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

飓风桑迪是一场对美国东北部具有历史性影响的极端风暴。这项拟议的工作将把它放在区域古飓风记录的背景下，从而更好地理解这一事件。为了将飓风桑迪与过去的风暴事件进行比较，该项目将对与桑迪相关的沉积和古冲刷沉积进行数值模拟和波浪模拟，以及结构分析。这项工作将利用PI以前的浪涌模拟和古溢流研究，以便为纽约/新泽西/康涅狄格州地区制定更全面的古飓风记录。此外，该项目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在美国人口稠密的沿海地区发生强风暴的频率和可能性。将涉及两名本科生和两名博士后研究人员。投资促进机构将继续与管理人员和政策制定者进行接触。

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.