Storm frequency, magnitude, and cumulative  storm beach impact along the US east coast

Dominguez, Rachele; Fenster, Michael S.; McManus, John W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-1145-2024

Articles | Volume 12, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-1145-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-1145-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 5

Research article

|

08 Oct 2024

Research article |

| 08 Oct 2024

Storm frequency, magnitude, and cumulative storm beach impact along the US east coast

Rachele Dominguez, Michael S. Fenster, and John W. McManus

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-1145-2024-supplement

Data sets

Intermediate water level data set John McManus, et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8277745

Storm and SEPI data set John McManus, et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8277826

Model code and software

Data pull and groom John McManus, et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8277727

Storm ID and SEPI calculations John McManus, et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8277822

CSII calculations and Figs. Rachele Dominguez, et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8277826

Short summary

Climate change is a hot topic and changes in storminess can be indicative of climate change impacts. Also, coastal storms can impact ecosystems and the people who live, work, and recreate along our world's coasts. Our findings show that the number of the US east coast storms has not increased since the early 20th century, but storm strength has increased moderately. Finally, beaches can take up to 10 years to recover depending on the number, timing, and strength of previous storms.