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Coastal Change Forecast for Hurricane Francine

Coastal Change Forecast for Hurricane Francine
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RUSH: Rapid remote sensing Updates of land cover for Storm and Hurricane forecast models

Real-time Data
Left: Map of Tampa Bay area and Gulf of Mexico. Colored balloons along shore. Right: total-water-level graph (top) and diagram.

Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast Viewer

Research
Hurricane Irma-response page intro slide

Hurricane Irma - Forecast and Documentation of Coastal Change

Research
Potential coastal change impacts for Hurricane Nate - Oct. 7, 2017

Hurricane Nate - Forecast and Documentation of Coastal Change

State News Release
Coastal Change Forecast for Hurricane Francine

USGS experts forecast Francine to result in coastal change in Texas and Louisiana

Center News
Researchers work on their video-camera station atop a hotel in Santa Cruz, California

Eyes on the Coast—Video Cameras Help Forecast Coastal Change

Featured Story
Distant view of sandy yellow beach stretching from bottom left to upper right of photo.

Eyes on the Coast—Video Cameras Help Forecast Coastal Change

Center News
Lake superior beach with sand, dune, driftwood, grass and trees

USGS/NOAA Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast featured in radio story

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Predicting coastal cliff erosion using a Bayesian probabilistic model

Charts or Graphs
Landfalling Barry's likely effects on Gulf beaches

Barry forecast to affect beaches in four Gulf states
Featured Story
Screenshot showing Eastern U.S. and Hurricane Dorian

Dorian Likely to Cause Significant Beach Erosion from Fla. to N.C.

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Skill assessment of a total water level and coastal change forecast during the landfall of a hurricane

National News Release
An image of the USGS Coastal Change Hazards portal showing risks of erosion along Atlantic Coast caused by TS Isaias.

Isaias Likely to Cause Extensive Erosion on S. Carolina Beaches

National News Release
USGS

FL, GA, SC Beaches Face 80-95 Percent Chance of Erosion from Hurricane Matthew

National News Release
Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura in Atlantic Ocean

USGS predicts Gulf beach erosion from Marco, gets set to measure storm effects

Center News
House perched above the ocean on a cliff.

Southern California coastal cliffs could retreat 135 feet in 80 years as erosion rates potentially double

Charts or Graphs
Gulf beaches forecast to feel Barry's effects

These Gulf beaches are forecast to be affected by Barry
Photography
Screenshot of Total Water Level and Coastal-Change Forecast Viewer on June 4, 2016

Screenshot of Total Water Level and Coastal-Change Forecast Viewer

Charts or Graphs
Hurricane Isaias coastal change forecast map 8.1.2020

Hurricane Isaias Unlikely to Cause Widespread Atlantic Beach Erosion
Presentations and Events

PubTalk 11/2019 —Sea-Level Rise, Extreme Water Levels, Coastal Erosion
National News Release
Florida with water levels and Hurricane Idalia

USGS forecasts Tropical Storm Idalia may cause significant coastal change along western Florida

Photography
Lake superior beach with sand, dune, driftwood, grass and trees

Lakeshore Park Beach in Ontonagon, Michigan
Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Nearshore bathymetry at Point Barrow, Alaska, 2022

Charts or Graphs
US Atlantic coast map 3 levels of forecast beach effects Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence will erode or overwash beaches
Data Visualization
Potential coastal change impacts for Hurricane Sandy - Oct. 29, 2012

Real-Time Forecasts of Coastal Change

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Extended Kalman Filter framework for forecasting shoreline evolution

Photography
A screenshot of the Coastal Change Hazards Portal for Hurricane Laura showing red lines on gulf coast where change is likely.

Coastal Change Hazards Portal for Hurricane Laura
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Probabilistic estimation of dune retreat on the Gold Coast, Australia

Center News
Figure showing an example of calibration and validation of CoSMoS-COAST using historical satellite-derived shoreline data

Forecasting Coastal Retreat Along U.S. South Atlantic Coast by Year 2100

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