The Impact of Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change on Department of Defense Installations on Atolls in the Pacific Ocean (RC-2334)

Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Deltares, and University of Hawaii (UH) conducted a study to provide basic understanding and specific information on the impact of climate change and sea-level rise on Roi-Namur Island on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, which is part of the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Test Site. The primary goal of this joint investigation was to determine the influence of climate change and sea-level rise on wave-driven flooding and the resulting impacts to infrastructure and freshwater resources on atoll islands.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 31, 2017
Accession Number
AD1053105

Entities

People

  • Adam Johnson
  • Amit Malhotra
  • Annamalai Hariharasubramanian
  • Ap Van Dongeran
  • Arnold Van Rooijen
  • Chunxi Zhang
  • Clifford Voss
  • Curt D. Storlazzi
  • Don Field
  • Edwin Elias
  • Ellen Quataert
  • Ferdinand Oberle
  • Greg A Piniak
  • Jan Hafner
  • Joshua Logan
  • Kurt Rosenberger
  • Li Erikson
  • Mark Finkbeiner
  • Matthew Widlansky
  • Mattijs Gawehn
  • Olivia M. Cheriton
  • Peter W. Swarzenski
  • Sara Rosa
  • Stephen B Gingerich
  • Theresa Fregoso

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Climate Change
  • Coastal Flooding
  • Groundwater
  • Ridges
  • Sea Level
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Storm Surges
  • Terrain
  • Topography
  • World Geodetic System

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers