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A methodology for assessing the impact of sea level rise on representative military installations in the Southwestern United States (RC-1703)

March 3, 2014

The objective of the project was to develop an analysis framework and methodologies for evaluation of coastal military installation
vulnerabilities and test them under prescribed scenarios of increased local mean sea level over the next century. Methodologies were
developed to assess the potential scope and magnitude of impacts from physical effects of flooding, inundation, erosion, seawater intrusion,
and alteration of tidal flows. Assessment methodologies targeted potential vulnerabilities of buildings, civil infrastructure, training areas,
and waterfront and coastal structures. The project focused on conditions in the southwestern United States and utilized the key coastal
military installations at Naval Base Coronado and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to test the approach.

Publication Year 2014
Title A methodology for assessing the impact of sea level rise on representative military installations in the Southwestern United States (RC-1703)
Authors Bart Chadwick, Pei F. Wang, Marissa Brand, Reinhard Flick, Adam Young, William O'Reilly, Peter Bromirski, Walter Crampton, Robert Gruza, John Helly
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype Other Government Series
Index ID 70178493
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization California Water Science Center