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Arthur Trembanis, Alimjan Abla, Ken Haulsee and Carter DuVal
This study utilizes repeated geoacoustic mapping to quantify the morphodynamic response of the nearshore to storm-induced changes. The aim of this study was to quantitatively map the nearshore zone of Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS) to determi...
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Kerry Milch, Kenneth Broad, Ben Orlove and Robert Meyer
Although the field has seen great advances in hurricane prediction and response, the economic toll from hurricanes on U.S. communities continues to rise. We present data from Hurricanes Earl (2010), Irene (2011), Isaac (2012), and Sandy (2012) to show th...
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Alexandra N. Ramos Valle, Enrique N. Curchitser, Cindy L. Bruyere and Kathryn R. Fossell
Storm surge events have the potential to cause devastating damage to coastal communities. The magnitude of their impacts highlights the need for increased accuracy and real-time forecasting and predictability of storm surge. In this study, we assess two ...
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Justin A. Schulte
In this paper, it is proposed that coastal flood ensemble forecasts be partitioned into sub-ensemble forecasts using cluster analysis in order to produce representative statistics and to measure forecast uncertainty arising from the presence of clusters....
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Alexander P. Graziano and R. Christian Jones
Water quality patterns in two adjacent embayments of the tidal freshwater Potomac River were compared using continuously monitored data. The two embayments, the tidal Occoquan and Gunston Cove, are shallow embayments fed by tributaries which vary in thei...
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Dian Sun, Jee Eun Kang, Rajan Batta and Yan Song
The key purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that optimization of evacuation warnings by time period and impacted zone is crucial for efficient evacuation of an area impacted by a hurricane. We assume that people behave in a manner consistent with the...
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Ali Nejat, Zhen Cong and Daan Liang
Understanding of the recovery phase of a disaster cycle is still in its infancy. Recent major disasters such as Hurricane Sandy have revealed the inability of existing policies and planning to promptly restore infrastructure, residential properties, and ...
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Christopher Small, Tyler Blanpied, Alicia Kauffman, Conor O?Neil, Nicholas Proulx, Mathew Rajacich, Hailey Simpson, Jeffrey White, Malcolm L. Spaulding, Christopher D.P. Baxter and J. Craig Swanson
This paper presents an evaluation of inundation, erosion, and wave damage for a coastal community in Rhode Island, USA. A methodology called the Coastal Environmental Risk Index (CERI) was used that incorporates levels of inundation including sea level r...
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Lucí Hidalgo Nunes
RESUMO: A mídia desempenha relevante função na formação de opinião pública sobre os mais diferentes temas, como política, economia e ciência, o que reforça seu papel central na sociedade democrática. Contudo, as diversas mídias (jornais, revistas, rádio,...
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Philip M. Orton, Stefan A. Talke, David A. Jay, Larry Yin, Alan F. Blumberg, Nickitas Georgas, Haihong Zhao, Hugh J. Roberts and Kytt MacManus
Here, we demonstrate that reductions in the depth of inlets or estuary channels can be used to reduce or prevent coastal flooding. A validated hydrodynamic model of Jamaica Bay, New York City (NYC), is used to test nature-based adaptation measures in ame...
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