3. Severe Storms Toolkit

Index

• Books
• Potential Providers

Books

Godschalk, D.R., Beatley, T., Bower, D.J. 1988. Catastrophic Coastal Storms: Hazard Mitigation and Development Management. Duke University Press. 275 pages.

The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment. 2000. The Hidden Costs of Coastal Hazards: Implications for Risk Assessment and Mitigation. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 220 pages.

Lloyd, John Bailey. 1990. Six Miles at Sea: A Pictorial History of Long Beach Island. Down the Shore Publishing. 173 pages.

Lloyd, John Bailey. 1994. Eighteen Miles of History on Long Beach Island. Down the Shore Publishing. 208 pages.

Ludlum, D. 1983. New Jersey Weather Book. Rutgers University Press.

Psuty, N.P., and D.D. Ofiara. 2002 Coastal Hazard Management: Lessons and Future Directions from New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. 448pages.

Salvini, Emil R. 1995. The Summer City by the Sea. Rutgers University Press. Chapter 18.

Savadov, L., Buchholz, M.T., and Bradley, B. 1993. Great Storms of the Jersey Shore. Down the Shore Publishing, 203 pages.

Potential Providers

Hurricane Floyd dataset
While not a technical or scientific review this website contains a vast database of storm accounts related to this devastating Hurricane.

Monmouth County, New Jersey, Coastal Resources
PDF (printable) file with portions related to severe storm preparedness specific to Coastal Monmouth County, New Jersey.

National Coastal Data Development Center's (NCDDC) Coastal Risk Atlas (CRA)
The purpose of the project is to deliver an on-line risk/vulnerability atlas for the coastal U.S. using NCDDC information technologies. The CRA will provide the data and proven methodology to enable communities to assess vulnerabilities unique to the coastal zone.

National Council for Science and the Environment: Ocean & Coastal Resources--Congressional report
Covers Issues of Coastal Flooding, Erosion, and Sea Level Rise related to storms.

NOAA Coastal Services Center: Coastal Management Techniques
The NOAA Coastal Services Center serves the nation's coastal resource managers. Search Coastal Management Techniques to find methods, strategies, and policies for addressing various coastal issues. The database is organized to allow a search by technique type and/or by coastal issue.

NOAA Coastal Services Center--VATA (Vulnerability Assessment techniques and Applications
Background on organization, stating goals of risk assessment and outreach for education of individuals and providing information to communities on hazard mitigation/risk assessment. Specific interest to http://www.csc.noaa.gov/vata/shoreline.pdf which shows shoreline change in relation to coastal hazards.

NOAA Coastal Services Center Hazard Information
An archive (in list form) covering topics including Natural Disasters, Weather, and Environmental topics, among others.

NOAA Coastal Services Center - Coastal Storm Initiative
The Coastal Storms Initiative (CSI) is a nationwide effort led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to lessen the impacts to coastal communities from storms. To accomplish this goal, local, state, and federal organizations are working together to develop a large suite of new and improved tools, data, information, forecast models, and training for coastal communities. This effort will help coastal communities plan for, respond to, and recover from coastal storms.

The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)--Shearable database for storm events
Excellent resource for technical storm resources filterable by state, storm type, etc.

National Safety Council Fact Sheet on Hurricanes and Coastal Storms
Broad overview of the storms and their effects, with some limited resource links.

National Weather Service storm listing
Complete listing of all Tropical Storms and Hurricanes 1899-present by state with information on frequency and return period. General resource links also included.

National Coastal Data Center imagery of significant storms
Nice archive of storm related imagery.

New Jersey Office of Emergency Management
Resource for severe storm response and preparation specific to New Jersey.

USGS Publications searchable index on Storms
Contains documents and information on obtaining from all US Geological Survey publications. Many reports are available on technical aspects of individual storms.

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