| Dates | 2006-10-01 to 20185-09-30 |
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| Description | The primary objective of this project is to increase our understanding of the processes of coastal change, and thereby increase our capability to predict the processes and their impacts. We will build upon previous coastal erosion studies (the North Carolina and South Carolina Regional Coastal Erosion Studies and Aggregate Resources investigations off southern Long Island) and call upon resources developed under the Community Sediment Modeling Project, as well as the National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards Project. The studies undertaken in this project are designed to examine the interactions between oceanographic forcing, geologic conditions, and the resulting changes to topography in the inner shelf, nearshore, and subaerial beach regions. Specifically, the objectives of this project are:(1) Improve our understanding of the processes leading to coastal change at sub-regional to regional scales (scales are defined below).(2) Quantify interactions between the geology and physical processes that control coastal behavior.(3) Develop an improved capability for predicting coastal change and vulnerability to coastal hazards.(4) Provide regional information to understand processes of coastal change relevant to the Carolinas and Fire Island. |
| Keywords | North Carolina, South Carolina, Fire Island National Seashore, Long Island, coastal erosion, numerical modeling, oceanographic observations, storms, hurricanes, sediment transport |
| Status | Inactive |
| Center | USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center |
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