New Jersey Coastal Wave Changes Evaluation
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George Simonovich
College:
The Dorothy and George Hennings College of Science, Mathematics, and Technology
Major:
Mathematical Sciences
Faculty Research Advisor(s):
Cheng, Jun
Abstract:
Climate change has caused meteorological and environmental shifts, and our coasts are experiencing more frequent and energic storm impacts, which caused severe impacts on coastal infrastructure. Beaches and near shore infrastructure play a critical role in New Jersey's economy; thus, to better understand the localizations of this effect, this research will be undertaken to detect changes in wave activity off of the New Jersey coast. In order to do this, wave data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s station 44009 was collected. This data, spanning over three decades, allowed for a standard normal distribution to be assumed and from which a significant wave height was determined. Given these parameters, changes in the probability of such waves as well as the overall changes in wave activity was extrapolated. This data can be used to better understand oceanic wave activities off the New Jersey shore as well as give insight into coastal vulnerability and sustainability.