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Monitoring storm tide and flooding from Hurricane Sandy along the Atlantic coast of the United States, October 2012

February 27, 2013

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) deployed a temporary monitoring network of water-level and barometric pressure sensors at 224 locations along the Atlantic coast from Virginia to Maine to continuously record the timing, areal extent, and magnitude of hurricane storm tide and coastal flooding generated by Hurricane Sandy. These records were greatly supplemented by an extensive post-flood high-water mark (HWM) flagging and surveying campaign from November to December 2012 involving more than 950 HWMs. Both efforts were undertaken as part of a coordinated federal emergency response as outlined by the Stafford Act under a directed mission assignment by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Publication Year 2013
Title Monitoring storm tide and flooding from Hurricane Sandy along the Atlantic coast of the United States, October 2012
DOI 10.3133/ofr20131043
Authors Brian E. McCallum, Shaun Wicklein, Robert G. Reiser, Ronald Busciolano, Jonathan Morrison, Richard J. Verdi, Jaime A. Painter, Eric R. Frantz, Anthony J. Gotvald
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 2013-1043
Index ID ofr20131043
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Office of Surface Water; South Atlantic Water Science Center