04426.
• Reid, R. O., and B. R. Bodine (1968),
  Numerical model for storm surges in Galveston Bay,
  J. Waterw. Port Coastal Ocean Eng., 94, 33–57.
• Shay, L. K., G. J. Goni, and P. G. Black (2000),
  Effects of a warm ocean feature on Hurricane Opal,
  Mon. Weather Rev., 128(5), 1366–1383,
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<1366:EOAWOF>2.0.CO;2.
• Shum, C. K., J. C. Ries, and B. D. Tapley (1995),
  The accuracy and applications of satellite altimetry,
  Geophys. J. Int., 121, 321–336.
• Shum, C. P., et al. (1997),
  Accuracy assessment of recent ocean tide models,
  J. Geophys. Res., 102(C11), 25, 173–25, 194,
  http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/1997/97JC00445.shtml.
• Shum, C., N. Yu, and C. Morris (2001),
  Recent advances in ocean tidal science,
  J. Geol. Soc. Jpn., 47(1), 528–537.
• Shum, C., C. Kuo, A. Braun, and Y. Yi (2002),
  20th century sea level rise: A geophysical perspective, Proceedings, 90th Journees Luxembourgeoises de Geodynamique,
  Counc. of Eur., Eur. Network on Geodyn., Luxembourg.
• Törnqvist, T. E., J. L. Gonzalez, L. A. Newsom, K. Van der Borg, A. F. M. De Jong, and C. W. Kurnik (2004),
  Deciphering Holocene sea-level history on the U.S. Gulf Coast: A high-resolution record from the Mississippi delta,
  Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 116(7), 1026–1039,
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/B2525478.1.
• Törnqvist, T. E., S. J. Bick, K. Van der Borg, and A. F. M. De Jong (2006),
  How stable is the Mississippi delta?,
  Geology, in press.
• Walker, N. D., R. R. Leben, and S. Balasubramanian (2005),
  Hurricane-forced upwelling and chlorophyll a enhancement within cold-core cyclones in the Gulf of Mexico,
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L18610, doi:10.1029/2005GL023716,
  http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2005/2005GL023716.shtml.
• Webster, P. J., G. J. Holland, J. A. Curry, and H.-R. Chang (2005),
  Changes in tropical cyclone number, duration and intensity in a warming environment,
  Science, 309(5742), 1844–1846,
  http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5742/1844/.