A Methodology for Assessing the Impact of Sea Level Rise on Representative Military Installations in the Southwestern United States (RC-1703)

Abstract

The objective of the project was to develop an analysis framework and methodologies for evaluation of coastal military installation vulnerabilities and test them under prescribed scenarios of increased local mean sea level over the next century. Methodologies were developed to assess the potential scope and magnitude of impacts from physical effects of flooding, inundation, erosion, seawater intrusion, and alteration of tidal flows. Assessment methodologies targeted potential vulnerabilities of buildings, civil infrastructure, training areas, and waterfront and coastal structures. The project focused on conditions in the southwestern United States and utilized the key coastal military installations at Naval Base Coronado and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to test the approach.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 03, 2014
Accession Number
ADA602243

Entities

People

  • Adam P. Young
  • Bart Chadwick
  • John Helly
  • Marrisa Brand
  • P. D. Bromirski
  • Pei F. Wang
  • R. T. Guza
  • Reinhard Flick
  • Walter Crampton
  • William O'reilly

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Climate Change
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Environmental Protection
  • Geography
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Health Services
  • Ridges
  • Sea Level
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Storm Surges
  • Terrain
  • Topography

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.