RAPID: Observations of physical impacts following Hurricane Sandy

快速：飓风桑迪之后的物理影响观测罗伯特韦斯，詹妮弗L爱尔兰，弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学，邮编1312813摘要飓风桑迪于2012年10月29日在大西洋城附近登陆。桑迪被归类为一级飓风;然而，一个非热带天气系统与桑迪合并，形成了一种独特的情况，导致沿着新泽西和纽约海岸遭受灾难性破坏。 为此，飓风桑迪造成的创纪录的巨浪对纽约和新泽西的建筑和自然环境造成了创纪录的破坏。 飓风桑迪为观察和收集信息提供了难得的机会，以便将风暴造成的沉积物与最近海啸造成的沉积物进行比较。 由于影响的严重性和损害的严重性，PI将集中在新泽西和纽约。 在勘测调查中，PI将测量洪水高度和风暴潮的淹没程度，这与海啸勘测现场调查中收集的数据相似。 这对于为其中一种或两种设计保护性基础设施以及在地层记录中破译是否存在区分海啸和风暴沉积物的关键特征都很重要。 这一跨学科的RAPID提案还将从工程和地球科学的角度对洪泛区进行定量描述，并将其与政府实体提供的定性信息相结合。

RAPID: Observations of physical impacts following Hurricane SandyRobert Weiss, Jennifer L Irish, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, EAR-1312813ABSTRACTHurricane Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City on October 29th 2012. Sandy was classified as a Category I hurricane; however, a non-tropical weather system merged with Sandy and created a unique situation that resulted in catastrophic damage along the shores of New Jersey and New York. To this end, the record surges produced by Hurricane Sandy resulted in record damages in built and natural environments in New York and New Jersey. Hurricane Sandy provides the unusual opportunity to observe and collect information for the purpose of comparing sedimentary deposits resulting from storms versus those originating from recent tsunamis. PIs will focus on New Jersey and New York due to the magnitude of the impact and severity of the damages. In the reconnaissance surveys PIs will measure flood elevations and inundations of the storm surge, which are similar data collected during tsunami reconnaissance field surveys. This is important in designing protective infrastructure for either or both and for deciphering in the stratigraphic record whether there is a key signature for distinguishing tsunami from storm deposits. This interdisciplinary RAPID proposal will also integrate quantitative descriptions of the flooding zone from an engineering and geoscientific perspective with qualitative information from governmental entities.