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Alfredo Aretxabaleta , PhD
Alfredo's (he/him/his), research mainly focuses in processes controlling water level in coastal environments including tidal effects, storm events, and sea level rise. Another important focus is the investigation of the problems related to sediment transport, especially during storm events, that can affect the redistribution of sediment.
I have a B.S. degree in Marine Sciences (1998) from the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) and a Ph.D. in Marine Sciences (Physical Oceanography) from UNC Chapel Hill (2005). I worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Department of Marine Sciences at UNC Chapel Hill, at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (AOPE), and at the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar - CSIC in Barcelona, Spain. I worked as a scientific programmer contractor at U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC) until 2016. Now, I am an oceanographer at the WHCMSC.
Science and Products
Making USGS/NOAA Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast data accessible through user-friendly interfaces
COAWST: A Coupled-Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport Modeling System
Coastal System Change at Fire Island, New York
Back-barrier and Estuarine - Coastal System Change at Fire Island, New York
Estuarine Processes, Hazards, and Ecosystems
Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements
Estuarine Processes Coastal Hazards
Estuarine Processes Model Development
Idealized COAWST model cases for testing sensitivity of sediment transport and marsh accretion to vegetation, wave, and sediment parameters
Climatological Wave Height, Wave Period and Wave Power along Coastal Areas of the East Coast of the United States and Gulf of Mexico
Tidal Datums, Tidal Range, and Nuisance Flooding Levels for Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay
Idealized COAWST numerical model for testing marsh wave thrust and lateral retreat dynamics routines
COAWST model of Barnegat Bay creeks to demonstrate marsh dynamics
Wave thrust values at point locations along the shorelines of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Wave thrust values at point locations along the shorelines of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland and Virginia
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Contributions to uncertainty in runup forecasts
Toward a total water level forecast of the Great Lakes
Contributions to uncertainty in runup forecasts
Processes controlling coastal erosion along Cape Cod Bay, MA
Temporal variability of runup and total water level on Cape Cod sandy beaches
Sound-side inundation and seaward erosion of a barrier island during hurricane landfall
Shoaling wave shape estimates from field observations and derived bedload sediment rates
Modeling marsh dynamics using a 3-D coupled wave-flow-sediment model
Quantifying slopes as a driver of forest to marsh conversion using geospatial techniques: Application to Chesapeake Bay coastal-plain, USA
A non-linear relationship between marsh size and sediment trapping capacity compromises salt marshes’ resilience to sea-level rise
Spatiotemporal variability of light attenuation and net ecosystem metabolism in a back-barrier estuary
A geospatially resolved wetland vulnerability index: Synthesis of physical drivers
Coupled-Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport (COAWST) Modeling System
The Coupled-Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport (COAWST) Modeling System is an agglomeration of open-source modeling components that has been tailored to investigate coupled processes of the atmosphere, ocean, and waves in the coastal ocean.
COAWST Modeling System v3.4
Science and Products
Making USGS/NOAA Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast data accessible through user-friendly interfaces
COAWST: A Coupled-Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport Modeling System
Coastal System Change at Fire Island, New York
Back-barrier and Estuarine - Coastal System Change at Fire Island, New York
Estuarine Processes, Hazards, and Ecosystems
Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements
Estuarine Processes Coastal Hazards
Estuarine Processes Model Development
Idealized COAWST model cases for testing sensitivity of sediment transport and marsh accretion to vegetation, wave, and sediment parameters
Climatological Wave Height, Wave Period and Wave Power along Coastal Areas of the East Coast of the United States and Gulf of Mexico
Tidal Datums, Tidal Range, and Nuisance Flooding Levels for Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay
Idealized COAWST numerical model for testing marsh wave thrust and lateral retreat dynamics routines
COAWST model of Barnegat Bay creeks to demonstrate marsh dynamics
Wave thrust values at point locations along the shorelines of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Wave thrust values at point locations along the shorelines of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland and Virginia
Thumbnail image for the Todos Unidos at DOI video. The Todos Unidos at DOI video celebrates unity and diversity across the Nation by the National Association of Hispanic Employees (NAHE).
Thumbnail image for the Todos Unidos at DOI video. The Todos Unidos at DOI video celebrates unity and diversity across the Nation by the National Association of Hispanic Employees (NAHE).
Contributions to uncertainty in runup forecasts
Toward a total water level forecast of the Great Lakes
Contributions to uncertainty in runup forecasts
Processes controlling coastal erosion along Cape Cod Bay, MA
Temporal variability of runup and total water level on Cape Cod sandy beaches
Sound-side inundation and seaward erosion of a barrier island during hurricane landfall
Shoaling wave shape estimates from field observations and derived bedload sediment rates
Modeling marsh dynamics using a 3-D coupled wave-flow-sediment model
Quantifying slopes as a driver of forest to marsh conversion using geospatial techniques: Application to Chesapeake Bay coastal-plain, USA
A non-linear relationship between marsh size and sediment trapping capacity compromises salt marshes’ resilience to sea-level rise
Spatiotemporal variability of light attenuation and net ecosystem metabolism in a back-barrier estuary
A geospatially resolved wetland vulnerability index: Synthesis of physical drivers
Coupled-Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport (COAWST) Modeling System
The Coupled-Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport (COAWST) Modeling System is an agglomeration of open-source modeling components that has been tailored to investigate coupled processes of the atmosphere, ocean, and waves in the coastal ocean.