A Tsunami Ball Approach to Storm Surge and Inundation: Application to Hurricane Katrina, 2005

Table 1

Katrina Track, Peak Wind Speed (miles/hour, 1 mph = 0.447 m/s) and Central Pressure (mbar) from Weather Underground [5]. Simulations here spanned 22 GMT 8/28 to 08 GMT 8/30.

Date	Time	Lat	Lon	𝐶𝑑
08/23	18 GMT	23.1	75.1	35	1008
08/24	00 GMT	23.4	75.7	35	1007
08/24	06 GMT	23.8	76.2	35	1007
08/24	12 GMT	24.5	76.5	40	1006
08/24	18 GMT	25.4	76.9	45	1003
08/25	00 GMT	26.0	77.7	50	1000
08/25	06 GMT	26.1	78.4	60	997
08/25	12 GMT	26.2	79.0	65	994
08/25	18 GMT	26.2	79.6	70	988
08/26	00 GMT	25.9	80.3	80	983
08/26	06 GMT	25.4	81.3	75	987
08/26	12 GMT	25.1	82.0	85	979
08/26	18 GMT	24.9	82.6	100	968
08/27	00 GMT	24.6	83.3	105	959
08/27	06 GMT	24.4	84.0	110	950
08/27	12 GMT	24.4	84.7	115	942
08/27	18 GMT	24.5	85.3	115	948
08/28	00 GMT	24.8	85.9	115	941
08/28	06 GMT	25.2	86.7	145	930
08/28	12 GMT	25.7	87.7	165	909
08/28	18 GMT	26.3	88.6	175	902
08/29	00 GMT	27.2	89.2	160	905
08/29	06 GMT	28.2	89.6	145	913
08/29	12 GMT	29.5	89.6	125	923
08/29	18 GMT	31.1	89.6	90	948
08/30	00 GMT	32.6	89.1	60	961
08/30	06 GMT	34.1	88.6	45	978
08/30	12 GMT	35.6	88.0	35	985
08/30	18 GMT	37.0	87.0	35	990
08/31	00 GMT	38.6	85.3	35	994
08/31	06 GMT	40.1	82.9	30	996