Publications

2022-2023

Adams, S.*, Becker, A. (corresponding author) (In Press), Stempel, P., Hallisey, N.*, McElroy, K.*, Ginis, I., Crowley, D. (In Review), “Ocean State Rising: Storm Simulation and Vulnerability Mapping To Predict Hurricane Impacts For Rhode Island’s Critical Infrastructure.” Journal of Emergency Management.

Becker, A., Hallisey, N.*, Kalaidjian, E.*, Stempel, P., Rubinoff, P. (2022). Hazard consequence modeling for emergency management: A Participatory Action Research approach to enhance disaster response. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.  DOI: 10.1515/jhsem-2021-0013

Becker, A., Rubinoff, P., Ginis, I., Stempel, P., Fusco, R., Hallisey, N., McElroy, K., Eisenberg, D., Mueller, C., Crowley, D., Damon, C., Lofgren, B., Atkins, S., Brightman, H., Shanahan, E., Domanowski, C., (2022). “A hazard-resilient future for Naval Station Newport within its coastal community: A Military Installation Resilience Review for short-term preparedness and long-term planning. Prepared for the City of Newport through a grant from the Department of Defense Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (Federal Award Identification Number: HQ00052010066). University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island.

2020-2021

Gao, K., I. Ginis, J.D. Doyle, Y. Jin, 2017: Effect of boundary layer roll vortices on the development of the axisymmetric tropical cyclone J. Atmos. Sci. DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-16-0222.1.

Ginis, I., 2021: Tropical Cyclones, From Hurricanes to Epidemics, K. M. Conrad (Ed.), Springer Nature, https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030550110

Soroush, K., M.R. Hashemi, R. Kian, M. Spaulding, M. Lewis, and I. Ginis, 2020: Flood risk in past and future: a case study for the Pawtuxet River’s record breaking March 2010 flood event, J. Flood Risk Management, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jfr3.12655

Chen, X., T. Hara, and I. Ginis, 2020: Impact of Shoaling Ocean Surface Waves on Wind Stress and Drag Coefficient in Coastal Waters: Part I Uniform Wind, J. Geophys. Res., DOI: 10.1029/2020JC016222.

Chen, X., I. Ginis, and T. Hara, 2020: Impact of Shoaling Ocean Surface Waves on Wind Stress and Drag Coefficient in Coastal Waters: Part II Tropical Cyclones, J. Geophys. Res., DOI: 10.1029/2020JC016223.

Huang W., F. Teng, I. Ginis, D. Ullman, and E. Ozguven, 2020: Rainfall Runoff and Flood Simulations for Hurricane Impacts on Woonasquatucket River, USA, International Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 239-244, DOI: 10.18178/ijscer.9.3.239-244.

2019

Bender, M.A., T. Marchok, R. E. Tuleya, I. Ginis, V. Tallapragada, and S. J. Lord, 2019: Hurricane model development at GFDL, 2019: A Collaborative success story from a historical perspective., Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., September, DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0197.1.

Wang, D., T. Kukulka, B. Reichl, T. Hara, I. Ginis, and W. Perrie, 2019: Wind-wave misalignment effects on Langmuir turbulence in tropical cyclones conditions, J. Phys. Oceanogr., DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-19-0093.1.

Torres M.J., M. R. Hashemi, S. Hayward, M. Spaulding, I. Ginis, and S. T. Grilli, 2019: Role of hurricane wind models in accurate simulation of storm surge and waves. Coastal, Ocean Eng., 2019, 145(1): 04018039. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000496.

Stempel, P. and A. Becker (2019). "Visualizations Out of Context: Addressing Pitfalls of Real-Time Realistic Hazard Visualizations." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 8(8).

ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2019, 8(8), 318; DOI: 10.3390/ijgi8080318.

Ullman D.S., I. Ginis, W. Huang, C. Nowakowski, X. Chen, and P. Stempel, 2019: Assessing the Multiple Impacts of Extreme Hurricanes in Southern New England, USA. Geosciences 2019, 9(6), 265. DOI: 10.3390/geosciences9060265.

Witkop, R., Becker, A., Stempel, P., Ginis, I. (2019). Developing Consequence Thresholds for Storm Models through Participatory Processes: Case Study of Westerly Rhode Island. Frontiers in Earth Science: Geohazards and Georisks. Vol. 7. DOI: 3389/feart.2019.00133.

2018

Gao K, and Ginis, 2018: On the characteristics of roll vortices under a moving hurricane boundary layer. J. Atmos. Sci., 75, 2589-2598. DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-17-0363.1.

Chen, X., Ginis, and T. Hara, 2018: Sensitivity of offshore tropical cyclone wave simulations to spatial resolution in wave models. J. Mar. Sci. Eng., 6, 116. DOI: 10.3390/jmse6040116.

Stempel, P., Ginis, I., Ullman, D., Becker, A., Witkop, R. (2018). Real-Time Chronological Hazard Impact Modeling. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol. 6, no. 134. DOI: 3390/jmse6040134.

Teng, F., Huang, and I. Ginis, 2018. Hydrological modeling of storm-induced runoff and snowmelt in Taunton River Basin. Journal of Natural Hazards, 91, 179-199. DOI: 10.1007/s11069-017-3121-y.

2016-2017

Gao, K., I. Ginis, J.D. Doyle, Y. Jin, 2017: Effect of boundary layer roll vortices on the development of the axisymmetric tropical cyclone, J. Atmos. Sci., DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-16-0222.1.

Whitney, M. M., D. S. Ullman, and D. L. Codiga, 2016. Subtidal Exchange in Eastern Long Island Sound. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 46, 2351-2371. DOI: 1175/JPO-D-15-0107.1.

Gao, K. and I. Ginis, 2016: On the equilibrium-state roll vortices and their effect in the hurricane boundary layer. J. Atmos. Sci., 1205- 1222. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-15-0089.1.

Liu, Q., L. M. Rothstein, Y. Luo, D. S. Ullman, and D. L. Codiga, 2016. Dynamics of the periphery current in Rhode Island Sound. Ocean Modelling, 105, 13-24. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2016.07.001.

Liu, Q., L. Rothstein, and Y. Luo, 2016. Dynamics of the Block Island Sound estuarine plume. J. Phys. Ocean, Accepted for publication. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0099.1.

Reichl, B. G, D. Wang, T. Hara, I. Ginis, T. Kukulka, 2016: Langmuir turbulence parameterization in tropical cyclone conditions. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 46, 863-886. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0106.1.

Reichl, B. G., I. Ginis, T. Hara, B, Thomas, T. Kukulka, and D. Wang, 2016:  Impact of sea-state dependent Langmuir turbulence of the ocean response to a tropical cyclone. Mon. Wea. Rev. DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-16-0074.1.

Sun, Y., C. Chen, R. C. Beardsley, D. Ullman, B. Butman, and H. Lin, 2016. Surface Circulation in Block Island Sound and Adjacent Coastal and Shelf Regions: A FVCOM-CODAR comparison. Progress in Oceanography, 143, 26-45. DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2016.02.005.

Spaulding, M. L., Grilli, A., Damon, C., Crean, T., Fugate, G., Oakley, B., & Stempel, P., (2016). Stormtools: Coastal Environmental Risk Index (CERI). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 4(3). DOI: 10.3390/jmse4030054.

Case Studies

Westerly
case study
Research in Westerly identified more
than 100 "consequence thresholds"
resulting from impacts to 11 critical infrastructure facilities in the floodplain.

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Providence
case study
Research in Providence
identified approximately 300
"consequence thresholds"
resulting from impacts to
about 100 assets across
the 45 critical infrastructure facilities
in the floodplain.
Naval Station Newport
on Aquidneck Island
case study
Our latest case study focuses on
"A hazard resilient future for Naval Station Newport within its coastal
Community: Military installation resilience
review for short-term preparedness
and long-term planning."
Wastewater Treatment Facilities
case study
In this case, a customized planning tool was developed to help the Rhode Island Department of Emergency Management (RI DEM) plan for the 19 major wastewater treatment facilities that it regulates.
Westerly
case study
Research in Westerly identified more than 100 "consequence thresholds" resulting
from impacts to
11 critical infrastructure
facilities in the floodplain.
Providence
case study
Research in Providence
identified approximately 300
"consequence thresholds" resulting from
impacts to about
100 assets across
the 45 critical
infrastructure facilities
in the floodplain.
Naval Station Newport
case study
Our latest case study focuses on
"A hazard resilient future for Naval Station Newport
within its coastal
Community: Military installation resilience review for short-term preparedness and long-term planning."
Wastewater Treatment Facilities
case study
In this case, a customized planning tool was developed
to help the Rhode Island Department of Emergency Management (RI DEM) plan
for the 19 major wastewater treatment facilities that it regulates.
Westerly
case study
Research in Westerly identified more than
100 "consequence thresholds"
resulting from impacts to 11 critical
infrastructure facilities in the floodplain.
Providence
case study
Research in Providence identified
approximately 300 "consequence thresholds" resulting from impacts to about
100 assets across the 45 critical
infrastructure facilities in the floodplain.
Naval Station
Newport
case study
Our latest case study focuses on "a
hazard resilient future for Naval Station
Newport within its coastal community: 
Military installation resilience review
for short-term preparedness and
long-term planning."
Wastewater Treatment
Facilities
case study
In this case, a customized planning tool was developed to help the Rhode Island
Department of Emergency
Management (RI DEM) plan for
the 19 major wastewater treatment
facilities that it regulates.
Westerly
case study
Research in Westerly identified more than 100
"consequence thresholds" resulting from impacts to
11 critical infrastructure
facilities in the floodplain.
Providence
case study
Research in Providence identified approximately 300 "consequence thresholds" resulting from impacts
to about 100 assets
across the 45 critical
infrastructure facilities in the floodplain.
Naval Station
Newport
case study
Our latest case study focuses on "a hazard resilient future for Naval Station Newport
within its coastal community: Military
installation resilience review for short-term preparedness and long-term planning."
Wastewater Treatment
Facilities
case study
In this case, a customized planning tool was developed
to help the Rhode Island
Department of
Emergency Management (RI DEM) plan for
the 19 major wastewater treatment facilities that it regulates.