Rapid Grant: Collaborative Investigations of the Impact of Superstorm Sandy on the South Shore of Long Island

快速资助：超级风暴桑迪对长岛南岸影响的合作调查

• 批准号: 1322784
• 负责人: Cecilia McHugh
• 金额: $ 2.24万
• 依托单位: CUNY Queens College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-02-15 至 2015-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1322784&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Rapid; Grant; Collaborative; Investigations; Impact

Superstorm Sandy had a historic impact on the New York and New Jersey coastlines. This collaborative Rapid Response project will assess the effect of Superstorm Sandy in estuarine and shallow coastal environments, focusing on the Western Bays and Jamaica Bay. The project will leverage pre-existing geophysical and sedimentological data collected by the PIs prior to the storm, and will complement a related field program planned by investigators at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics. Previously sampled sites will be reoccupied for sediment sampling (gravity and box cores, grab samples) and textural and geochemical tracer analyses. Multibeam bathymetry will be collected in previously surveyed areas and will cover a new ebb-tidal delta system and smaller estuarine channels. These data will be combined with transport indicator and debris field mapping to evaluate the pathways and mechanisms of sediment transport during Superstorm Sandy.This work will lead to a better understanding of the response of the shallow seafloor to extreme storms and will help to constrain the regional sediment budget, a potentially important consideration in the rebuilding process. Graduate and undergraduate students will be involved in the research. The PIs plan to work with regional partners (South Shore Estuary Reserve, Operation Splash) and engage in public outreach.

超级风暴桑迪对纽约和新泽西海岸线产生了历史性影响。该合作快速响应项目将评估超级风暴桑迪对河口和浅海沿海环境的影响，重点关注西部海湾和牙买加湾。该项目将利用 PI 在风暴前收集的现有地球物理和沉积学数据，并将补充德克萨斯大学地球物理研究所研究人员计划的相关现场计划。先前采样的地点将重新用于沉积物采样（重力和箱芯、抓样）以及结构和地球化学示踪剂分析。多波束测深将在之前勘测的区域进行收集，并将覆盖新的落潮三角洲系统和较小的河口航道。这些数据将与运输指标和碎片场绘图相结合，以评估超级风暴桑迪期间沉积物运输的路径和机制。这项工作将有助于更好地了解浅海海底对极端风暴的响应，并有助于约束区域性沉积物预算，重建过程中一个潜在的重要考虑因素。研究生和本科生将参与这项研究。 PI 计划与区域合作伙伴（南岸河口保护区、Splash 行动）合作并参与公共宣传活动。