Pre-Sandy Impact Modeling of Storm Surge
Dr. Klaus H. Jacob, special research scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and adjunct professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, spoke at Volpe on pre-Sandy impact modeling of storm surge on the New York City metro region’s transportation infrastructure. He also discussed validation by Sandy and post-Sandy resilience issues.
Dr. Jacob's talk was part of Volpe's Transportation System Resilience, Extreme Weather, and Climate Change speaker series.
About the Speaker
Dr. Jacob is a geophysicist and his current research is focused on climate change, sea level rise, and impacts on coastal megacities and their infrastructure. He was named by TIME Magazine one of globally 50 "people who mattered in 2012." While working on the New York State ClimAid project, Dr. Jacob forecasted in great detail the consequences of a Sandy-like coastal storm on New York City a year before hurricane Sandy actually hit. Sandy eerily verified these forecasts.
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