Storm surge mitigation through vegetation canopies |
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| Authors: | M B Danard T S Murty |
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| Institution: | (1) Atmospheric Dynamics Corporation and Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3055, V 8W 3P6 Victoria, B.C., Canada;(2) Institute of Ocean Sciences, P.O. Box 6000, V 8L 4B2 Sidney, B.C., Canada |
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| Abstract: | The paper of Reid and Whitaker (1976) on the effects of a vegetation canopy on flow of water is re-examined. Their assumptions on the equality of various drag coefficients are replaced by more realistic calculations. A new method for calculating wind stress on water is presented for the case when the vegetation extends above the water surface.For the case of vanishingly small water depth, it is shown that the horizontal stress is approximately constant in the vertical. This results in a diagnostic relationship for the water current as a function of the wind stress and bottom roughness.A new expression for the vertically averaged frictional force per unit mass is derived on the assumption that the friction velocity varies linearly with height. The vertical rate of change of friction velocity depends on the mean water current, the wind stress, the bottom roughness, and the water depth. This work has a possible application in the mitigation of storm surges. |
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| Keywords: | Storm surges friction forces in shallow water vegetation effects on water currents |
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