@JournalArticle {2257,
	title = {Hazard assessment of storm events for The Battery, New York},
	journal = {Ocean \& Coastal Management},
	volume = {Volume 118},
	year = {2015},
	month = {2015-12-15 00:00:00},
	pages = {22-31},
	publisher = {Elsevier},
	abstract = {
The environmental and socio-economic importance of coastal areas is widely recognized, but at present
these areas face severe weaknesses and high-risk situations. The increased demand and growing human
occupation of coastal zones have greatly contributed to exacerbating such weaknesses. Today,
throughout the world, in all countries with coastal regions, episodes of waves overtopping and coastal
flooding are frequent. These episodes are usually responsible for property losses and often put human
lives at risk. The floods are caused by coastal storms primarily due to the action of very strong winds. The
propagation of these storms towards the coast induces high water levels. It is expected that climate
change phenomena will contribute to the intensification of coastal storms. In this context, an estimation
of coastal flooding hazards is of paramount importance for the planning and management of coastal
zones. Consequently, carrying out a series of storm scenarios and analyzing their impacts through numerical
modeling is of prime interest to coastal decision-makers. Firstly, throughout this work, historical
storm tracks and intensities are characterized for the northeastern region of United States coast, in terms
of probability of occurrence. Secondly, several storm events with high potential of occurrence are
generated using a specific tool of DelftDashboard interface for Delft3D software. Hydrodynamic models
are then used to generate ensemble simulations to assess storms{\textquoteright} effects on coastal water levels. For the
United States{\textquoteright} northeastern coast, a highly refined regional domain is considered surrounding the area of
The Battery, New York, situated in New York Harbor. Based on statistical data of numerical modeling
results, a review of the impact of coastal storms to different locations within the study area is performed.
},
	keywords = {Cyclones, Delft3D, Hazard assessment, New York coast, Numerical modeling, storm surges},
	issn = {0964-5691},
	doi = {doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.11.006},
	author = {Gomes, M. P. and Pinho, J. L. S. and Antunes do Carmo, J. and Santos, L.}
}