• Note: The following two links are compilations of videos and articles related to Hurricane Sandy, many of which include Professor Bowman and the Stony Brook Storm Surge Research Group's research as well as interviews
• SANDY: Seagrant Compilation
• SANDY: Hurricane Education
• SANDY:School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Compilation
• News
• Essays
• Scientific Papers
• Presentations
• Articles
• Editorials
• Interviews
• Technical Reports
• Abstracts

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS:

1) Bowman, M.J., D. Hill, F. Buonaiuto, B. Colle, R. Flood, R. Wilson, R. Hunter, and J. Wang, 2008. Threats and Responses Associated with Rapid Climate Change in Metropolitan New York. In "Sudden and Disruptive Climate CHange", M. MacCracken, F. Moore and J. C. Topping (eds). Earthscan, London, pp. 327.

2) Colle, B.A., F. Buonaiuto, M. J. Bowman, R. E. Wilson, R. Flood, R. Hunter, A. Mintz, and D. Hill, 2008: Simulations of past cyclone events to explore New York City’s vulnerability to coastal flooding and storm surge model capabilities. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89, 829-841.

3) Colle, B. A., F. Buonaiuto, M. J. Bowman, R. E. Wilson, R. Hunter, D. Hill, and R. Flood, 2008. Storm surge modeling for the New York metropolitan region. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 89: (in press).

4) Colle, B.A., K. Rojowsky, F. Buonaiuto, 2010. New York City Storm Surges: Climatology and an Analysis of the Wind and Cyclone Evolution. J. applied Meteorology and Climatology, 49: 85-100.

5) DiLiberto, T., 2009: Verification of a storm surge modeling system for the New York City – Long Island region. M.S. thesis, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, 135 pp. [available from SoMAS, State Univ. New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000].

6) DiLiberto, T., Colle, B.A., Georgas, N., Blumberg, A.F., and A.A. Taylor. 2011. Verification of a multi-model storm surge ensemble around New York City and Long Island during the cool season.” Weather Forecasting. 26(6) Abstract

PRESENTATIONS:

1) 15 Feb 2007. "Preparing for New York City's Katrina: Storm Surge Barriers to Protect the New York Metropolitan Region" by Douglas Hill and Malcolm Bowman. Presentation to the Metropolitan Engineering Societies Council Annual Meeting at the Polytechnic University of Brooklyn.

2) 6-8 Feb 2006. "Hydrologic Feasibility of Storm Surge Barriers to Protect the Metropolitan New York-New Jersey Region from Coastal Flooding" by Malcolm Bowman. 78th Annual Water Environment Association Conference New York City. ---------featured animations available below

• "Winds and sea level pressure during Hurricane Floyd (16-19 Sept 1999)", (animation of slide 51)
• "Predicted Storm Surge over the model domain for Hurricane Floyd, 16-19 Sep 1999", (animation of slide 52)
  
• "Predicted Storm Surge over the model domain for Hurricane Floyd, over Long Island shores 16-19 Sep 1999" (animation of slide 53)

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ARTICLES/SANDY COVERAGE:

2012 and Sandy

• 06 Nov 2012 Battered New York City Looks For Ways to Hold Back the Sea by Bruce Stutz Yale University
  
  
• Concept Storm Surge Barriers Halcrow
  
  
• 07 Nov 2012 Post-Hurricane Sandy: What's Happening on Fire Island The National Park Service
  
  
• 05 Nov 2012 Massive barrier plan to save New York from flooding by Edward Helmore The Telegraph
  
  
• 23 Aug 2012 Year after Irene, New Yorkers ponder sea barriers by Jennifer Peltz Assiciated Press
  
  
• 26 Jan 2012 Storm surge ‘prophet’ warns of floods by Terese Loeb Kreuzer The Villager
  
  2011
• 29 Dec 2011 A tide of concern is rising over risk of storm surges by Terese Loeb Kreuzer The Villager
  
  
• 30 Nov 2011 Hurricane Irene: New York City dodges a potential storm surge mega-disaster by Jeff Masters
  
  
• 30 Aug 2011 NYC's One-Inch Escape From Irene by Benjamin Strauss Huffington Post
  
  
• 31 Aug 2011 New York Times Blogs on NYSG-Funded SBU Researchers Tracking Hurricane Irene by New York Sea Grant, Stony Brook NY
  
  
• 28 Aug 2011 Will New York Be Lulled by Moderate Hurricane Surge? by Andrew C. Revkin
  
  
• 28 Aug 2011 Does New York City Need Surge Protection? by Andrew C. Revkin
  
  
• 27 Aug 2011 Irene Still Seen as Potent on N.Y. Arrival; New City Surge Estimate Serious, But Not Worst Case by Andrew C. Revkin
  
  
• 26 Aug 2011 Hurricane Irene – The Endgame by Andrew C. Revkin
  
  2010 and before
  • 8 Apr 2010 "Are we prepared for our Katrina?" by Diane Vacca, and "Why is New York So Vulnerable?". Chelsea Now.
    
    
  • 3 Jun 2007 "Dam It! New York's Barrier Prophet Speaks" by Lizzy Ratner. The New York Observer.
    
    
  • 11 Mar 2007 "The Riddle of Changing Weather: How Safe is my Home?" by Teri Karush Rogers. The New York Times.
    
    
  • 27 Nov 2006 "Five Year Forecast" by Clive Thompson. New York Magazine.
    
    
  • 9 Nov 2006 "How to Keep New York Afloat" by Moises Velasquez-Manoff. The Christian Science Monitor.
    
    
  • 5 June 2006 "Storm surges threaten US economic heartlands". by Patrick Berry. New Scientist, issue 1554.
    
    
  • Dec 2005 "Storm Surge Barriers for New York Harbor". New York Academy of Sciences. E-briefing (public version). NYAS members-only version with featured audio and slides.
    
    
  • Nov/Dec 2005 "Storm Surge Barriers for New York Harbor" by Christine Van Lenten. Update (cover story - html). New York Academy of Sciences Magazine, pp. 6-9. (also available in pdf format).
    
    
  • Spring 2005 "Closing the Doors on Storm Surges" by Lane Smith. Coastlines , vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 6-7. New York Sea Grant, Stony Brook, NY.

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  EDITORIALS:

  • 25 Sep 2005. "A City at Sea." by Malcolm J. Bowman, New York Times Op-Ed

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  INTERVIEWS:

  1) 20 Mar 2008. "Forecasting Flooding This Season", Interview of Malcolm Bowman by Marla Di