Professor of Ocean and Earth Sciences (OES)
Old Dominion University (ODU), Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography (CCPO)
4111 Monarch Way, Norfolk, VA 23508 (e-mail)
Co-Editor of Ocean Dynamics since its inception in 2001.
ODU Affiliations: VA Mod Analys & Simul Ctr (VMASC),
Ins. Coast. Adap. Resil. (ICAR),
ODU's Resil. Collaborative (ODU-RC),
Ctr for Recurrent Flood Resiliency (CCRFR),
Mitig & Adap (MARI),
Flood Forum (HRadap),
Larry's Blog (CoastSLR),
CoastsPredict.org
Coordinator: Graduate Certificate in Modeling & Simulation in Oceanography
PhD, Physical Oceanography , Florida State University (1989)
M.Sc., Atmospheric Sciences, (1984),
B.Sc., Physics & Mathematics, Hebrew University (1981)
Postdoc & Research Scholar, Princeton University (1989-2006)
Awards:
Highly Cited Papers (top 1%) (2016,2019) ,
Most Cited JGR paper ,
Most Viewed JGR paper ,
AGU's Excellence in Refereeing (EOS, Jun2014) ,
Distinguished Research Award (May2017) ,
MIT Solve Finalist (Sep2018) ,
Stanford U. World Ranking of Scientists (Nov2020) ,
(in ODU News)
NORFOLK FLOOD PICTURES:
2012 (Sandy),
2013,
2015 (Joaquin),
2016 (Hermine),
2017 (KingTide)
2018 (Florence)
8/26/2019
9/6/2019 (Dorian)
Floods Before/After
ANNUAL FLOOD HOURS (1927-2019), 1ft:
2ft:
nuisance (53cm):
Flood projection to 2050:
,Movie( AVI ,
GIF )
TOP STORM SURGES 1930-2019:
SEA-LEVEL vs. GULF-STREAM:
VIDEOS from drones:
Hurricane Matthew (Oct2016),
Hurricane Hermine (Sep2016)
My research on SEA LEVEL RISE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
(recent publications);
Papers:
JGR(2013),
GRL( 2012,
2013),
MTS(2012,
2018),
LawPolicy(2013),
Earth's Future(2014,
2019),
GlobalChange(2014,
2015),
JCR(2015),
OD(2016,
2017a,
2017b,
2018) ,
DAO(2017)
2018 Hampton Roads SLR in MTS
2019 Hurricanes
(also in CCPO Newsletter issues: Spring2008, Summer2013, Summer2015, Summer2016, Spring2019, Fall2019).
In News/Media:
ODU News (1/15/21),
Post&Courier (9/22/20),
UNESCO/IOC (9/23/19),
WIRED News (10/4/19),
Inside Climate News (9/7/19),
Daily KOS (9/9/19),
Post&Courier (
9/10/19,
9/4/19,
9/6/18,
GS),
SciNews (8/6/19),
VA-Pilot (11/2/18),
ODUnews (10/4/18),
VA-Pilot (9/17/18),
ODUnews (9/9/18),
MIT-SOLVE/RISE (6/7/18),
Yale360 (4/25/18),
VA-Pilot (3/14/18 online;,
3/18/18 FrontPage),
VA-Pilot (Oct Print),
VA Pilot (10/7/17),
ClimFeedback (4/7/17),
CtrPubIntegrity (11/21/16),
VA SeaGrant (9/20/16),
T.Kaine, WP (7/16),
PhysicsToday (5/16),
Sen. Warner (4/1/16),
VP Foster (4/1/16),
GS Blog (3/9/16),
MD SLR Video (7/1/13),
Globo TV, Brazil (10/1/15),
Christian Sci. Monitor (10/1/15),
Weather Blog (9/9/15),
VaPilot (9/10/15),
VaPilot (7/25/14),
Science News (2/13/15),
Chesapeake Quarterly (10/21/14),
Union Concerned Sci (10/2014),
Reuters News (7/10/14),
NPR/WAMC Academic Minute (7/5/13),
ODUnews (7/19/13),
ODU State of Univ. Address (8/20/13),
Monarch Mag (Summer/2013),
Maryland SLR Proj (6/26/13),
ODUnews (5/3/13),
WHRV/NPR (5/1/13),
Richmond Times Dispatch (4/29/13),
Law & Policy J (4/26/13),
Inside Bus J (4/19/13),
ECOnference (4/16/13),
Risk & Insur Mag (4/12/13),
Discover Mag (2/14/13) ,
Climate Central (2/13/13) ,
Weather Channel (2/13/13),
ODUnews (2/13),
ODUnews (9/12) ,
Tidewater (9/23/12),
Recurrent Flooding Study for Tidewater VA,
OTHER WEB SITES
Other Research and Activities:
