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EAGER: Collaborative Research: Longitudinal Investigation of Two Hurricane-Generated Barri — NSF Award to Woods Hole Oceanographic

Barrier island breaches have occurred during many tropical storms, constituting a major mechanism for tidal inlet formation, dune and beach erosion and development. Thus, they represent a major challenge to coastal management. The current understanding of the fate, physical processes, and impacts surrounding new and ev

Award titleEAGER: Collaborative Research: Longitudinal Investigation of Two Hurricane-Generated Barri
Award ID2540210
AwardeeWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
CityWOODS HOLE
StateMA
Amount obligated$44,143
Principal investigatorBritt Raubenheimer
ProgramECI-Engineering for Civil Infr
Start date10/01/2025
AbstractBarrier island breaches have occurred during many tropical storms, constituting a major mechanism for tidal inlet formation, dune and beach erosion and development. Thus, they represent a major challenge to coastal management. The current understanding of the fate, physical processes, and impacts surrounding new and evolving breaches is limited due to the lack of comprehensive longitudinal studies capturing the breaching event and post-breaching evolution on monthly and annual time scales in a h
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