Hurricanes, sea level rise, and coastal change
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Abstract
Sixteen hurricanes have made landfall along the U.S. east and Gulf coasts over the past decade. For most of these storms, the USGS with our partners in NASA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have flown before and after lidar missions to detect changes in beaches and dunes. The most dramatic changes occurred when the coasts were completely submerged in an inundation regime. Where this occurred locally, a new breach was cut, like during Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina. Where surge inundated an entire island, the sand was stripped off leaving marshy outcrops behind, like during Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana. Sea level rise together with sand starvation and repeated hurricane impacts could increase the probabilities of inundation and degrade coasts more than sea level rise alone.
| Publication type | Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | Hurricanes, sea level rise, and coastal change |
| DOI | 10.1142/9789814355537_0002 |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | World Scientific |
| Contributing office(s) | St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| Description | 14 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Conference Paper |
| Larger Work Title | Coastal Sediments 2011 |
| First page | 15 |
| Last page | 28 |
| Conference Title | Coastal Sediments 2011 |
| Conference Location | Miami, Florida |
| Conference Date | May 2-6 2011 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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