US West Coast Coastal Solutions 2021
Coastal Flood Modeling, Prediction and Observations for the U.S. West Coast
March 31, 2021: 10:30am – 2:30pm PDT April 1, 2021: 9:30am – 12:30pm PDT
In recent years, there has been significant progress in U.S. West Coast coastal flood observations, modeling, and forecasting products. Many of these products and observations are now designed in active partnership with local and state partners, and are intended to assist community stakeholders with addressing today’s coastal flood hazards and future flooding, inundation and sea-level rise. This workshop will serve as a forum for assembling the research community working on these various west coast efforts to improve integration and collaboration among these entities to better serve coastal stakeholders. The workshop will also showcase case studies for how these products are evolving to meet a range of coastal stakeholder needs for addressing contemporary and future coastal flood hazards.
GOALS
Review the current state of coastal flood
observing and modeling capabilities (at multiple time scales) along the West Coast and identify high priority short-term and long-term research tasks that would further advance services that meet stakeholder needs.
Compile and characterize West Coast coastal community solutions projects
that are actively engaging stakeholders at the city, county, and/or state level to co-design and deploy observing and modeling frameworks for coastal flood monitoring, modeling and forecasting needs.
Discuss and synthesize the range of spatial and temporal observations
and modeling/forecasting services needed by stakeholders (e.g., 72-hour flood alerts, real-time data, mid to long-term predictions and scenarios) and engagement platforms.
Establish a roadmap for engaging the stakeholder community
through subsequent workshops or listening sessions to improve integration and collaboration among west coast observing and modeling entities with the aim of enhancing stakeholder services.
Nicole Leboeuf
NOAA's National Ocean Service NOS Acting Assistant Administrator
Carl Gouldman
Director at U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System Office
RECORDINGS
AGENDA & SESSIONS
Outcomes
A web-based compilation of West Coast case studies
that feature co-designed and deployed coastal flood solutions with stakeholders.
Workshop summary synthesizing
the landscape of west coast capabilities and priorities for enhancing these through research and stakeholder application.
A roadmap for engaging with stakeholders
for enhanced input on user needs and how well engagement platforms meet their needs.
A white paper to inform decision-makers and coastal programs
on ways to foster further integration and advancement of capabilities and services to best meet stakeholder needs.
SUBMITTED PROJECTS & CASE STUDIES
Extreme coastal water level guidance for Washington State
February 25, 2021 Washington State
The Advanced Quantitative Precipitation Information (AQPI) Project Applied to Coastal Flooding
March 2, 2021 San Francisco Bay, CA
qathet Regional District Coastal Flood Mapping
March 10, 2021 qathet Regional District / Powell River, BC, Canada
Envisioning a Resilient Pacific Northwest Coast: Co-developing alternative futures for adaptation planning and decision-making
March 14, 2021 Tillamook County, OR; Grays Harbor County, WA
- Peter Ruggiero: N/A
Combining a stochastic climate emulator with surrogate models of dynamic coastal simulators to drive coastal flood impacts research
March 15, 2021 Naval Base Coronado, San Diego, CA
Real-Time Tsunami Evacuation and Maritime Response Decision-Support Tools
March 15, 2021 All coastal entities: 20 counties, 100 cities, and 70 harbors/ports
- Rick Wilson: N/A
Hydro-UQ: A high-fidelity computational modeling tool to study coastal flooding phenomenon
March 17, 2021 Crescent city, California
Coastal Ground Water Hazards (aka CoSMoS-GW)
March 17, 2021 California coast (incl. San Francisco Bay)
- Kevin Befus: N/A
Puget Sound Coastal Storm Modeling System (PS-CoSMoS)
March 17, 2021 Salish Sea - Washington State, British Columbia, Canada
Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS)
March 17, 2021 California, but national expansion of derivative approaches underway
Compound Coastal Flood Modeling at Surfside-Sunset
March 17, 2021 Surfside-Sunset Huntington Beach, CA
- B-X. Tang: N/A
Imperial Beach Flood Forecast System
March 18, 2021 Southern California
Operational total water level forecasts for the U.S. west coast
March 19, 2021 California, Oregon, Washington open coast
- Coastal Change Hazards: N/A
Observations and forecasts for highway flooding in San Francisco Bay
March 19, 2021 Marin & Sonoma Counties, California
Climate-based statistical Modeling of Monthly Mean Sea Level
March 24, 2021 US west coast
- Sara Ortega van Vloten: N/A
Port Townsend King Tides Monitoring Team
March 24, 2021 Port Townsend, WA
Democratizing access to ocean observing technology
March 31, 2021 Hawaii, and 14 coastal states on U.S. mainland
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Clarissa Anderson, Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS)
Roxanne Carini, University of Washington and Northwest Ocean Observing System (NANOOS)
Laura Engeman, California Sea Grant, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UC San Diego)
John Marra, NOAA Regional Climate Services – Pacific Region
Mark Merrifield, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UC San Diego)
Ian Miller, Washington Sea Grant, University of Washington
Jan Newton, University of Washington and Northwest Ocean Observing System (NANOOS)
Peter Ruggiero, Oregon State University and Northwest Ocean Observing System (NANOOS)
Henry Ruhl, Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS)
Emanuele Di Lorenzo (Georgia Tech, Ocean Visions)
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