Fig. 7: Validation data for the Bay of Bengal model comparing modeled and observed storm-tides and storm-surges.

a Modeled versus observed event-maximum storm-tides for stations with available observations in the model domain. b Modeled versus observed event-maximum storm-surges for stations with available data in the model domain. c Station/Storm observation availability matrix. The number labels in (a, b) correspond to the values in (c). For example, point (1) in both (a, b) shows the storm-tide (storm-surge) at Chittagong caused by Cyclone Aila. The colors of points in (a, b) denote the minimum distance from the storm track to the station.