COLLABORATIVE: RUI: Reconstructing the History of Hurricane Landfalls in Southwest Florida over the Past Five Thousand Years

提供资金重建过去五千年来佛罗里达西南部飓风登陆的历史。代理记录将开发保存在backbarrier泻湖和沼泽的飓风过洗沉积物，并与该地区的气候，气象和海洋学数据的汇编。过冲沉积物的年代学将受到放射性测年的限制，SLOSH模型的结果将有助于将过冲沉积物与产生它们的热带气旋联系起来。将为佛罗里达西南部开发一个特定地点的飓风数据库，以更好地了解产生过冲沉积物的风暴的特征。这项研究的结果可能对该区域的沿海规划和管理产生影响。该项目将支持一名职业生涯早期的女性调查员，并将涉及高中，本科和研究生。

Funds are provided to reconstruct the history of hurricane landfalls in southwest Florida over the past five thousand years. The proxy record will be developed from hurricane overwash deposits preserved in backbarrier lagoons and marshes, and correlated with a compilation of climatological, meteorological, and oceanographic data for the region. The chronology of the overwash deposits will be constrained by radiometric dating, and SLOSH model results will facilitate the correlation of overwash deposits with the tropical cyclones that created them. A site-specific hurricane database will be developed for southwest Florida to better understand the characteristics of storms that produce overwash deposits. Results of this research may have implications for coastal planning and management in the region. The project will support an early-career female investigator, and will involve high school, undergraduate, and graduate students.