OS54B:
Improved Observational and Modeling Skills to Understand the Hurricane and Winter Storm Induced Surge and Meteotsunami I


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Session ID#: 57513

Session Description:
Natural Hazards (e.g., storm surge, meteotsunami) have been reported to pose a great impact on the coasts. Recently, powerful winter storms (‘Bomb Cyclone”) along the U.S. East Coast and hurricanes over the Gulf of Mexico (e.g., Hurricane Harvey) generated high surges. Rapid changes in barometric pressure can generate meteotsunamis. It is important to improve the observational and modeling skills to observe and predict these natural hazards. For example, most meteotsunamis are too small to observe, but they can have devastating impacts on coastal communities. Therefore, a reliable observational and warning system needs be developed.

This session is gathering scientists by sharing the advanced observational and numerical model knowledge. Research topics include but are not limited to: 1) the impact of coastal hazards to the coastal systems; 2) evaluate physical and ecological dynamics with respect to climate change; 3) storm surge and meteotsunami modeling; and 4) storm surge and meteotsunami observations.

Primary Convener:  Meng Xia, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Department of Natural Sciences, Princess Anne, MD, United States
Conveners:  Edward Payson Myers III, NOAA/NOS/OCS, Silver Spring, United States, Chunyan Li, Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States and Alex Sheremet, University of Florida, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE), Gainesville, United States
Primary Liaison:  Meng Xia, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Department of Natural Sciences, Princess Anne, MD, United States
Chairs:  Meng Xia, Univ of MD, Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, United States and Edward Payson Myers III, NOAA/NOS/OCS, Silver Spring, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Chunyan Li, Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Index Terms:

4504 Air/sea interactions [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4512 Currents [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4534 Hydrodynamic modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4564 Tsunamis and storm surges [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Recent progress in the modeling and detection of meteotsunamis and storm surges (Invited) (379112)
Stephan T Grilli, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States, James T Kirby Jr, University of Delaware, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Newark, DE, United States and Charles-Antoine Guérin, Université de Toulon, Institut Méditerranéen d'Océanologie, F-83957 La Garde cedex, France
Meteotsunamis in the Gulf of Mexico and Eastern United States During Hurricane Seasons 2016-2017 (437405)
Maitane Olabarrieta, University of Florida, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, Gainesville, FL, United States, Luming SHI, University of Florida, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, Gainesville, United States and David S Nolan, University of Miami, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Miami, FL, United States
Developing Skill Assessment and Performance Metrics for the National Ocean Service’s Operational Storm Surge Model Forecasting Systems. (435457)
Sergey V Vinogradov1, Edward Payson Myers III2, Yuji Funakoshi3,4, Jaime Calzada3,4 and Saeed Moghimi4,5, (1)NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (2)Coast Survey Development Laboratory, National Ocean Service, NOAA, Silver Spring, United States, (3)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (4)NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, United States, (5)UCAR/NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Modeling Architecture Necessary for Prognostications of Coastal and Inland Flooding (446233)
Shaowu Bao, Coastal Carolina University, Department of Marine Science, Conway, SC, United States, Leonard J Pietrafesa, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Raleigh, United States, Paul T Gayes, Coastal Carolina Univ, Burroughs and Chapin Center for Marine and Wetland Studies, Conway, United States, Jason Hallstrom, Florida Atlantic University, Institute for Sensing and Embedded Systems Engineering, Boca Raton, FL, United States and Deb Stirling, Coastal Carolina University, Burroughs and Chapin Center for Marine and Wetlands Studies, Conway, SC, United States
Modeling storm tide and inundation in the Greater New York City during Hurricane Sandy (2012) (362640)
Zhuo Liu1, Harry V C Wang2, Yinglong J Zhang2 and Linus Magnusson3, (1)One Concern, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, United States, (2)Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, United States, (3)European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecast, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Response of sea level to tide, wind forcing and river discharge in the Kitimat Fjord System (367778)
Shiliang Shan1, Charles G Hannah1 and Yongsheng Wu2, (1)Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC, Canada, (2)Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada

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