Tal Ezer, Ph.D.
Co-Editor of Ocean Dynamics since its inception in 2001.
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)
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: