Coupled Ocean-Hydraulic Modeling for Socially Informed Compound Infrastructure Analysis in Clear Lake, TX

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dc.contributor.advisorBedient, Philipen_US
dc.creatorWeathington, Briggs Tomásen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-09T18:48:16Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-08-09T18:48:16Zen_US
dc.date.created2023-05en_US
dc.date.issued2023-04-13en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2023en_US
dc.date.updated2023-08-09T18:48:16Zen_US
dc.description.abstractWith intensifying tropical cyclones and growing exposure along the coast, understanding and responding to coastal flood hazards is more important than ever. One response to this growing risk is the design and construction of massive resilient infrastructure projects such as the Galveston Bay Park Plan. Extensive modeling is necessary to predict the effects of such projects before investing the time and resources in their construction. However, the massive scale of hurricane systems makes resolving human-scale impacts difficult. To overcome this disparity of scale, many researchers have begun coupling large-scale oceanic hurricane models with high-resolution inland flooding models. This project presents an efficient one-way model coupling strategy incorporating storm surge data from ADCIRC into a 2D HEC-RAS model. This coupling strategy is applied to Houston’s Clear Creek watershed where it meets Galveston Bay to assess GBPP’s flood depth and extent reduction benefits in severe storm conditions. The finely detailed results of this model are then compared to Social Vulnerability Index data to assess the socioeconomic distribution of flood reduction.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationWeathington, Briggs Tomás. "Coupled Ocean-Hydraulic Modeling for Socially Informed Compound Infrastructure Analysis in Clear Lake, TX." (2023) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/115149">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/115149</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/115149en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectCompound Floodingen_US
dc.subjectCoastal Floodingen_US
dc.subjectCoupled Modelen_US
dc.subjectADCIRCen_US
dc.subjectHEC-RASen_US
dc.subjectSocial Vulnerability Indexen_US
dc.subjectSVIen_US
dc.titleCoupled Ocean-Hydraulic Modeling for Socially Informed Compound Infrastructure Analysis in Clear Lake, TXen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentCivil and Environmental Engineeringen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineeringen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
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