2nd
Workshop on Impacts of Global Climate Change on Hydraulics, Hydrology
and Transportation
March 29, 2006
Washington, DC
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1st Workshop, March 2005]
Sponsors
Objective
The U.S. Department of Transportation Center for Climate Change and
Environmental Forecasting (CCC) has formed a partnership with the
NCSU Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), the Center
for Transportation Research in the Coastal Environment (CTRCE) (U.S.),
and the Ports and Waterways Center (PWC), TTI-TAMU, to host a pair
of workshops on the impacts of global climate change on hydraulics
and hydrology and transportation, including a possible change in the
rate of sea-level rise. All transportation modes will be included
in the identification of areas to be addressed. The purpose
of this initiative is to provide planning and engineering professionals
with the information they need to make informed decisions on how
to respond to possible changes resulting from climate change. The
guidance will be developed through the use of small grants to a
team of established experts in specific, narrowly defined areas.
The problem statements will be developed at a workshop of invited
participants, and the draft results will be presented to the same
participants at a second workshop.
The final results will be presented at a nationally televised videoconference
as well as submitted for publication.
Agenda
8:30 - 9:00
Registration with Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30
Introductions and Welcome
9:30 - 10:05
- Incorporating Risk and Uncertainty
Chris Frey
Professor of Civil Engineering
North Carolina State University
PowerPoint
Presentation (416 KB)
10:05 - 10:40
- Background Discussion of Climate Change
Jay Lawrimore
Chief, Climate Monitoring Branch
National Climatic Data Center, NOAA
PowerPoint
Presentation (5.7 MB)
10:40 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:35
11:35 – 12:10
- Sea-level rise and transportation planning
Robert G. Dean
Professor Emeritus Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering
University of Florida
PowerPoint
Presentation (756 KB)
12:10 – 1:10
Lunch
1:10 – 1:45
- Global Warming and Hurricane Activity and the Impact on
U.S. Transportation
Douglas Stewart
Senior Scientist
Climatological Consulting Corporation
PowerPoint
Presentation (3.48 MB)
1:45 – 2:20
- Transportation maintenance
Orson Smith
Professor and Chair
Arctic Engineering, School of Engineering
University of Alaska, Anchorage
2:20 – 2:40
Coffee Break
2:40 – 3:15
- Port Planning and Perceptions about Climate Change
David H. Bierling
Researcher
Center for Ports and Waterways
Texas Transportation Institute
Texas A&M University System
PowerPoint
Presentation (100 KB)
Co-author: Paula Lorente Rodriguez
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning
Texas A&M University
3:15 – 4:30
Next Steps (Group discussion)
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Participant List
Jennifer K. Antonielli
jennifer.antonielli@rspa.dot.gov
Senior Transportation Specialist
Organization: Office of Innovation, Research and
Education, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, U.S.
Department of Transportation
Research interests: Developing national transportation
research and development priorities, plans, and initiatives
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Managing multimodal research and technology programs, including
the Advanced Vehicle Technologies Program. Chairs the research working
group for the Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting
Ana Barros
ana.barros@duke.edu
Professor of Civil Engineering
Organization: Duke University
Research interests: Hydrological sciences and environmental
physics and infrastructure engineering
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Hydrological sciences and environmental physics and infrastructure
engineering
Yader A. Bermudez
yader_a_bermudez@dot.ca.gov
Maintenance Deputy District Director
Organization: District 4 (San Francisco Bay Area),
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
Research interests: Preventative maintenance strategies
for dealing with global climate changes and their potential physical
and economic impacts to the California coastline and economy. Limiting
potential damage to ports, highways, bridges, shoreline and the
development of evacuation routes.
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Design, construction, project management and maintenance
David Bierling
dhb@tamu.edu
Researcher, Center for Ports and Waterways
Organization: Texas Transportation Institute, Texas
A&M University System
Research interests: Sustainable development; organizational decisions;
maritime industry and recreation; hazards response.
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Maritime environmental and economic impacts; organizational planning;
freight operations.
Richard S. Corley
richard.corley@marad.dot.gov
Environmental Engineer
Organization: Maritime Administration, U.S. Department
of Transportation
Research interests: Air emissions, transportation
planning, and congestion mitigation.
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Air emissions review panel participant, inland waterways planning,
EMS coordinator, and Agency environmental compliance coordinator.
Robert G. Dean
dean@coastal.ufl.edu
Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering
Organization: University of Florida
Research interests: Beach nourishment, effects
of tidal inlets on shorelines, beach modeling, and sea level rise.
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
The effect on shoreline stability and the ultimate difficulty/cost
in maintaining the nation's beaches.
Scott L. Douglass
sdouglass@usouthal.edu
Professor of Civil Engineering. Director, Coastal Transportation
Engineering Research and Education Center
Organization: University of South Alabama
Research interests: Coastal engineering; coastal
zone management; beach erosion causes and solutions.
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Director of university research center focusing on coastal highway
design.
Billy L. Edge
b-edge@tamu.edu
W.H. Bauer Professor in Dredging Engineering. Director, Haynes Coastal
Engineering Laboratory
Organization: Texas A&M University
Research interests: Storm surges, long-term erosion,
bridge scour, navigation channels, harbor design.
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Coastal engineering.
H. Christopher Frey
frey@eos.ncsu.edu
Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental
Engineering
Organization: North Carolina State University
Research interests: Quantitative methods for quantifying
and managing uncertainty in environmental and engineering systems,
measurement and modeling of real-world vehicle emissions, modeling
and assessment of process technologies, and quantitative analysis
of environmental risk.
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Measurement and modeling of real-world vehicle emissions, quantitative
analysis of environmental risk.
Jack S. Harrell
Jack.Harrell@VDOT.Virginia.gov
District Hydraulics Engineer (Roadway/Bridge Hydraulics)
Organization: Virginia Department of Transportation,
Hampton Roads District
Research interests: Roadway drainage/bridge hydraulics.
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Hydraulics.
Nancy Humphrey
nhumphrey@nas.edu
Senior Staff Officer
Organization: Transportation Research Board
Research interests: Highway safety; Transportation
data; Transportation and the environment; The effects of highway
capacity improvements on air quality and energy use.
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Managing joint study with TRB and the Division of Earth and Life
Studies on Climate Change and U.S. Transportation.
Robert S. Kafalenos
robert.kafalenos@fhwa.dot.gov
Air Quality Specialist
Organization: Federal Highway Administration, U.S.
Department of Transportation
Research interests: Climate change impacts on transportation
infrastructure, policies, and services.
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Climate change impacts on transportation infrastructure and services
in the gulf coast region; serve as an FHWA representative on the
U.S. Department of Transportation Center for Climate Change; and
assist development and analysis of climate change policies for FHWA.
Joseph Krolak
joseph.krolak@fhwa.dot.gov
Hydraulic Engineer
Organization: Office of Bridge Technology, Federal
Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research interests: Coastal boundary conditions,
hydrology, hydraulics, and model approaches for analyses of transportation
systems.
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Working with state Departments of Transportations and AASHTO on
technical documents and courses for Highways in the Coastal Environment
(HICE).
Jay Lawrimore
jay.lawrimore@noaa.gov
Chief of Climate Monitoring Branch
Organization: National Climatic Data Center, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Research interests: Using climate databases to
place current conditions in historical perspective.
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Monitoring U.S. and global climate to understand climate variability
and change.
Linda Lawson
linda.lawson@ost.dot.gov
Director, Office of Safety, Energy and Environment
Organization: U.S. Department of Transportation
Research interests: Environmental, safety, mobility,
economic, and transportation issues.
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Overseeing policy and economic analyses of environmental, safety,
mobility and economic issues. Assessing implications of transportation
issues that have a major impact on the nation. DOT principal for
the interagency Climate Change Science Program.
James B. Martin
jbm@unity.ncsu.edu
Director, Center for Transportation and the Environment. Associate
Director, North Carolina Local Technical Assistance Program. Director,
North Carolina Technology Transfer Program
Organization: North Carolina State University
Research interests: Context sensitive solutions,
community impacts, and workforce development.
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Research, education, and technology transfer programs involving
transportation and the environment.
J. Rolf Olsen
j.rolf.olsen@iwr01.usace.army.mil
Water Resources Systems Engineer
Organization: Institute for Water Resources, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers
Research interests: Impacts of climate change and
variability on water resources. Application of long-lead forecasts
for water management. Climate impacts on inland navigation for the
Middle Mississippi River.
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Water resources systems.
Joanne R. Potter
jpotter@camsys.com
Senior Associate
Organization: Cambridge Systematics
Research interests: Potential impacts of climate
change and variability on transportation.
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Transportation and environmental issues, often in collaboration
with other operating administrations and with federal, state, and
local partners.
Michael J. Savonis
michael.savonis@fhwa.dot.gov
Team Leader for Air Quality
Organization: Federal Highway Administration, U.S.
Department of Transportation
Research interests: Impacts of changing climate
on transportation facilities and services, mitigation of greenhouse
gas emissions, development of decision support tools for transportation
planning.
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Studying climate change impacts on transportation infrastructure
and services in the gulf coast region; climate change research to
develop cost-effective mitigation methods and decision support tools
in transportation planning; acting representative for FHWA at U.S.
Department of Transportation Center for Climate Change; assisting
development and analysis of climate change policies for USDOT.
Orson Smith
afops@uaa.alaska.edu
Professor and Chair, Arctic Engineering, School of Engineering
Organization: University of Alaska, Anchorage
Research interests: Cook Inlet Ice Atlas; Alaska
Sea Ice Atlas; Cook Inlet Beach Ice studies; Tidal Influences on
the Lower Kenai River; Arctic Coastal Dynamics at Elson Lagoon;
Tidal Circulation in Tongass Narrows at Ketchikan; Tidal Circulation
in Seward Harbor; Beach Stability at Nikiski, Alaska; Wave Analysis
at Seward, Alaska
Work areas relating to global climate change & transportation:
Warming World: Effects on Alaska Infrastructure.
Douglas A. Stewart, Ph.D. C.C.M.
stewart@ccc-weather.com
Senior Scientist
Organization: Climatological Consulting Corporation
Research Interests: Hurricane Track Forecasts,
Genesis Conditions, Large-Scale Atmospheric Dynamics, Climate Change
Work Areas: Storm Surge Modeling, Coastal Distribution
of Hurricane Landfalls
Victoria Sutton
Victoria.Sutton@dot.gov
Co-Chair, Office of Chief Counsel
Organization: Research
and Innovative Technology Administration, United States Department
of Transportation
For more information, please contact Katie
McDermott, CTE Technology Transfer Director.
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