Session 13 Coastal Urban Environment Analysis and Modeling

Thursday, 16 January 2025: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
218 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs:
TC Chakraborty, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Boulder, CO; Jiali Wang and Zhao Yang

Proposed Topic description: Approximately 40% of the world's population resides within 100 km of the coastline, and coastal infrastructure handles up to 90% of international trade. The current record indicates a noticeable rise in coastal sea surface temperatures, which can potentially exacerbate coastal extreme events Coastal-urban areas are confronted with a multitude of challenges, including sea-level rise, alterations in river discharge patterns and flood recurrence intervals, shifts in the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme events, coastal erosion, and the persistent expansion of urbanization itself. The interconnected nature of these challenges further complicates the planning of coastal-urban infrastructure and adaptation strategies. Urgent advancements are needed in comprehending those processes and their interactions to enhance forecasting techniques and Earth system models (ESMs). This will enable more precise modeling of specific events that have an impact on coastal and urban systems, ultimately supporting the resilience of energy and infrastructure. In this session, we invite submissions that investigate the processes associated with coastal urban thermodynamic and aerodynamic effects, urban aerosols, and their interactions with natural processes such as sea breezes.

Papers:
8:30 AM
13.1
Dynamically Downscaling Future Regional and Urban Heat Stress Extremes over the Great Lakes Region Using Pseudo Global Warming Simulations
TC Chakraborty, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. Wang, Z. Yang, Y. Qian, W. J. Pringle, and P. Xue

8:45 AM
13.2
Compounding Effects of Lake and Urbanization on Summer Precipitation in the Greater Chicago Area
Jiali Wang, ANL, Lemont, IL; and T. Moustakes, Z. Yang, and V. R. Kotamarthi

9:00 AM
13.3
Pluvial and Compound Flooding in a Coupled Coastal System Modeling Framework: New York City during Post-Tropical Cyclone Ida (2021)
Shima Kasaei, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ; and P. Orton, D. K. Ralston, and J. C. Warner

9:15 AM
13.4
Characterizing the Effects of Coastal Urban Land Cover on the Spatiotemporal and Microphysical Properties of Convective Cells in Houston, Texas
Oluwafemi Omitusa, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; and D. J. Bodine

9:30 AM
13.5
Hurricanes over Houston Metropolitan Area: Understanding the Interplay of City and Storms
Shyama Mohanty, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; and N. Sudharsan, PhD, H. Kamath, S. Talukdar, K. Y. Fung, K. K. Osuri, and D. Niyogi

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