Collaborative Research: Examining the Climatology of Extreme Storms in the Northeast US and Putting Hurricane Sandy in Context

飓风桑迪是一个极端的风暴，对美国东北部的历史性影响，拟议的工作将导致更好地了解这一事件的背景下，把它的区域paleohurricane记录。为了将飓风桑迪与过去的风暴事件进行比较，该项目将进行数值浪涌和波浪建模，以及对与桑迪有关的沉积物和古溢流沉积物进行结构分析。这项工作将利用PI先前的浪涌建模和古过洗研究，以便为纽约/新泽西/康涅狄格地区建立更全面的古飓风记录。此外，该项目还将比较飓风桑迪与模拟的合成风暴情景，以评估在当前和未来气候条件下发生类似桑迪事件的可能性。这项研究将有助于确定美国人口稠密的沿海地区发生严重风暴的频率和概率，两名本科生和两名博士后研究人员将参与其中。项目执行人将继续与管理人员和决策者保持接触。

Hurricane Sandy was an extreme storm with a historic impact on the northeastern U.S. The proposed work will lead to a better understanding of this event by placing it in the context of the regional paleohurricane record. To compare Hurricane Sandy with past storm events, the project will conduct numerical surge and wave modeling, as well as textural analyses of Sandy-related and paleo-overwash deposits. This work will leverage previous surge modeling and paleo-overwash studies by the PIs in order to develop a more comprehensive paleohurricane record for the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut area. In addition, the project will compare Hurricane Sandy with modeled synthetic storm scenarios to evaluate the likelihood of Sandy-like events under current and future climate conditions. This research will help to determine the frequency and probability of severe storms in a heavily populated coastal region of the U.S. Two undergraduate students and two post-doctoral researchers will be involved. The PIs will continue ongoing engagement with managers and policy makers.