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Overview

Richard A. Luettich is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Ecology.

The main topics of their work include Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes.

Richard A. Luettich's recent notable papers include:

  • "Recent increases of rainfall and flooding from tropical cyclones (TCs) in North Carolina (USA): implications for organic matter and nutrient cycling in coastal watersheds," 2020, Biogeochemistry
  • "Storm-driven erosion and inundation of barrier islands from dune-to region-scales," 2020, Coastal Engineering
  • "Improvements in storm surge surrogate modeling for synthetic storm parameterization, node condition classification and implementation to small size databases," 2021, Natural Hazards
  • "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," 2022, UNC Libraries
  • "Real-Time Simulated Storm Surge Predictions during Hurricane Michael (2018)," 2022, Weather and Forecasting

The most frequent publication venues where Richard A. Luettich has published include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Natural Hazards
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

Frequent co-authors in their work include Brian Blanton, Hans W. Paerl, J. C. Dietrich, Taylor G. Asher, and Nathan S. Hall.

Best Publications

  • ADCIRC: An Advanced Three-Dimensional Circulation Model for Shelves, Coasts, and Estuaries. Report 1. Theory and Methodology of ADCIRC-2DDI and ADCIRC-3DL.

    R A Luettich;J J Westerink;Norman W Scheffner

  • Modeling hurricane waves and storm surge using integrally-coupled, scalable computations

    J. C. Dietrich;M. Zijlema;J. J. Westerink;L. H. Holthuijsen

  • A Basin to Channel-Scale Unstructured Grid Hurricane Storm Surge Model Applied to Southern Louisiana

    Joannes J. Westerink;Richard A. Luettich;Jesse C. Feyen;Jesse C. Feyen;John H. Atkinson

  • 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

    S. Bunya;J. C. Dietrich;J. J. Westerink;B. A. Ebersole

  • Performance of the Unstructured-Mesh, SWAN+ADCIRC Model in Computing Hurricane Waves and Surge

    J. C. Dietrich;J. C. Dietrich;S. Tanaka;J. J. Westerink;Clinton N Dawson

  • A High-Resolution Coupled Riverine Flow, Tide, Wind, Wind Wave, and Storm Surge Model for Southern Louisiana and Mississippi. Part II: Synoptic Description and Analysis of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

    J. C. Dietrich;S. Bunya;S. Bunya;J. J. Westerink;B. A. Ebersole

  • Dynamic behavior of suspended sediment concentrations in a shallow lake perturbed by episodic wind events

    Richard A. Luettich;Donald R. F. Harleman;LÁszlÓ SomlyÓdy

  • Hurricane Gustav (2008) Waves and Storm Surge: Hindcast, Synoptic Analysis, and Validation in Southern Louisiana

    J. C. Dietrich;J. J. Westerink;A. B. Kennedy;J. M. Smith

  • Attenuation of water flow inside seagrass canopies of differing structure

    Charles H. Peterson;Richard A. Luettich;Fiorenza Micheli;Fiorenza Micheli;Gregory A. Skilleter;Gregory A. Skilleter

  • Tide and Storm Surge Predictions Using Finite Element Model

    J. J. Westerink;R. A. Luettich;A. M. Baptists;N. W. Scheffner

  • Hindcast and validation of Hurricane Ike (2008) waves, forerunner, and storm surge

    M. E. Hope;J. J. Westerink;A. B. Kennedy;P. C. Kerr

  • ADCIRC: An Advanced Three-Dimensional Circulation Model for Shelves, Coasts, and Estuaries. Report 2. User's Manual for ADCIRC-2DDI

    J. J. Westerink;R. A. Luettich;C. A. Blain;Norman W. Scheffner

  • Modelling tides in the western North Atlantic using unstructured graded grids

    J. J. Westerink;Richard A Luettich;J. C. Muccino

  • The influence of domain size on the response characteristics of a hurricane storm surge model

    C. A. Blain;J. J. Westerink;R. A. Luettich

  • Shallow water modeling in spherical coordinates: equation formulation, numerical implementation, and application

    R. L. Kolar;W. G. Gray;J. J. Westerink;R. A. Luettich

  • Origin of the Hurricane Ike forerunner surge

    Andrew B. Kennedy;Uriah Gravois;Brian C. Zachry;Joannes J. Westerink

  • Estimating the spatial extent of bottom-water hypoxia and habitat degradation in a shallow estuary

    Christopher P. Buzzelli;Richard A. Luettich;Sean P. Powers;Charles H. Peterson

  • Abundance of estuarine crab larvae is associated with tidal hydrologic variables

    M. C. DeVries;R. A. Tankersley;R. B. Forward;W. W. Kirby-Smith

  • Semi-diurnal seiching in a shallow, micro-tidal lagoonal estuary

    Richard A. Luettich;Sarah D. Carr;Janelle V. Reynolds-Fleming;Crystal W. Fulcher

  • Eastcoast 2001, A Tidal Constituent Database for Western North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea

    A Y Mukai;J J Westerink;R A Luettich;D Mark

  • Transient Tidal Circulation and Momentum Balances at a Shallow Inlet

    James L. Hench;Richard A. Luettich

  • ADCIRC: An Advanced Three-Dimensional Circulation Model for Shelves, Coasts, and Estuaries. Report 6. Development of a Tidal Constituent Database for the Eastern North Pacific.

    J. L. Hench;R. A. Luettich;J. J. Westerink;N. W. Scheffner

Frequent Co-Authors

Joannes J. Westerink
Joannes J. Westerink University of Notre Dame
Hans W. Paerl
Hans W. Paerl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mark D. Powell
Mark D. Powell National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Charles H. Peterson
Charles H. Peterson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Francisco E. Werner
Francisco E. Werner National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
David B. Eggleston
David B. Eggleston North Carolina State University
Clint Dawson
Clint Dawson The University of Texas at Austin
Richard P. Signell
Richard P. Signell United States Geological Survey
Hans C. Graber
Hans C. Graber University of Miami
Richard B. Forward
Richard B. Forward Duke University

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