Dutch analyst seeks ideas to sidestep flooding from the next Hurricane Sandy
Henk Ovink thinks about the threat posed by rising seas to developed coastlines, a lot.
Earth Sciences
May 14, 2014
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News tagged with hurricane sandy
Model now capable of street-level storm-tide predictions
The water that surged into the intersection of New York City's Canal and Hudson streets during Hurricane Sandy—to choose just one flood-ravaged locale—was ultimately driven ashore by forces swirling hundreds of miles ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2014
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Crowdsourced rain samples map Hurricane Sandy's evolution
A unique method to collect rain water samples during Hurricane Sandy has revealed the storm's chemical "signature" with a new level of detail. The technique may also lead to weather model advances that will ultimately improve ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 11, 2014
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Offshore wind farms could tame hurricanes before they reach land, study says
For the past 24 years, Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford, has been developing a complex computer model to study air pollution, energy, weather and climate. A recent application ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 26, 2014
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Real time forecast of Hurricane Sandy had track and intensity accuracy
A real-time hurricane analysis and prediction system that effectively incorporates airborne Doppler radar information may accurately track the path, intensity and wind force in a hurricane, according to Penn State meteorologists. ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2014
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Post-Sandy, Long Island barrier systems appear surprisingly sound
As coastal communities continue to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, scientists at this week's annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union offer some encouraging news: the storm did not seriously damage the offshore ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 11, 2013
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UA sociologist studies resiliency in communities devastated by Hurricane Sandy
The disastrous flooding Hurricane Sandy brought to Maryland's coastal communities left a long road to recovery.
Social Sciences
Nov 7, 2013
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Hurricane Sandy's impact measured by millions of Flickr pictures
A new study has discovered a striking connection between the number of pictures of Hurricane Sandy posted on Flickr and the atmospheric pressure in New Jersey as the hurricane crashed through the US state in 2012.
Computer Sciences
Nov 5, 2013
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Sandy's lessons include: Put parks, not houses, on the beach
Just days before Hurricane Sandy hit the New York and New Jersey coastline on 29 October 2012, scientists from the City University of New York's (CUNY) College of Staten Island had produced the most detailed model to date ...
Environment
Oct 27, 2013
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Could Sandy happen again? Maybe, says geologist
Almost a year after Hurricane Sandy, parts of New York and New Jersey are still recovering from billions of dollars in flood damage. Tufts University geologist Andrew Kemp sees the possibility of damage from storms smaller ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 17, 2013
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