REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

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, In Review, 2009.

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,” Journal of Oceanic and Atmospheric Technology, In Review, 2009.

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, In Press, 2009.

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, In Press, DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2906.1, http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F2009MWR2906.1, 2009.

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, In Press, DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2907.1, http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F2009MWR2907.1, 2009.

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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REFEREED TECHNICAL REPORTS
   
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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