8:45 - 9:15 AM: "Predicting Coastal Inundation due to Storms", Rick Luettich
NOTE:
All "A" sessions will be held in Chafee Hall, #273
All "B" sessions will be held in Chafee Hall #275
Topic: 1A Coastal Flooding
9:15 - 10:35 AM Session Leader: Yong Kim
9:15-9:35 "Flood Inundation Modeling in a Changing Climate", Matthew Bilskie
9:35-9:55 "Impact of Sea Level Rise on Future Storm-induced Coastal Inundation", Changsheng Chen
9:55-10:15 "Sensitivity of the 100-year Storm Flood Zone to Sea Level Rise", Annette Grilli
10:15-10:35 "Application of High Resolution SLOSH Modeling for Coastal Inundation Study under Future Sea-level Rise Conditions", Yong Kim
Topic: 1B Estuarine and Coastal Systems
9:15 - 10:35 AM Session Leader: Rosemary Cyriac
9:15-9:35 "Development of a Biophysical Model for Chesapeake Bay and its Adjacent Coastal Ocean", Meng Xia
9:35-9:55 "Verification of a Hydrodynamic Model for the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire Using Field Data", Salme Cook
9:55-10:15 "Understanding Oyster Growth in the Damariscotta River Using a Coupled Hydrodynamic - Biogeochemical Model", Kate Coupland
10:15-10:35 "Models for Barotropic and Baroclinic Circulation in the Choctawhatchee Bay and River System", Rosemary Cyriac
10:35 - 11:00 AM: Break - Chafee Hall Foyer
Topic: 2A Coastal Flooding
Session Leader: David Ullman
11:00-11:20 "Real Time Guidance for Combined Flooding Hazards and Active Flood Control Structures Using the ADCIRC Surge Guidance System", Jason Fleming
11:20-11:40 "A Coupled Model Framework for Hurricane Evacuation/Sheltering", Randall Kolar
11:40-12:00 "Probabilistic Storm Surge Risk Assessment Using a Synthetic Hurricane Database", Michelle Terry
12:00-12:20 "Effect of Wind, Waves, and Precipitation Runoff on Coastal Flooding due to Land-falling Tropical cyclones in the Narragansett Bay Region: Results from Coupled ADCIRC/SWAN Simulations", David Ullman
Topic: 2B Estuarine and Coastal Systems
11:00 - 12:20 PM Session Leader: Venkat Kolluru
11:00-11:20 "Residence Time Variability in Response to Circulation Scenarios in a Back-Barrier Estuary", Zafer Defne
11:20-11:40 "Modeling Potential Circulation Improvements in Old Tampa Bay", Todd DeMunda
11:40-12:00 "The Oceanography and Sediment Dynamics of Nass Bay and Iceberg Bay, British Columbia: Role of the Nass River", David Fissel
12:00-12:20 "Investigation of Vertical Structure in the Baltic Sea", Venkat Kolluru
12:20 - 1:30 PM: Luncheon - 95 Club
Topic: 3A Coastal Flooding
1:30 - 3:10 PM Session Leader: Nathan Dill
1:30-1:50 "Advancing Storm Surge and Inundation Models Through Enhanced Physics of the Air-Sea-Wave Coupling", Isaac Ginis
1:50-2:10 "The Effects of Land Cover and Associated Bottom Friction on Computation of Surge Inundation Extent", Yuepeng Li
2:10-2:30 "Model Setup, Validation, and Application for the South Florida Storm Surge Modeling Project", Christopher Bender
2:30-2:50 "The Effect of Bottom Friction, Surface Roughness, and Meteorological Forcing in Hurricane Storm Surge Simulation Using SWAN+ADCIRC Model", Simbarashe Kanjanda
2:50-3:10 "Assessing Coastal Flooding Vulnerability at Two Critical Locations in Islesboro, Maine", Nathan Dill
Topic: 3B Estuarine and Coastal Systems
1:30 - 3:10 PM Session Leader: Harry Wang
1:30-1:50 "Tidal Datum Changes Induced by Location and Geometry Alterations of North Carolina Coastal Inlets", Jindong Wang
1:50-2:10 "An Investigation into the Influence of Coastal Islands on River Water Distribution and Mixing in Western Long Island Sound", Steven Schmidt
2:10-2:30 "Hindcast Simulations toward the Development of NOAA’s Gulf of Maine Operational Forecast System", Zizang Yang
2:30-2:50 "A Cross-scale Baroclinic Model of the Chesapeake Bay and the Coastal Ocean", Fei Ye
2:50-3:10 "The Effect of Cross-channel Bathymetry on Lateral Density Responses under Different Wind Directions in an Estuary", Harry Wang
7:00 - 8:00 AM: Registration & Breakfast - 95 Club
8:00 - 8:15 AM Board bus to Narragansett Bay Campus
8:15 - 9:00 AM Transit via bus to Narragansett Bay Campus
Plenary - Corless Auditorium
9:00 - 9:30 AM Coupled Ecosystems Models from Climate to Fish: Lessons from an End-to-end Modeling Approach, Enrique Curchitser
NOTE:
All "A" sessions will be held in Coastal Institute Auditorium
All "B" sessions will be held in Hazard A & B
Topic: 4A Coastal Flooding
9:30 - 10:30 AM Session Leader: Kyra Bryant
9:30 - 9:50 "Development of the Fully Adaptive Storm Tide (FAST) Model for High Resolution Storm Surge Inundation", Yi-Cheng Teng
9:50 - 10:10 "Application of the Forward Sensitivity Method to a GWCE-Based Shallow Water Model", Evan Tromble
10:10 - 10:30 "An Exploration of Wind Stress Calculation Techniques in Hurricane Storm Surge Modeling", Kyra Bryant
Topic: 4B Ecosystems/ Harmful Algal Blooms
9:30 - 10:30 AM Session Leader: Jian Shen
9:30-9:50 "The Nutrient and Biomass Cycle in San Francisco Bay: A Modeling Study", Qianqian Liu
9:50-10:10 "Space Time Evolution of the Trophic State Level of Lagoa da Conceição, a Choked Coastal Lagoon in the Island of Santa Catarina - Brazil", Victor Silva
10:10-10:30 "The Interaction of Hydrodynamics and Harmful Algal Bloom in the Tidal James River, Virginia", Jian Shen
10:30 - 11:00 AM: Break - Coastal Institute Foyer
Topic: 5A Wave and Sediment Transport Modeling
11:00 - 12:20 PM Session Leader: Earl Hayter
11:00-11:20 "Directional Wave Modeling on Fringing Reefs at Hilo Harbor, Hawaii", Lihwa Lin
11:20-11:40 "Wave Dynamics in Lake Erie: Inter-basin Propagation, Seasonality, and Potential Susceptibility to Climate Change", Qianru Niu
11:40-12:00 "Assessing Performance of Different Wave Breaking Parameterizations Over Shallow Water in Spectral Ocean Wave Models", Shangfei Lin
12:00-12:20 "Modeling Sediment Transport using the Geophysical Scale Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport Modeling System", Earl Hayter
11:00-11:20 "Dynamic Spatial Interpolation of Observed Tidal Harmonic Constants in Coastal and Estuarine Waters", Edward Myers
11:20-11:40 "Statistical Interpolation of Tidal Datums and Computation of Its Associated Spatially Varying Uncertainty", Lei Shi
11:40-12:00 "A Seamless Cross-scale Modeling Framework from Creek to Ocean", Yinglong Zhang
12:00-12:20 "Challenges and Improvements for the Updated ADCIRC Tidal Databases: Eastern North Pacific and Western North Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico", Christine Szpilka
Lunch - Hazard A & B
12:20 - 1:10 PM
Topic: 6A Coastal Flooding, Session 6
1:10 - 2:30 PM Session Leader: Michael Bradley
1:10-1:30 "Sensitivity of Coastal Tsunami Hazard to the Modeling of Tsunami Generation by Submarine Mass Failures of Various Rheology", Michael Shelby
1:30-1:50 "Modeling of Historical Storms in Rhode Island", Lauren Schambach
1:50-2:10 "Surge and Flood Modelling of Typhoon Haiyan 2013 using a Surge-wave-tide Coupled Model", Sooyoul Kim
2:10-2:30 "Vulnerability assessment of National Park Service Infrastructure to Storm Surge and Sea Level Change", Michael Bradley
Topic: 6B Analysis and Visualization
1:10 - 2:30 PM Session Leader: Rich Signell
1:10-1:30 "Data Driven Realistic Visualization", Peter Stempel
1:30-1:50 "Multi-grid Data Analysis and Visualization with Python", Christopher Barker
1:50-2:10 "Getting COMT on PARR: Increasing Public Access to COMT Results", Brian McKenna
2:10-2:30 "A Standardized Framework for Reproducible Model Skill Assessment", Richard Signell
2:30 - 3:00 PM: Break - Coastal Institute Foyer
Topic: 7A Coastal Flooding
3:00 - 4:40 PM Session Leader: Kendra Dresback
3:00-3:20 "Demonstrating the Impact of Flood Adaptation Using an Online Dynamic Flood Mapper", Philip Orton
3:20-3:40 "Morphological Response of Barrier Islands During Tsunami Inundation", Babak Tehranirad
3:40-4:00 "STORMTOOLS - Web Based Storm Flooding Tools", Malcolm Spaulding
4:00-4:20 "A Comparison of Two Methods to Improve the Efficiency of a Coupled Hydrologic/Hydraulic Modeling System", Kendra Dresback
4:20-4:40 open
Topic: 7B Estuarine and Coastal Systems
3:00 - 4:40 PM Session Leader: Craig Swanson
3:00-3:20 "A Numerical Study of the Circulation in Chatham Sound, BC, Canada", Yuehua Lin
3:20-3:40 "On the Mechanism of an Oblique Tidally-recurring Internal Hydraulic Jump: an Idealized Case Study", Yang Lu
3:40-4:00 "Salinity Variability and Water Exchange in Interconnected Estuaries", Yuntao Wang
4:00-4:20 "The Impacts of Ambient Coastal Currents and Local Wind on River Plume in the Pearl River Estuary During Summer", Yongji Xu
4:20-4:40 "Impact of Inlet Dredging on Circulation and Flushing of the Narrow River, Narragansett, RI", Craig Swanson
4:45 - 5:00 PM Board bus to Newport (Cliff Walk, Restaurants)
9:00 - 9:15 PM Board bus back to Narragansett Bay Campus
Day 3: Wednesday, June 15, 2016
7:00 - 8:15 AM: Registration & Breakfast - 95 Club
Plenary - Pharmacy Building #170
8:30 - 9:00 AM "Large-scale, Drifter-based Surface Dispersion Experiments in the Northern Gulf of Mexico", Andrew Poje
NOTE:
All "A" sessions will be held in Chafee Hall, #273
All "B" sessions will be held in Chafee Hall #275
Topic: 8A Lagrangian Transport
9:00 - 10:40 AM Session Leader: Hansong Tang
9:00-9:20 "AmDaDos (Adaptive Meshing and Data Assimilation for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill), a Pilot Case Study for the AllScale Project", Emanuele Ragnoli
9:20-9:40 "Simulation of Atlantic Salmon Post-smolt Movement Along the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence", Jinyu Sheng
9:40-10:00 "Challenge of Accurate Simulation of Spill Trajectories in Salish Sea - The 2003 Pt. Wells Spill ", Tarang Khangaonkar
10:00-10:20 "A Hybrid GFD and Fully 3D CFD System for Modeling Flows around Moving Objects in Oceans", Hansong Tang
10:20-10:40 Open
Topic: 8B Estuarine and Coastal Systems
9:00 - 10:40 AM Session Leader: Nickitas Georgas
9:00-9:20 "Field and Modeling Studies of Salt Marshes in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Kent County Delaware", Ali Abdolali
9:20-9:40 "Salt Marsh Response to Wind Waves in a Confined Tidal Flat: Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware", Mithun Deb
9:40-10:00 "FVCOM Modeling of the Changes in the Great South Bay’s Hydrodynamic Environment Due to a Breach in Fire Island", Claudia Hinrichs
10:00-10:20 "Modelled Effects of Climate Change in Oslofjord", Magdalena Kempa
10:20-10:40 "A Multi-decadal Hindcast for the Long Island Sound and the New York / New Jersey Harbor Physical Environment Based on NARR and NYHOPS", Nickitas Georgas
11:00-11:20 "A Comparison of Methods for Total Water Level Prediction Using ADCIRC", Samuel Bush
11:20-11:40 "Sea State-Dependent Surface Wind Stress in the Coupled ADCIRC and SWAN Model for Storm Surge Modeling", Jie Gao
11:40-12:00 "Inundation Modeling of Saco-Casco Bays, Maine USA: a FVCOM Based Case Study of Five Winter Storms in the Fall and Winter 2014-2015", Huijie Xue
12:00-12:20 "STORMTOOLS - Coastal Environmental Risk Index (CERI)", Malcolm Spaulding
Topic: 9B Waves
11:00 - 12:20 PM Session Leader: Tetsu Hara
11:00-11:20 "Modeling of Wave Climate for the Past 20 Years in Lake Michigan", Arash Aliabadi Farahani
11:20-11:40 "Estimation of Wave Shoaling Coefficients for Steep Coastal Slopes", Karan Gupta
11:40-12:00 "Wave Characteristics in Chatham Sound, British Columbia, Canada", Mustafa Samad
12:00-12:20 "Surface Wave Modeling under Tropical Cyclones in Coastal Rhode Island and Narragansett Bay Regions", Tetsu Hara
12:20 - 1:30 PM: Luncheon - 95 Club
Topic: 10A Sediment Transport
1:30 - 3:10 PM Session Leader: Tarang Khangaonkar
1:30-1:50 "Numerical Simulation of Subaqueous Clayey Debris Flow", Himangshu Das
1:50-2:10 "Modeling the Impact of a Tidal Stream Array on Bedload Sediment Transport", M. Reza Hashemi
2:10-2:30 "Change of Sediment inside Harbors due to Long Waves and Tsunami motion; Case Study of Haydarpasa Harbor in Istanbul", Rozita Kian
2:30-2:50 "3D Modelling on Dispersion of Dredge Sediment Plumes and Fate of Sediment Disposal", Qimiao Lu
2:50-3:10 "Modeling Sedimentation and Freshwater Conveyance in Swinomish Navigation Channel in Puget Sound - Restoration versus Maintenance", Tarang Khangaonkar
Topic: 10B Water Quality & Forecast Systems
1:30 - 3:10 PM Session Leader: James Bowen
1:30-1:50 "Influences of Nutrient Load and Various Wind Factors on Chesapeake Bay Summer Hypoxia", Ping Wang
1:50-2:10 "A Numerical study of biochemical effects with physical modulation on variations of hypoxia during summer in the Pearl River Estuary", Bin Wang
2:10-2:30 "Effects of data assimilation on real-time simulation of hypoxia in Tokyo Bay, Japan", Masayasu Irie
2:30-2:50 "Comparing the Impact of Organic vs. Inorganic Nitrogen Loading to the Neuse Estuary with a Mechanistic Eutrophication Model", James Bowen
2:50-3:10 open
3:10 - 3:30 PM: Break - Chafee Hall Foyer
Topic: 11A Forecast Systems
3:30 - 4:30 PM Session Leader: Frank Aikman
3:30-3:50 "The Importance of Spatio-Temporal Resolution of Meteorological Inputs to Hydrological Streamflow Forecasts: A Multi-Scale Application", Firas Saleh
3:50-4:10 "Operational Forecast Systems for the Coastal and Estuarine Environment in NOAA’s National Ocean Service", Frank Aikman and Machuan Peng
Topic: 11B Estuarine and Coastal Systems
3:30 - 4:30 PM Session Leader: Mohamed Abdelrhm
3:30-3:50 "Combining Inverse and Transport Modeling to Estimate Bacterial Loading and Transport in a Tidal Embayment", Mac Sisson
3:50-4:10 "Modeling Water Clarity in Oceans and Coasts", Mohamed Abdelrhm
4:15 - 4:30 PM: ECM15 Discussion and Closing Remarks
Poster Presentations
"Long-term Morphology Modeling of Barrier Island Tidal Inlets", Mitch Brown
"Simulative Analysis of Storm Tide Levels along Roxas Boulevard Seawall", Jeane Camelo
"A Multiscale Approach to the Optimization of Tidal Energy Extraction", Geoff Cowles
"Impact of Mississippi River Diversions on Salinity Gradients and Estuarine Residence Time in Coastal Louisiana: A Numerical Modeling Study", Linlin Cui
"Investigating Natural and Anthropogenic Impacts on Salinity in Apalachicola Bay, FL", Justin Davis
"A Sensitive Study on the Mississippi River Plume Dynamics", Yi Du
"Dynamics of water and salt exchange in Maryland Coastal Bays", Xinyi Kang
"Effects of Harbor Shape on the Tsunami Induced Sedimentation", Rozita Kian
"Analysis of slant-fetch waves using numerical wave model", Taerim Kim
"Far-field Impacts of Tidal Energy Extraction and Sea Level Rise in the Gulf of Maine", Boma Kresning
"Assessment of a novel 3D hydrodynamic numerical model for hydrodynamics and water-quality indicator applications in the San Francisco Bay-Delta", Rosanne Martyr-Koller
"Sediment Plume Behaviors in the Western Lake Erie: Typical Patterns, Seasonal, and Interannual Variability", Qianru Niu
"Towards the Development of an Operational Forecast System for Florida Coast", Vladimir Paramygin
"Tsunami Propagation Database Application for the Aegean Coastlines", Naeimeh Sharghivand
"The Effect of Coastal Erosion on Storm Surge; A Southern Rhode Island Case Study", Alex Shaw
"Assessment of Damage from Storm Surge and Sea Level Rise Along Matunuck Beach Road and Surrounding Communities", Christopher Small
"Performance and validation of a numerical model code for tsunami inundation", Rozita Kian
"Modeling the Influence of Hurricane Barriers in Narragansett Bay on the Response to Tropical Cyclones with a Range of Watershed versus Coastal Ocean Forcing Characteristics", Christina Wertman
"The Application of a Couple-wave Current Model to Lake Michigan’, Meng Xia
"Towards a Directly-Coupled Hydrodynamic and Wetland Modeling System for Understanding the Role of Coastal Wetland in the Carbon Cycle ", Zhaoqing Yang
"Modeling the Long-term Transport Timescale of Fresh Water in an Estuary During the Yellow River Water and Sediment regulation", Xuequing Zhang
"A Modeling Study of Hydrodynamics at Subsea Pipelines in Tidal Currents", Enjin Zhao
"A High-Fidelity Simulation of Farfield and Nearfield Flows past MHK Turbines in Coastal Waters", Hui Zou