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Refereed Journal Publications

Pal, N. K.N. Barton, M.R. Petersen, S.R. Brus, D. Engwirda, B.K. Arbic, A.F. Roberts, J.J. Westerink, and D. Wirasaet, " Barotropic Tides in MPAS-Ocean: Impact of Ice Shelf Cavities,"  Geoscientific Model Development, Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 1297-1314,  https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1297-2023, 2023.

Jung, W.H., A.A. Taflanidis, A.P. Kyprioti, E. Adeli, J. J. Westerink, H. Tolman, "Efficient probabilistic storm surge estimation through adaptive importance sampling across storm advisories,"  Coastal Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2023.104287, 2023.

Moris, J.P., O. Burke, A.B.. Kennedy, J.J. Westerink, "Wave-current Impulsive Debris Loading on a Coastal Building Array,"  Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 149, 1, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000731, 2023.

Brus, S.R., K.N. Barton, N. Pal, A.F. Roberts, D. Engwirda, M.R. Petersen, B.K. Arbic, D. Wirasaet, J.J. Westerink, M. Schindelegger, "Scalable Self Attraction and Loading Calculations for Unstructured Ocean Models,"  Ocean Modeling, 182, 102160, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2023.102160, 2023.

Powers, S., H. Roman, J. Meixner, D. Wirasaet, S. Brus, G. Fricano, J. Westerink, "Establishing connectivity patterns of eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) on regional oceanographic scales,"  Ecosphere, 14:e4337, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4337, 2023.

Barton, Kristin N., N. Pal, S.R. Brus, M.R Petersen, B.K. Arbic, D. Engwirda, A. F. Roberts, J. J. Westerink, D. Wirasaet, M. Schindelegger, "Global barotropic tide modeling using inline self-attraction and loading in MPAS-Ocean,"  Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 14, 11, 10.1029/2022MS003207, 2022.

Blakely, C.P., G. Ling, W.J. Pringle, M.T. Contreras, D. Wirasaet, J.J. Westerink, S. Moghimi, G. Seroka, L. Shi, E. Myers, M. Owensby, C. Massey, "Dissipation and Bathymetric Sensitivities in an Unstructured Mesh Global Tidal Model,"  Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC018178, 2022.

Kyprioti, A.P., E. Adeli, A.A. Taflanidis, J.J. Westerink and H.L. Tolman, “Probabilistic Storm Surge Estimation for Landfalling Hurricanes: Advancements in Computational Efficiency Using Quasi-Monte Carlo Techniques,” Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9121322 9, 12, 1322, 2021.

Yin, J., N. Lin, Y. Yang, W.J. Pringle, J. Tan, J.J. Westerink, D. Yu, “Hazard Assessment for Typhoon-Induced Coastal Flooding and Inundation in Shanghai, China,” Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceanshttps://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017319, 126, 7, e2021JC017319, 2021.

Moris, J.P., A.B. Kennedy, J.J. Westerink, "Tsunami wave run-up load reduction inside a building array," Coastal Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2021.103910, 169, 2021.

Roberts, K.J., J.C. Dietrich, D. Wirasaet, W.J. Pringle, J.J. Westerink, "Dynamic load balancing for predictions of storm surge and coastal flooding," Environmental Modelling & Software, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105045, 140, 2021.

Pringle, W.J., D. Wirasaet, K.J. Roberts, J.J. Westerink, "Global Storm Tide Modeling with ADCIRC v55: Unstructured Mesh Design and Performance," Geoscientific Model Development, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1125-2021, 14(2), 1125-1145, 2021.

Chella, M.A., A.B. Kennedy, J.J. Westerink, "Wave Runup Loading Behind a Semipermeable Obstacle," Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering,    https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000569, 146, 4, 2020.

Roberts, K.J., W.J. Pringle, J.J. Westerink, M.T. Contreras, D. Wirasaet, "On the automatic and a priori design of unstructured mesh resolution for coastal ocean circulation models," Ocean Modeling, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2019.101509, 144, 101509, 2019.

Brus, S.R., D. Wirasaet, E.J. Kubatko, J.J. Westerink, C. Dawson, "High-order discontinuous Galerkin methods for coastal hydrodynamics applications," Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, DOI 10.1016/j.cma.2019.07.003, 335, 860-899,2019.

Joyce, B.R., W.J. Pringle, D. Wirasaet, J.J. Westerink, A.J. Van der Westhuysen, R. Grumbine, J. Feyen, "High Resolution Modeling of Western Alaska Tides and Storm Surge under Varying Sea Ice Conditions," Ocean Modeling, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2019.101421, 141, 101421, 2019.

Joyce, B.R., J. Gonzalez-Lopez, A.J. Van der Westhuysen, D. Yang, W.J. Pringle, J.J. Westerink, A.T. Cox, "U.S. IOOS coastal modeling testbed: Hurricane-induced winds, waves and surge for deep-ocean, reef fringed islands in the Caribbean," Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, DOI 10.1029/2018JC014687, 124, 4, 2876-2907, 2019.

Roberts, K.J., W.J. Pringle, J.J. Westerink, "OceanMesh2D 1.0:MATLAB-based software for two-dimensional unstructured mesh generation in coastal ocean modeling," Geoscientific Model Development, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1847-2019, 12, 1847-1868, 2019.

Pringle, W.J., J. Gonzalez-Lopez, B. Joyce, J. Westerink, A. van der Westhuysen, "Baroclinic Coupling Improves Depth-Integrated Modeling of Coastal Sea Level Variations around Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands," Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, DOI 10.1029/2018JC014682, 124, 2196-2217, 2019.

Pringle, W.J., D. Wirasaet, A. Suhardjo, J. Meixner, J.J. Westerink, A.B. Kennedy, S. Nong, "Finite-Element barotropic model for the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans: Tidal model-data comparisons and sensitivities," Ocean Modeling, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2018.07.003, 129, 13-38, 2018.

Mitsume, N., A.S. Donahue, J.J. Westerink, S. Yoshimura, "Coupling methods between finite element-based Boussinesq-type wave and particle-based free-surface flow models," International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, DOI 10.1002/fld.4516, 88, 141-168, 2018.

Zhang, Y., A.B. Kennedy, T. Tomiczek, W. Yang, W. Liu, J.J. Westerink, "Assessment of hydrodynamic competence in extreme marine events through application of Boussinesq-Green-Naghdi models," Applied Ocean Research, DOI 10.1016/j.apor.2017.06.001, 67, 136-147, 2017.

Resio, D.T., N. Powell, M. Cialone, H.S. Das, J.J. Westerink, "Quantifying Impacts of Forecast Uncertainties on Predicted Storm Surges," Journal of Natural Hazards, DOI 10.1007/s11069-017-2924-1, 88, 3, 1423-1449, 2017.

Graham, L.C., T. Butler, S. Walsh, C. Dawson, J.J. Westerink, "A Measure-Theoretic Algorithm for Estimating Bottom Friction in a Coastal Inlet: Case Study of Bay St. Louis during Hurricane Gustav (2008),” Monthly Weather Review, 145(3), 929-954, 2017.

Brus, S.R., D. Wirasaet, J. J. Westerink, C. Dawson, “Performance and Scalability Improvements for Discontinuous Galerkin Solutions to Conservation Laws on Unstructured Grids,” Journal of Scientific Computing, DOI 10.1007/s10915-016-0249-y, 70, 210-242, 2017.

Donahue, A.S.; A.B. Kennedy, J.J. Westerink, Y. Zhang and C. Dawson, “Simulation of wave phenomena in the nearshore through application of O(mu(2)) and O(mu(4)) pressure-Poisson Boussinesq type models,” Coastal Engineering114, 61-76, 2016.

Zhang, Y., A.B. Kennedy, T. Tomiczek, A. Donahue, J.J Westerink, "Validation of Boussinesq-Green-Naghdi modeling for surf zone hydrodynamics," Ocean Engineering, 111, 290-309, 2016.

Michoski, C., C. Dawson, E.J. Kubatko, D. Wirasaet, S. Brus, J.J. Westerink, "A Comparison of Artificial Viscosity, Limiters, and Filters, for High Order Discontinuous Galerkin Solutions in Nonlinear Settings," Journal of Scientific Computing, DOI 10.1007/s10915-015-0027-2, 66, 1, 406-434, 2016.

Wirasaet, D., S.R. Brus, C.E. Michoski, E.J. Kubatko, J.J. Westerink, C. Dawson, "Artificial boundary layers in discontinuous Galerkin solutions to shallow water equations in channels," Journal of Computational Physics, 299, 579-612, 2015.

Butler, T., L. Graham, D. Estep, C. Dawson, J.J. Westerink, "Definition and solution of a stochastic inverse problem for the Manning's n parameter field in hydrodynamic models," Advances in Water Resources, 78, 60-79, 2015.

Donahue, A.S., Y. Zhang, A.B. Kennedy, J.J. Westerink, N. Panda, C. Dawson, "A Boussinesq-scaled, Pressure-Poisson water wave model," Ocean Modeling, 86, 36-57, 2015.

Panda, N., C. Dawson, Y. Zhang, A. Kennedy, J. Westerink, A. Donahue, "Discontinuous Galerkin methods for solving Boussinesq-Green-Naghdi equations in resolving non-linear and dispersive surface water waves," Journal of Computational Physics, 273, 572-588, 2014

Zhang, Y., A.B. Kennedy, A.S. Donahue, J.J. Westerink, N. Panda, C. Dawson, "Rotational surf zone modeling for O(µ4) Boussinesq-Green-Naghdi systemsOcean Modeling79, 43-53, 2014

Butler, T., D. Estep, S. Tavener, C. Dawson, J.J. Westerink, "A Measure-Theoretic Computational Method for Inverse Sensitivity Problems III: Multiple Quantities of Interest," SIAM/ASA Journal of Uncertainty Quantification2, 174-202, 2014.

Zhang, Y., A. B. Kennedy, N. Panda, C. Dawson, J.J. Westerink, "Generating-absorbing sponge layers for phase-resolving wave models", Coastal Engineering, 84, 1-9, DOI 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.10.019, 2014.

Lermusiaux, P.F.J., Schroter, J., Danilov, S. et al. "Multiscale modeling of coastal, shelf, and global ocean dynamics," Ocean Dynamics, 63, 1341-1344 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-013-0655-8, 2013.

McCullough, M., A. Kareem, A. Donahue,  J, Westerink, "Structural Damage Under Multiple Hazards in Coastal Environments," Journal of Disaster Research. 8. 1042-1051. 10.20965/jdr.2013.p1042, 2013.

Kennedy, A.B., J.C. Dietrich, J.J. Westerink, "The surge standard for 'events of Katrina magnitude'," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110, 29, E2665-E2666, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1305960110, July 16, 2013.

Wirasaet, D., E.J. Kubatko, C.E. Michoski, S. Tanaka, J.J. Westerink, C. Dawson, "Discontinuous Galerkin methods with nodal and hybrid modal/nodal triangular, quadrilateral, and polygonal elements for nonlinear shallow water flow," Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 270, 113-149, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2013.11.006, 2014.

Michoski, C., C. Dawson, C. Mirabito, E.J. Kubatko, D. Wirasaet, J.J. Westerink, "Fully coupled methods for multiphase morphodynamics," Advances in Water Resources, 59, 95-110, 2013.

Kerr, P.C., R.C. Martyr, A.S. Donahue, M.E. Hope, J.J. Westerink, R.A. Luettich Jr., A.B. Kennedy, J.C. Dietrich, C. Dawson, H.J. Westerink, "U.S. IOOS coastal and ocean modeling testbed: Evaluation of tide, wave, and hurricane surge response sensitivities to mesh resolution and friction in the Gulf of Mexico," Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118, 4633-4661, DOI 10.1002/jgrc.20305, 2013.

Kerr, P.C., A.S. Donahue, J.J. Westerink, R.A. Luettich Jr., L.Y. Zheng, R.H. Weisberg, Y. Huang, H.V. Wang, Y. Teng, D.R. Forrest, A. Roland, A.T. Haase, A.W. Kramer, A.A. Taylor, J.R. Rhome, J.C. Feyen, R.P. Signell, J.L. Hanson, M.E. Hope, R.M. Estes, R.A. Dominguez, R.P. Dunbar, L.N. Semeraro, H.J. Westerink, A.B. Kennedy, J.M. Smith, M.D. Powell, V.J. Cardone, A.T. Cox, "U.S. IOOS coastal and ocean modeling testbed: Inter-model evaluation of tides, waves, and hurricane surge in the Gulf of Mexico," Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118,10, 5129-5172, DOI 10.1002/jgrc.20376, 2013.

Hope, M.E., J.J. Westerink, A.B. Kennedy, P.C. Kerr, J.C. Dietrich, C. Dawson, C.J. Bender, J.M. Smith, R.E. Jensen, M. Zijlema, L.H. Holthuijsen, R.A. Luettich Jr., M.D. Powell, V.J. Cardone, A.T. Cox, H. Poutaheri, H.J. Roberts, J.H. Atkinson, S. Tanaka, H.J. Westerink, and L.G. Westerink, "Hindcast and validation of Hurricane Ike (2008) waves, forerunner, and storm surge," Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118, 4424-4460, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20314, 2013.

Chen, C., R.C. Beardsley, R.A. Luettich Jr., J.J. Westerink, H. Wang, W. Perrie, Q. Xu, A.S. Donahue, J. Qi, H. Lin, L. Zhao, P.C. Kerr, Y. Meng, B. Toulany, "Extratropical storm inundation testbed: Intermodel comparisons in Scituate, Massachusetts," Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118, 10, 5054-5073, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20397, 2013.

Zheng, L., R.H. Weisberg, Y. Huang, R.A. Luettich, J.J. Westerink, P.C. Kerr, A.S. Donahue, G. Crane, L. Akli, "Implications from the comparisons between two- and three-dimensional model simulations of the Hurricane Ike storm surge," Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118, 3350-3369, DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20248, 2013.

Zachry, B.C., J.L. Schroeder, A.B. Kennedy, J.J. Westerink, C.W. Letchford, and M.E. Hope, "A Case Study of Nearshore Drag Coefficient Behavior during Hurricane Ike (2008)," Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 52, 2139-2146, 2013.

Dietrich, J.C., M. Zijlema, P.-E. Allier, L.H. Holthuijsen, N. Booij, J.D. Meixner, J.K. Proft, C.N. Dawson, C.J. Bender, A. Naimaster, J.M. Smith, J.J. Westerink, "Limiters for spectral propagation velocities in SWAN," Ocean Modeling, 70, 85-102, 2013.

Dawson, C., C.J. Trahan, E.J. Kubatko, J.J. Westerink, "A parallel local timestepping Runge-Kutta discontinuous Galerkin method with applications to coastal ocean modeling," Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 259, 154-165, 2013.

Zhang, Y., A.B. Kennedy, N. Panda, C. Dawson, J.J. Westerink, "Boussinesq-Green-Naghdi rotational water wave theory," Coastal Engineering, 73, 13-27, 2013.

Martyr, R.C., J.C. Dietrich, J.J. Westerink, P.C. Kerr, C. Dawson, J.M. Smith, H. Pourtaheri, N. Powell, M. Van Ledden, S. Tanaka, H.J. Roberts, H.J. Westerink, L.G. Westerink, "Simulating Hurricane Storm Surge in the Lower Mississippi River under Varying Flow Conditions," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 139, 492-501, 2013.

Resio, D.T., J.L. Irish, J.J. Westerink, N.J. Powell, "The effect of uncertainty on estimates of hurricane surge hazards," Natural Hazards, 66, 1443-1459, 2013.

Taflanidis, A.A., A.B. Kennedy, J.J. Westerink, J. Smith, K.F.Cheung, M. Hope, S. Tanaka, "Rapid Assessment of Wave and Surge Risk during Landfalling Hurricanes: Probabilistic Approach", Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 139, 171-182, 2013.

Kerr, P.C., J.J. Westerink, J.C. Dietrich, R.C. Martyr, S. Tanaka, D.T. Resio, J.M. Smith, H.J. Westerink, L.G. Westerink, T. Wamsley, M. van Ledden, W. deJong, "Surge Generation Mechanisms in the Lower Mississippi River and Discharge Dependency,"Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 139, 326-335, 2013.

Kennedy, A.B., J.J. Westerink, J.M. Smith, M.E. Hope, M. Hartman, A. Taflanidis, S. Tanaka, H. Westerink, K. Cheung, T. Smith, M. Hamann, M. Minamide, A. Ota, C. Dawson, "Tropical cyclone inundation potential on the Hawaiian Islands of Oahu and Kauai," Ocean Modelling, 52-53, 54-68, 2012.

Dietrich, J.C., C.J. Trahan, M.T. Howard, J.G. Fleming, R.J. Weaver, S. Tanaka, L. Yu, R.A. Luettich, C.N. Dawson, J.J. Westerink, G. Wells, A. Lu, K. Vega, A. Kubach, K.M. Dresback, R.L. Kolar, C. Kaiser, R.R. Twilley, "Surface trajectories of oil transport along the northern coastline of the Gulf of Mexico," Continental Shelf Research, 41, 17-47, 2012.

Dietrich, J.C., S. Tanaka, J.J. Westerink, C.N. Dawson, R.A. Luettich, Jr., M. Zijlema, L.H. Holthuijsen, J.M. Smith, L.G. Westerink, H.J. Westerink, "Performance of the Unstructured-Mesh, SWAN+ADCIRC Model in Computing Hurricane Waves and Surge," Journal of Scientific Computing, 52, 468-497, 2012.

Michoski, C., C. Mirabito, C. Dawson, D. Wirasaet, E.J. Kubatko, J.J. Westerink, "Dynamic p-enrichment schemes for multicomponent reactive flows," Advances in Water Resources, 34, 1666-1680, 2011.

Michoski, C., C. Mirabito, C. Dawson, D. Wirasaet, E.J. Kubatko, J.J. Westerink, "Adaptive Hierarchic Transformations for Dynamically p-enriched Slope-limiting over Discontinuous Galerkin Systems of Generalized Equations," Journal of Computational Physics, 230, 22, 8028-8056, 2011.

Kennedy, A.B., U. Gravois, B.C. Zachry, J.J. Westerink, M.E. Hope, J.C. Dietrich, M.D. Powell, A.T. Cox, R.A. Luettich, R.G. Dean, "Origin of the Hurricane Ike Forerunner Surge," Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L08608, DOI 10.1029/2011GL047090, 2011j, 2011.

Dawson, C., E.J. Kubatko, J. J. Westerink, C. Trahan, C. Mirabito, C. Michoski, N. Panda, "Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Modeling Hurricane Storm Surge," Advances in Water Resources, DOI 10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.11.004, 34, 1165-1176, 2011.

Tanaka, S., S. Bunya, J.J. Westerink, C. Dawson, R.A. Luettich, "Scalability of an Unstructured Grid Continuous Galerkin Based Hurricane Storm Surge Model," Journal of Scientific Computing, 46, 329-358, 2011.

Dietrich, J.C., J.J. Westerink, A.B. Kennedy, J.M. Smith, R. Jensen, M. Zijlema, L.H. Holthuijsen, C. Dawson, R.A. Luettich, Jr., M.D. Powell, V.J. Cardone, A.T. Cox, G.W. Stone, H. Pourtaheri, M.E. Hope, S. Tanaka, L.G. Westerink, H.J. Westerink, Z. Cobell, "Hurricane Gustav (2008) Waves and Storm Surge: Hindcast, Synoptic Analysis and Validation in Southern Louisiana,"Monthly Weather Review, 139, 2488-2522, DOI 10.1175/2011MWR3611.1, 2011.

Mirabito, C., C. Dawson, E.J. Kubatko, J.J. Westerink, S. Bunya," Implementation of a Discontinuous Galerkin Morphological Model on Two-Dimensional Unstructured Meshes," Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 200, 189-207, 2011.

Dietrich. J.C., M. Zijlema, J.J. Westerink, L.H. Holthuijsen, C. Dawson, R.A. Luettich, R. Jensen, J.M. Smith, G.S. Stelling, G.W. Stone, “Modeling Hurricane Waves and Storm Surge using Integrally-Coupled, Scalable Computations,”  Coastal Engineering, 58, 45-65, 2011.

Forbes, C., R. A. Luettich, C.A. Mattocks, J.J. Westerink, "A Retrospective Evaluation of the Storm Surge Produced by Hurricane Gustav (2008): Forecast and Hindcast Results," Weather and Forecasting, 25, No. 6, 1577-1602, 2010.

Wirasaet, D., S. Tanaka, E.J. Kubatko, J.J. Westerink, C. Dawson, "A Performance Comparison of Nodal Discontinuous Galerkin Methods on Triangles and Quadrilaterals," International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 64, 1336-1362, 2010.

Ebersole, B.A., J.J. Westerink, S. Bunya, J.C. Dietrich, M.A. Cialone, "Development of Storm Surge Which Led to Flooding in St. Bernard Polder during Hurricane Katrina," Ocean Engineering, 37, 91-103, 2010.

Dietrich, J.C., S. Bunya, J.J. Westerink, B.A. Ebersole, J.M. Smith,  J.H. Atkinson, R. Jensen, D.T. Resio, R.A. Luettich, C. Dawson, V.J. Cardone, A.T. Cox, M.D. Powell, H.J. Westerink, H.J. Roberts, “A High Resolution Coupled Riverine Flow, Tide, Wind, Wind Wave and Storm Surge Model for Southern Louisiana and Mississippi: Part II - Synoptic Description and Analyses of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ,” Monthly Weather Review, 138, 378-404, 2010.

Bunya, S., J.C. Dietrich, J.J. Westerink, B.A. Ebersole, J.M. Smith,  J.H. Atkinson, R. Jensen, D.T. Resio, R.A. Luettich, C. Dawson, V.J. Cardone, A.T. Cox, M.D. Powell, H.J. Westerink, H.J. Roberts, “A High Resolution Coupled Riverine Flow, Tide, Wind, Wind Wave and Storm Surge Model for Southern Louisiana and Mississippi: Part I - Model Development and Validation,” Monthly Weather Review, 138, 345-377, 2010.

Kubatko, E.J., S. Bunya, C. Dawson, J.J. Westerink, C. Mirabito, “A Performance Comparison of Continuous and Discontinuous Finite Element Shallow Water Models,” Journal of Scientific Computing, 40, 315-339, 2009.

Kubatko, E.J., S. Bunya, C. Dawson, J.J. Westerink, “Dynamic p-adaptive Runge-Kutta Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for the Shallow Water Equations,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 198, 1766-1774 , 2009.

Bunya, S., E.J. Kubatko, J.J. Westerink, C. Dawson, “A Wetting and Drying Treatment for the Runge-Kutta Discontinuous Galerkin Solution to the Shallow Water Equations,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 198, 1548-1562, 2009.

Bunya, S. and J.J. Westerink, “Hurricane Katrina Storm Surge Hindcast Using a Coupled Storm Surge, Wind Wave, and Tidal Current Model on an Unstructured Grid,” (in Japanese), Annual Journal of Coastal Engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers,  55, 316-320, 2008.

Kubatko, E.J., C. Dawson, J.J. Westerink, “Time Step Restrictions for Runge-Kutta Discontinuous Galerkin Methods on Triangular Grids,” Journal of Computational Physics, 227, 9697-9710, 2008.

Resio, D.T. and J.J. Westerink, “Hurricanes and the Physics of Surges,” Physics Today, 61, 9, 33-38, 2008.

Westerink, J.J., R.A. Luettich , J.C. Feyen, J.H. Atkinson, , C. Dawson, H.J. Roberts, M.D. Powell, J.P. Dunion, E.J. Kubatko, H. Pourtaheri, “A Basin to Channel Scale Unstructured Grid Hurricane Storm Surge Model Applied to Southern Louisiana,” Monthly Weather Review, 136, 3, 833-864, 2008.

Kubatko, E.J., J.J. Westerink and C. Dawson, “Semi-discrete Discontinuous Galerkin Methods and Stage Exceeding Order Strong Stability Preserving Runge-Kutta Time Discretizations,” Journal of Computational Physics, 222, 832-848, 2007.


Kubatko, E.J. and J.J. Westerink, “Exact Discontinuous Solutions of Exner’s Bed Evolution Model: Simple Theory for Sediment Bores,” Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 133, 305-311, 2007.


Ebersole, B.A., D. Resio, and J.J. Westerink, “A Community Approach to Improved Prediction and Characterization of Coastal Storm Hazards,” Marine Technology Society Journal, 40, 4, 56-68, 2006/2007.


Kubatko, E.J., J.J. Westerink and C. Dawson, “hp Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Advection Dominated Problems in Shallow Water Flow,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 196, 437-451, 2006.


Kubatko, E.J., J.J. Westerink and C. Dawson, “An Unstructured Grid Morphodynamic Model with a Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Bed Evolution,” Ocean Modeling, 15, 71-89, 2006.


Dawson, C., J.J. Westerink, J.C. Feyen and D. Pothina, “Continuous, Discontinuous and Coupled Discontinuous-Continuous Galerkin Finite Element Methods for the Shallow Water Equations,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 52, 63-88, 2006.


Bunya, S., S. Yoshimura and J.J. Westerink, “Improvements in the Mass Conservation Using Alternative Boundary Implementations for a Quasi Bubble Finite Element Shallow Water Model,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 51, 1277-1296,2006.


Bunya, S., J.J. Westerink and S. Yoshimura, “Discontinuous Boundary Implementations for the Shallow Water Equations,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 47, 1451-1468, 2005.


Atkinson, J.H., J.J. Westerink and R.A. Luettich, “Two-Dimensional Dispersion Analysis of Finite Element Approximations to the Shallow Water Equations,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 45, 715-749, 2004.


Atkinson, J.H., J.J. Westerink and J.M. Hervouet, “Similarities between the Quasi-Bubble and the Generalized Wave Continuity Equation Solutions to the Shallow Water Equations,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 45, 689-714, 2004.


Hagen, S.C., J.J. Westerink, R.L. Kolar and O. Horstmann, “Two Dimensional Unstructured Mesh Generation for Tidal Models,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 35, 669-686, 2001.


Hagen, S.C., J.J. Westerink and R.L. Kolar, “One-Dimensional Finite Element Grids Based on a Localized Truncation Error Analysis,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 32, 241-261, 2000.


Blain, C.A., J.J. Westerink and R.A. Luettich, “Grid Convergence Studies for the Prediction of Hurricane Storm Surge,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 26, 369-401, 1998.


Kolar, R.L., W.G. Gray and J.J. Westerink, “Boundary Conditions in Shallow Water Models - An Alternative Implementation for Finite Element Codes,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 22, 603-618, 1996.


Grenier, R.R., R.A. Luettich and J.J. Westerink, “A Comparison of the Nonlinear Frictional Characteristics of Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Models of a Shallow Tidal Embayment,” Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, C7, 13719-13735, 1995.


Blain, C.A., J.J. Westerink and R.A. Luettich, “The Influence of Domain Size on the Response Characteristics of a Hurricane Storm Surge Model,” Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, C9, 18467-18479, 1994.


Luettich, R.A., S. Hu and J.J. Westerink, “Development of the Direct Stress Solution Technique for Three Dimensional Hydrodynamic Models Using Finite Elements,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 19, 295-319, 1994.


Westerink, J.J., R.A. Luettich, J.K. Wu and R.L. Kolar, “The Influence of Normal Flow Boundary Conditions on Spurious Modes in Finite Element Solutions to the Shallow Water Equations,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 18, 1021-1060, 1994.


Westerink, J.J., R.A. Luettich and J.C. Muccino, “Modeling Tides in the Western North Atlantic Using Unstructured Graded Grids,” Tellus, 46A,
178-199, 1994.


Kolar, R.L., W.G. Gray, J.J. Westerink and R.A. Luettich, “Shallow Water Modeling in Spherical Coordinates: Equation Formulation, Numerical
Implementation and Application,” Journal of Hydraulic Research, 32, 1, 3-24, 1994.


Kolar, R.L., J.J. Westerink, M.E. Cantekin and C.A. Blain, “Aspects of Nonlinear Simulations Using Shallow Water Models Based on the Wave Continuity Equation,” Computers and Fluids, 23, 3, 523-538, 1994.


Cantekin, M.E., J.J. Westerink and R.A. Luettich, “Low and Moderate Reynolds Number Transient Flow Simulations Using Space Filtered Navier Stokes Equations,” Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, 10, 491-524, 1994.


Westerink, J.J., R.A. Luettich, A.M. Baptista, N.W. Scheffner and P. Farrar, “Tide and Storm Surge Predictions Using a Finite Element Model,” Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 118, 1373-1390, 1992.


Westerink, J.J. and W.G. Gray, “Progress in Surface Water Modeling,” Reviews of Geophysics, 29, April Supplement, 210-217, 1991.


Luettich, R.A. and J.J. Westerink, “A Solution for the Vertical Variation of Stress, Rather than Velocity, in a Three-Dimensional Circulation Model,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 12, 911-928, 1991.


Cantekin, M.E. and J.J. Westerink, “Non-Diffusive N+2 Degree Petrov-Galerkin Methods for Two-Dimensional Transient Transport Computations,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 30, 397-418, 1990.


Baptista, A.M., J.J. Westerink and P.J. Turner, “Tides in the English Channel and Southern North Sea. A Frequency Domain Analysis Using Model TEA-NL,” Advances in Water Resources, 12, 166-183, 1989.


Westerink, J.J., K.D. Stolzenbach and J.J. Connor, “General Spectral Computations of the Nonlinear Shallow Water Tidal Interactions Within the Bight of Abaco,” Journal of Physical Oceanography, 19, 1350-1373, 1989.


Westerink, J.J. and D. Shea, “Consistent Higher Degree Petrov-Galerkin Methods for the Solution of the Transient Convection-Diffusion Equation,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 28, 1077-1101, 1989.


Westerink, J.J., J.J. Connor and K.D. Stolzenbach, “A Frequency-Time Domain Finite Element Model for Tidal Circulation Based on the Least Squares Harmonic Analysis Method,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 8, 813-843, 1988.


Westerink, J.J., J.J. Connor and K.D. Stolzenbach, “A Primitive Pseudo Wave Equation Formulation for Solving the Harmonic Shallow Water Equations,” Advances in Water Resources, 10, 188-199, 1987.


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Technical Reports

Roberts, K.J. and W.J. Pringle, "OceanMesh2D: User guide, Precise distance-based two-dimensional automated mesh generation toolbox intended for coastal ocean/shallow water flow models," February 2018.

Flood Insurance Study: Southeastern Parishes, Louisiana, Intermediate Submission 2: Offshore Water Levels and Waves, FEMA, US Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, July 24, 2008.

Link, L.E., J.J. Jaeger, J. Stevenson, W. Stroupe, R.L. Mosher, D. Martin, J.K. Garster, D.B. Zilkoski, B.A. Ebersole, J.J. Westerink, D.T. Resio, R.G. Dean, M.K. Sharp, R.S. Steedman, J.M. Duncan, B.L. Moentenich, B. Howard, J. Harris, S. Fitzgerald, D. Moser, P. Canning, J. Foster, B. Muller, “Performance Evaluation of the New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana Hurricane Protection System,” Volume I – Executive Summary and Overview, Draft Final Report of the Interagency Performance Task Force, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C., June 2008.

Ebersole, B.A., J.J. Westerink, D.T. Resio, R.G. Dean, “Performance Evaluation of the New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana Hurricane Protection System,” Volume IV – The Storm, Final Report of the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C., March 2007.

Spargo, E.A., J.J. Westerink, R.A. Luettich and D.J. Mark, “ENPAC 2003: A Tidal Constituent Database for the Eastern North Pacific Ocean,” Technical Report, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg MS, Report ERDC/CHL TR-04-12, September 2004.

Mukai, A., J.J. Westerink, R.A. Luettich and D.J. Mark, “A Tidal Constituent Database for the Western North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea,” Technical Report, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg MS, Report ERDC/CHL TR-02-24, September 2002.

Mukai, A., J.J. Westerink and R.A. Luettich, “Guidelines for Using the Eastcoast 2001 Database of Tidal Constituents within the Western North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea,” Coastal and Hydraulic Engineering Technical Note, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg MS, September 2001.

Westerink, J.J., R.A. Luettich and A. Militello, "Leaky Internal-Barrier Normal-Flow Boundaries in the ADCIRC Coastal Hydrodynamics Code," Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering Technical Note, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, June 2001.

Blain, C.A., J.J. Westerink, R.A. Luettich and N.W. Scheffner, “The Influence of Domain Size and Grid Structure on the Response Characteristics of a Hurricane Storm Surge Model,” Department of the Army Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg MS, March 1995.

Hench, J.L., R.A. Luettich, J.J. Westerink and N.W. Scheffner, “Development of a Tidal Constituent Database for the Eastern North Pacific,” Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C., 1994.

Scheffner, N.W., D.J. Mark, C.A. Blain, J.J. Westerink and R.A. Luettich, “ADCIRC: An Advanced Three-Dimensional Circulation Model for Shelves, Coasts, and Estuaries, Report 5: A Tropical Storm Database for the East and Gulf of Mexico Coasts of the United States,” Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C., August 1994.

Blain, C.A., J.J. Westerink, R.A. Luettich and N.W. Scheffner, “ADCIRC: An Advanced Three-Dimensional Circulation Model for Shelves, Coasts, and Estuaries, Report 4: Hurricane Storm Surge Modeling Using Large Domains,” Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C., August 1994.

Westerink, J.J., R.A. Luettich, C.A. Blain and N.W. Scheffner, “ADCIRC: An Advanced Three-Dimensional Circulation Model for Shelves, Coasts and Estuaries; Report 2: Users Manual for ADCIRC-2DDI,” Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington D.C., January 1994.


Blain, C.A., J.J. Westerink, R.A. Luettich and N.W. Scheffner, “Generation of a Storm Surge Data Base from the Hindcast of 153 Historical Hurricane Events,” Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C., 1993.


Westerink, J.J., R.A. Luettich and N.W. Scheffner, “ADCIRC: An Advanced Three-Dimensional Circulation Model for Shelves, Coasts, and Estuaries, Report 3: Development of a Tidal Constituent Database for the Western North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico,” Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C., June 1993.


Luettich, R.A., J.J. Westerink and N.W. Scheffner, “ADCIRC: An Advanced Three-Dimensional Circulation Model for Shelves, Coasts and Estuaries,Report 1: Theory and Methodology of ADCIRC-2DDI and ADCIRC-3DL,” Technical Report DRP-92-6, Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington D.C., November 1992.


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