Application of State of Art Modeling Techniques to Predict Flooding and Waves for an Exposed Coastal Area
Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide guidance in establishing the risk to structures and infrastructure in the coastal zone from storm surge and coincidental waves. The maps are used by state agencies and municipalities to help...
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| author | Malcolm L. Spaulding Annette Grilli Chris Damon Grover Fugate Bryan A. Oakley Tatsu Isaji Lauren Schambach |
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| description | Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide guidance in establishing the risk to structures and infrastructure in the coastal zone from storm surge and coincidental waves. The maps are used by state agencies and municipalities to help guide coastal planning and establish the minimum elevation standard for new or substantially improved structures. A summary of the methods used and results of 2012 FIRM mapping are presented for Charlestown, RI; a coastal community located along the exposed, southern shoreline of the state. Concerns with the methods used in the 2012 analysis are put in context with the National Research Council’s (NRC) 2009 review of the FEMA coastal mapping program. New mapping is then performed using state of the art, fully coupled surge and wave modeling and data analysis methods to address the concerns in the NRC review. The new maps and methodologies are in compliance with FEMA regulations and guidelines. The approach makes extensive use of the numerical modeling results from the recent US Army Corp of Engineers (USACE), North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study (NACCS 2015). Revised flood maps are presented and compared with the 2012 FIRM map to provide insight into the differences. The new maps highlight the importance of developing better estimates of offshore surge dynamics and its coupling to waves, dune erosion based on local observations, and the advancement in nearshore mapping of waves in flood inundated areas by the use of state of the art, two-dimensional wave transformation models. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8e2ce8d6dedf43909177c78ea4e2bac82022-12-21T18:19:01ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122017-02-01511010.3390/jmse5010010jmse5010010Application of State of Art Modeling Techniques to Predict Flooding and Waves for an Exposed Coastal AreaMalcolm L. Spaulding0Annette Grilli1Chris Damon2Grover Fugate3Bryan A. Oakley4Tatsu Isaji5Lauren Schambach6Ocean Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, USAOcean Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, USAEnvironmental Data Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USARI Coastal Resources Management Council, Wakefield, RI 02879, USAEnvironmental & Earth Sciences, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT 06226, USARPS/ASA, South Kingstown, RI 02879, USAOcean Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, USAFlood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide guidance in establishing the risk to structures and infrastructure in the coastal zone from storm surge and coincidental waves. The maps are used by state agencies and municipalities to help guide coastal planning and establish the minimum elevation standard for new or substantially improved structures. A summary of the methods used and results of 2012 FIRM mapping are presented for Charlestown, RI; a coastal community located along the exposed, southern shoreline of the state. Concerns with the methods used in the 2012 analysis are put in context with the National Research Council’s (NRC) 2009 review of the FEMA coastal mapping program. New mapping is then performed using state of the art, fully coupled surge and wave modeling and data analysis methods to address the concerns in the NRC review. The new maps and methodologies are in compliance with FEMA regulations and guidelines. The approach makes extensive use of the numerical modeling results from the recent US Army Corp of Engineers (USACE), North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study (NACCS 2015). Revised flood maps are presented and compared with the 2012 FIRM map to provide insight into the differences. The new maps highlight the importance of developing better estimates of offshore surge dynamics and its coupling to waves, dune erosion based on local observations, and the advancement in nearshore mapping of waves in flood inundated areas by the use of state of the art, two-dimensional wave transformation models.http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/5/1/10coastal floodinginundationwavesFlood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs)coupled wave and surge modelingdune and shoreline erosionbase flood elevation |
| spellingShingle | Malcolm L. Spaulding Annette Grilli Chris Damon Grover Fugate Bryan A. Oakley Tatsu Isaji Lauren Schambach Application of State of Art Modeling Techniques to Predict Flooding and Waves for an Exposed Coastal Area Journal of Marine Science and Engineering coastal flooding inundation waves Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) coupled wave and surge modeling dune and shoreline erosion base flood elevation |
| title | Application of State of Art Modeling Techniques to Predict Flooding and Waves for an Exposed Coastal Area |
| title_full | Application of State of Art Modeling Techniques to Predict Flooding and Waves for an Exposed Coastal Area |
| title_fullStr | Application of State of Art Modeling Techniques to Predict Flooding and Waves for an Exposed Coastal Area |
| title_full_unstemmed | Application of State of Art Modeling Techniques to Predict Flooding and Waves for an Exposed Coastal Area |
| title_short | Application of State of Art Modeling Techniques to Predict Flooding and Waves for an Exposed Coastal Area |
| title_sort | application of state of art modeling techniques to predict flooding and waves for an exposed coastal area |
| topic | coastal flooding inundation waves Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) coupled wave and surge modeling dune and shoreline erosion base flood elevation |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/5/1/10 |
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