PI Philip Orton
Funding program: Mid-Atlantic Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (MARACOOS) project “Strengthening Mid-Atlantic Infrastructure, Data Products and Services”
Project Period: February 2023 – January 2028
We will create a multi-sensor street coastal flood observation testbed focusing on the most highly populated part of the MARACOOS region, the New York City Metropolitan Area. Overriding long-term objectives are to (1) deploy both cameras on cross-coastal transects in New York and New Jersey, (2) interact with other observation networks (FloodNet, NJFloodNet and WebCOOS) to co-locate cameras with ultrasonic sensors and innovate and test methods for multi-sensor cross-coastal flood observation systems, and (3) develop Machine-Learning (ML) models to enable data-driven prediction of coastal-pluvial flooding to improve public safety. The effort will fill a critical gap in the MARACOOS observing system where rising flood frequencies are impacting some of the region’s most low-lying neighborhoods. High-tide or “nuisance” flooding arises from a combination of rainfall and elevated coastal water levels, yet existing observations at tide gauges cannot capture the water levels where people are impacted. This project will help innovate on-street measurements of flooding and the development of models that can help predict neighborhood flooding along our coasts.
Results
Project-deployed camera observation sites for flooding:
Hoboken live shots
Rockaway Peninsula live shots
Camden camera live shots
Press Release
Coastal-Urban Resilience: CURes Lab 