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GlobalandPlanetaryChange50200663 wwwelseviercomlocategloplacha CorrespondingauthorVirginiaDepartmentofConservationandRecreation101N14thStreet11thFloorRichmondVirginia23219USATel180422. ADAPTATION PLANNING PROJECT:. A State and Local Collaboration. Aldaron Laird. Sea Level Rise Planner. HUMBOLDT BAY. Shoreline Inventory, Mapping,. and Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment. Tuluwat Wiyot World Renewal Site, 2010, 1’ sea level rise. FORMATION OF RIVER DELTAS. A delta is a large deposit of alluvial sediment forming a low-lying plain found at the mouth of a river.. River deltas form when a river carrying sediment . reaches:. (. 1) a body of standing water, such as a lake, . Heaviest particles are unloaded first as a river loses momentum, closest to shore, forming a thick layer of sediment.. Smaller particles are dropped further out leaving a thin layer.. This process is repeated over and over again, until a delta is formed.. Parallel structures. What is a . parallel . structure? . Refers to identical grammatical structures that add rhythm and balance to images (. Noden. , 2011). . Adds musical quality that adds emphasis and sound to central images (. The View from the User Side. Joseph F. Bouchard, PhD. Fellow, blue moon fund. Coastal Virginia Climate Change Adaptation Program. August 12, 2015. Your Challenge: A Plethora of Users. And they have needs that vary widely. Oceanographic factors. O. cean circulation (Atlantic Ocean vs. Gulf of Mexico). Atmospheric pressure. Vertical land movements. Tectonics. Tectonic plates are rising and falling in different parts of the world from the weight of past glaciers (Glacial . Efi. . Foufoula. -Georgiou. Deltas in . T. imes of . C. limate Change II. Rotterdam. September 25, 2014. University of Minnesota. Department of Civil, Environmental and Geo- Engineering. 2. Discharge / Sediment. Doug Marcy. NOAA Coastal Services Center. ASFPM 2011. May . 17. State, Regional, and County Needs. Assistance with collection of consistent, standardized elevation data and avoidance of duplication. Federal agency guidance and justification for flood, tide, and storm elevations for coastal areas to use for creating inundation models. Adam Reeder, P.E., CFM. Eric Coughlin, GISP, CFM. Agenda. 2. What’s . this . sea level . rise . study. ?. How did we conduct the study?. What kind of results did we get?. What do we tell the . stakeholders?. . C. oastal erosion is a real problem in Portugal: sea level changes? “Accelerated . s. ea level rise”? . Francelos: 31 . dec. 1998. Tectonic framework: Recent mountains in the periphery of mini Iberian plate. OverviewIn the past 100 years, sea level rose by 8 inches in the Bay AreaSan Francisco willikelysee an increase in sea level of 1.6 3.4 feet by 2100Potential threats to Figure1.Source:Rising Seas in Or ‘How to deal with increased flooding’. Dr. Larry Atkinson. Professor and co-Director CCSLRI. NOAA Dec 2013. What is going on locally? . 2/19/2014. Old Dominion University - Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative . from . Sea . Level . Rise Projected to . Impact Texas . Mathew E. . Hauer, PhD. Carl Vinson Institute of Government. University of Georgia. @. thehauer. Motivations. Climate change, and sea level rise in particular, is one of the most pressing issues of the 21. on . Projected Future . Growth . in . Newport . News & . Hampton, Virginia. GEOG 594A. Ray Moody. Analytic Question. The cities of Newport News and Hampton occupy the peninsula of Hampton Roads and the lower portion is especially vulnerable to coastal flooding. The area is heavily populated and contains Fort Eustis, Langley Air Force Base and the Newport News Shipyard. .