Abstract:

These data include input and output files for the Delft3D modeling tool used in the Development of Gulf Coast Resiliency Management Plan Using Sentinel Species and Natural Infrastructure project which aims to characterize flooding caused by the combined effects of stormwater and storm surge in the Houston-Galveston Bay area, as well as how climate change may amplify storms and flooding in the future. Inputs for the model include water depth (bathymetry), land elevation (topography), wind speed, wind direction, tidal elevation, and daily-averaged discharge inflows. Outputs from the model consist of wave heights, water levels, water depths, depth-averaged velocities, and other ancillary flow and wave information. These were provided at the spatial resolution of the model grid, and at a temporal resolution specified in the model input (either one or two hours). In addition, locations of drogues were also output by the model.