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Earthquakes, Infrastructure, Landslides, and Tsunamis
Alam, M. S., Simpson, B. G., & Barbosa, A. R. (2023). Fragility and Recovery Models for Energy, Water, and Wastewater Systems for Seismic Regional Risk and Resilience Assessment: State-of-the-Art Review and Database. Natural Hazards Review, 24(4), 04023036. doi.org/10.1061/nhrefo.nheng-1661
Alam, M. S., Simpson, B. G., Barbosa, A. R., Jung, J., & Parulekar, N. (2023). Probabilistic seismic damage and loss assessment methodology for wastewater network incorporating modeling uncertainty and damage correlations. Earthquake Spectra, 39(3), 1435-1472. doi.org/10.1177/87552930231180642
Alam, M. S., Barbosa, A. R., Mugabo, I., Cox, D. T., Park, H., Lee, D., & Shin, S. (2023). Elevated light-frame wood residential building physical and numerical modeling of damage due to hurricane overland surge and waves. Engineering Structures, 294, 116774. doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.116774
Amini, M., Jeon, H., Sanderson, D. R., Cox, D. T., Barbosa, A. R., & Cutler, H. (2023). Integrated Engineering–Economic Analysis for Multihazard Damage and Loss Assessment. Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 29(4), 04023031. doi.org/10.1061/JITSE4.ISENG-2229
Amini, M., Sanderson, D. R., Cox, D. T., Barbosa, A. R., & Rosenheim, N. (2023). Methodology to incorporate seismic damage and debris to evaluate strategies to reduce life safety risk for multi-hazard earthquake and tsunami. Natural Hazards, 1-36. doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-05937-8
Aranguiz-Rago, T., Duvall, A.R., Tucker, G.E., Campforts, B. (2025). Climate Oscillation and Fault Slip Rate Control Sediment Aggradation and Channel Morphology Along Strike-Slip Faults. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(21), https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL118146Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Berger, M.J., and LeVeque, R.J. (2024), Implicit Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Dispersive Tsunami Propagation, SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 46, pp. B554 – B578. https://doi.org/10.1137/23M1585210
Biemiller, J., Gabriel, A.‐A., Staisch, L., Ulrich, T., Dunham, A., Wirth, E., et al. (2025). Structural controls on splay fault rupture dynamics during Cascadia megathrust earthquakes. AGU Advances, 6, e2025AV001812. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025AV001812
Bernard, E., Meinig, C., Titov, V., and Wei, Y. (2023), 50 years of PMEL tsunami research and development, Oceanography, 36(2/3),175-185.
Bostrom, A., McBride, S.K., Becker, J.S., Goltz, J.D., Groot, R.M., Peek, L., Terbush, B., Dixon. M. (2022). Great expectations for earthquake early warnings on the United States West Coast. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103296.
Carbotte, S., Boston, B., Han, S., Shuck, B., Beeson, J., Canales, J., Tobin, H., Miller, N., Nedimovic, M.,Tréhu, A., Lee, M., Lucas, M., Jian, H., Jiang, D., Moser, L., Anderson, C., Judd, D., Fernandez, J.,Campbell, C., Goswami, A., and Gahlawat, R. (2024). Subducting plate structure and megathrust morphology from deep seismic imaging linked to earthquake rupture segmentation at Cascadia. ScienceAdvances. 10(23). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adl3198
DeSanto, J., Schmidt, D., Zumberge, M., Sasagawa, G., Chadwell, D. (2025). Near full locking on the shallow megathrust of the central Cascadia subduction zone revealed by GNSS-Acoustic. Earth and Planentary Science Letters, 665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119463
D. Rim, R. Baraldi, C.M. Liu, R.J. LeVeque, and K. Terada. (2022). Tsunami Early Warning From Global Navigation Satellite System Data Using Convolutional Neural Networks. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099511
Di Dieco, G. D., Pregnolato, M., & Barbosa, A. R. (2023). A methodology to derive scour fragility functions for masonry arch bridges. In Life-Cycle of Structures and Infrastructure Systems (pp. 1507-1514). CRC Press. doi.org/10.1201/9781003323020-185
Dong, S., Wang, H., Olsen, M. J., Barbosa, A. R., & Bunn, M. D. (2022). An Integrative Framework to Measure the Impacts of Earthquake-Induced Landslides on Transportation Network Mobility and Accessibility. In Lifelines 2022 (pp. 133-142). doi.org/10.1061/9780784484432.013
Donsub Rim, Robert Baraldi, Christopher M. Liu, Randall J. LeVeque, Kenjiro Terada (2022). Tsunami Early Warning From Global Navigation Satellite System Data Using Convolutional Neural Networks. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099511
Dunham, A.M., Kim, J., Wirth, E., Schmidt, D., LeVeque, R.J., Wei, Y., Adams, L.M. and Pollitz, F. (2025). The Impact of 3D structure on coseismic coastal land‐level change and tsunami generation in the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(24), p.e2025GL117783. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GL117783
Fernandez, E.G., M.J. Castro Diza, Y. Wei, and C. Moore (2024), Modeling sediment movement in the shallow-water framework: A morpho-hydrodynamic approach with numerical simulations and experimental validation, Ocean Modeling, 192, 102445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2024.102445
Fisher, S., Goff, J., Cundy, A., Sear, D., Terry, J., LeVeque, R.J., and Adams, L.M. (2024), Hawaiian legends of coastal devastation and paleotsunami reconstruction, Nu’u, Kaupō, Maui, Hawai’i, Marine Geology 447, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107408
Fujita, S., Nomura, R., Moriguchi, S., Otake, Y., LeVeque, R.J., and Terada, K. (2024), Scenario Superposition Method for Real-Time Tsunami Prediction Using a Bayesian Approach, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans 129, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021565
Grant, A. R., Struble, W. T., & LaHusen, S. R. (2022). Limits to coseismic landslides triggered by Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquakes. Geomorphology, 418, 108477. doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108477
Herzig, E., Duvall, A., Booth, A., Stone, I., Wirth, E., LaHusen, S., Wartman, J. and Grant, A., 2024. Evidence of Seattle Fault Earthquakes from Patterns in Deep‐Seated Landslides. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 114(2), pp.1084-1102. doi.org/10.1785/0120230079
Kwong, K., B.W. Crowell, A.L. Willlamson, D. Melga, and Y. Wei (2025), Performanace of slab geometry constraints on rapid geodetic slip models, tsunami amplitudes, and inundaiton estimates in Cascadia, Seismica. doi.org/10.26443/seismica.v2i4.1406
LaHusen, S. R., & Grant, A. R. (2024). Complex landslide patterns explained by local intra-unit variability of stratigraphy and structure: Case study in the Tyee Formation, Oregon, USA. Engineering Geology, 329, 107387. doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2023.107387
Lai, L. S. H., Duvall, A. R., Booth, A. M., Wartman, J., Grant, A., & LaHusen, S. (2023). Preliminary Mapping of Deep-Seated Landslides in the Washington Coast Range, Cascadia Subduction Zone. AGU23.
Lai, L. S.-H., Booth, A. M., Duvall, A. R., and Herzig, E.: Short Communications: Multiscale topographic complexity analysis with pyTopoComplexity, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3415, 2024
Ledeczi, A.M., Lucas, M.C., Tobin, H.J., Watt, J.T., Miller, N.C. (2024). Late Quaternary Surface Displacements on Accretionary Wedge Splay Faults in the Cascadia Subduction Zone: Implications for Megathrust Rupture. Seismica 2(4). DOI: https://doi.org/10.26443/seismica.v2i4.1158
Lee, D., Park, H., Ha, T., Shin, S., & Cox, D. T. (2022). Numerical modeling of hydrodynamics on an elevated residential structure from varied wave and surge conditions using OpenFOAM. Coastal Engineering, 178, 104204. doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2022.104204
Libby, M., Tomiczek, T., Cox, D., & Lomónaco, P. (2024). The Sum of the Parts: Green, Gray, and Green-Gray Infrastructure to Mitigate Wave Overtopping. Coastal Engineering, 104615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2024.104615itchell, N., Yanites, B., Duvall, A., Humphreys, E., Perry-Houts, J., Schoettle-Greene, P., & Williams, S. (2023). Late Miocene or older canyon incision in the northern US Cordillera shown by erosion rates, incision models, and basalt flow ages. Bulletin, 135(11-12), 3143-3162. https://doi.org/10.1130/b36524.1
Louis, J., Vijay, A., Wang, H., & Cox, D. Evaluating the Impact of Equipment Selection on Debris Removal and Dependent Lifeline Infrastructure Recovery. In Lifelines 2022 (pp. 938-947). doi.org/10.1061/9780784484432.083
Lucas, M.C., Ledeczi, A.M., Tobin, H.J., Carbotte, S.M., Watt, J.T., Han, S., Boston, B. and Jiang, D., (2024). No evidence for an active margin-spanning megasplay fault at the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Seismica, 2(4). https://doi.org/10.26443/seismica.v2i4.1477
Meselhe, A., Cox, D. T., Sanderson, D., & Tilt, J. H. (2025). Human-centered transportation connectivity and network recovery following a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami. Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/23789689.2025.2525697
Morey, S.M., Shobe, C.M., Huntington, K.W., Lang, K.A., Johnson, A.G. and Duvall, A.R., 2024. The Lasting Legacy of Megaflood Boulder Deposition in Mountain Rivers. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(1), p.e2023GL105066. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023gl105066
Morgan, P. M., Grant, A., Struble, W., LaHusen, S., & Duvall, A. (2025). The damability function: A probabilistic approach to regional landslide dam susceptibility analysis applied to the Oregon Coast Range, USA. EGUsphere, 2025, 1-33.
Opanasopit, C., & Louis, J. Automated Detection of Roadway Obstructions Using UAVs and Reference Images. In Construction Research Congress 2024 (pp. 1029-1038). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485262.105
Ostrow, K., Guannel, G., Biondi, E. L., Cox, D. T., & Tomiczek, T. (2022). State of the practice and engineering framework for using emergent vegetation in coastal infrastructure. Frontiers in Built Environment, 8, 923965. doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2022.923965
Rasanen, R. A., Wood, C. M., & Maurer, B. W. (2024). Constraining Cascadia Subduction Zone Ground Motions via Paleoliquefaction Evidence: A Case Study from Kellogg Island, Washington, with Regional Implications. In Geo-Congress (pp. 141-151).
Rasanen, R., Grant, A., Makdisi, A. J., Maurer, B., & Wirth, E. Implications of Physics-Based M9 Ground Motions on Liquefaction-Induced Damage in the Cascadia Subduction Zone: Looking Forward and Backward. Available at SSRN 4678583. doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4678583
Reis, C., Barbosa, A. R., Baptista, M. A., Lopes, M., & Clain, S. (2024). A numerical methodology for estimating site-specific cascading earthquake and tsunami dynamic loading on critical infrastructure. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 100, 104163. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.104163
Reis, C., Barbosa, A. R., Figueiredo, J., Clain, S., Lopes, M., & Baptista, M. A. (2022). Smoothed particle hydrodynamics modeling of elevated structures impacted by tsunami-like waves. Engineering Structures, 270, 114851. doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.114851
Rim, D., Suri, S., Hong, S., Lee, K., LeVeque, R.J., (2024). A Stability Analysis of Neural Networks and Its Application to Tsunami Early Warning. Journal of Geophysical Research: Machine Learning and Computation 1, e2024JH000223. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JH000223
Sanderson, D., Cox, D., Barbosa, A. R., & Bolte, J. (2022). Modeling regional and local resilience of infrastructure networks following disruptions from natural hazards. Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 28(3), 04022021. doi.org/10.1061/(asce)is.1943-555x.0000694
Sanderson, D., & Cox, D. (2023). Comparison of national and local building inventories for damage and loss modeling of seismic and tsunami hazards: From parcel-to city-scale. International journal of disaster risk reduction, 93, 103755. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103755
Shuck, B., Boston, B., Carbotte, S. M., Han, S., Bécel, A., Miller, N. C., … & Tobin, H. (2025). Slab tearing and segmented subduction termination driven by transform tectonics. Science Advances, 11(39), eady8347. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ady8347
Stanton, K. M., Crider, J. G., Kelsey, H. M., & Feathers, J. K. (2024). The signature of accumulated permanent uplift, northern Cascadia subduction zone. Quaternary Research, 117, 98-118. doi.org/10.1017/qua.2023.59
Stone, I., Wirth, E. A., Grant, A., & Frankel, A. D. (2023). 3D Wave Propagation Simulations of M w 6.5+ Earthquakes on the Tacoma Fault, Washington State, Considering the Effects of Topography, a Geotechnical Gradient, and a Fault Damage Zone. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 113(6), 2519-2542. doi.org/10.1785/0120230083
Stone, I., Wirth, E. A., & Frankel, A. D. (2022). Topographic response to simulated M w 6.5–7.0 earthquakes on the Seattle fault. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 112(3), 1436-1462. doi.org/10.1785/0120210269
Titov, V. V., Meinig, C., Stalin, S., Wei, Y., Moore, C., & Bernard, E. (2023). Technology transfer of PMEL tsunami research protects populations and expands the new blue economy. Oceanography, 36(2/3), 186-195.
Underwood, A., Booth, A.,LaHusen, S., Herzig, E., Duvall, A., Malick, G., Clark, D., and Streig, A (2025): Most recent surface rupturing earthquake on the Boulder Creek Fault triggered bedrock landslides in the Nooksack River watershed, Whatcom County, Washington, Geomorphology, V. 490, ISSN 0169-555X, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2025.109912.
Velasco-Reyes, E.R., Cox, D.T., Barbosa, A.R. (2026). “Modeling Building-Aware Overland Flow and Dynamic Collapse During Hurricane Surge.” Coastal Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2026.105014.
Wei, Y., ten Brink, U. S., & Atwater, B. F. (2024). Modeled Flooding by Tsunamis and a Storm Versus Observed Extent of Coral Erratics on Anegada, British Virgin Islands—Further Evidence for a Great Caribbean Earthquake Six Centuries Ago. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129(3), e2023JB028387.
Tribal Partnerships
Ban, X.J., Abramson, D., Zhang, Y., Lukins, S., Goodrich, K., Mirante, A., Lambert, R. and Yankey, M., 2023. Drone Technology Education in Rural, Isolated, Tribal and Indigenous (Riti) Communities. https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/bitstream/handle/11122/13143/CSET-Final-Report-Feb.2023.pdf
Borges, J., Harari, L., Jung, H., McFeely, M., & McPherson-Siegrist, N. (2024). Indigenous Worldviews and Tribal Priorities in Hazard Mitigation Planning. Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington. https://doi.org/10.1130/b36524.1
Mix, E.C., Noltner, A., Jenicek, A., Veith, C., Bostrom, A., Donatuto, J., Moore, A. and Errett, N.A. (2024). The whole community? Assessing FEMA’s inclusion of Tribal governments in hazard mitigation efforts. PLOS Climate, 3(8), p.e0000479. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000479
Morey, S.M., Shobe, C.M., Huntington, K.W., Lang, K.A., Johnson, A.G. and Duvall, A.R., 2024. The Lasting Legacy of Megaflood Boulder Deposition in Mountain Rivers. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(1), p.e2023GL105066. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023gl105066
Opanasopit, C., & Louis, J. Automated Detection of Roadway Obstructions Using UAVs and Reference Images. In Construction Research Congress 2024 (pp. 1029-1038). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485262.105
O’Rourke, R., Dunn, L., Taylor, D., O’Sullivan, A., Donatuto, J. 2024. You Say “Natural Resources,” We Say Part of Our Community Health: Using Indigenous Health Indicators to Evaluate Coast Salish Priorities when the Environment Is Polluted. Environmental Justice. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2024.0035
Rasanen, R. A., Wood, C. M., & Maurer, B. W. (2024). Constraining Cascadia Subduction Zone Ground Motions via Paleoliquefaction Evidence: A Case Study from Kellogg Island, Washington, with Regional Implications. In Geo-Congress (pp. 141-151).
Rasanen, R., Grant, A., Makdisi, A. J., Maurer, B., & Wirth, E. Implications of Physics-Based M9 Ground Motions on Liquefaction-Induced Damage in the Cascadia Subduction Zone: Looking Forward and Backward. Available at SSRN 4678583. doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4678583
Reis, C., Barbosa, A. R., Baptista, M. A., Lopes, M., & Clain, S. (2024). A numerical methodology for estimating site-specific cascading earthquake and tsunami dynamic loading on critical infrastructure. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 100, 104163. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.104163
Sanderson, D., & Cox, D. (2023). Comparison of national and local building inventories for damage and loss modeling of seismic and tsunami hazards: From parcel-to city-scale. International journal of disaster risk reduction, 93, 103755. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103755
Stanton, K. M., Crider, J. G., Kelsey, H. M., & Feathers, J. K. (2024). The signature of accumulated permanent uplift, northern Cascadia subduction zone. Quaternary Research, 117, 98-118. doi.org/10.1017/qua.2023.59
Stone, I., Wirth, E. A., Grant, A., & Frankel, A. D. (2023). 3D Wave Propagation Simulations of M w 6.5+ Earthquakes on the Tacoma Fault, Washington State, Considering the Effects of Topography, a Geotechnical Gradient, and a Fault Damage Zone. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 113(6), 2519-2542. doi.org/10.1785/0120230083
Titov, V. V., Meinig, C., Stalin, S., Wei, Y., Moore, C., & Bernard, E. (2023). Technology transfer of PMEL tsunami research protects populations and expands the new blue economy. Oceanography, 36(2/3), 186-195.
Wei, Y., ten Brink, U. S., & Atwater, B. F. (2024). Modeled Flooding by Tsunamis and a Storm Versus Observed Extent of Coral Erratics on Anegada, British Virgin Islands—Further Evidence for a Great Caribbean Earthquake Six Centuries Ago. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129(3), e2023JB028387.
Coastal change and Inundation (flooding, sea level rise, erosion, natural and nature based features)
Ahrendt, S., Horner‐Devine, A. R., Collins, B. D., Morgan, J. A., & Istanbulluoglu, E. 2022. Channel conveyance variability can influence flood risk as much as streamflow variability in western Washington state. Water Resources Research, 58(6), e2021WR031890. doi.org/10.1029/2021wr031890
Askerooth, R., R.S. Mostow, P. Ruggiero, F. Barreto, and S.D. Hacker. (2024). A novel hybrid beachgrass is invading U.S. Pacific Northwest dunes with potential ecosystem consequences. Ecosphere. 15(4). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4830
Biel, R.G., S.D. Hacker, S. Gerrity, E.W. Seabloom, and P. Ruggiero. 2025. Interactive effects of invasiveness and community invasibility of dune grass species on coastal dunes of the US Pacific Northwest. Biological Invasions. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03564-x
Bond, H., Kaminsky, G. M., & Wengrove, M. (2023). Seasonal profile variations of a dynamic revetment in North Cove, Washington, USA. In Coastal Sediments 2023: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2023 (pp. 2027-2032). doi.org/10.1142/9789811275135_0187
Bond, H., Wengrove, M., Puleo, J., Pontiki, M., Evans, T. M., & Feagin, R. A. (2023). Beach and dune subsurface hydrodynamics and their influence on the formation of dune scarps. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128(12), e2023JF007298. doi.org/10.1029/2023jf007298
Bond, H.G., Wengrove, M.E., Blenkinsopp, C., Bayle, P., Kaminsky, G.M., Allan, J., Michalsen, D., Ostrow, K. and Moritz, H., 2025. Dynamic cobble berm revetments: the state of the practice and a proposed design process. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12, p.1603318.https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1603318
Braley, M., Harvey, T., Lorenz, A., & Tracy, E. (2023). Making Waves: Sea Level Rise Engagement in the City of Westport. Braley, M., Harvey, T., Lorenz, A., & Tracy, E. (2023). Making Waves: Sea Level Rise Engagement in the City of Westport. Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/50038
Braley, M., Harvey, T., Lorenz, A., & Tracy, E. (2023). Making Waves: Sea Level Rise Engagement in the City of Westport. Full report here
Chen, M., Yim, S. C., Cox, D. T., Yang, Z., Huesemann, M. H., Mumford, T. F., & Wang, T. (2023). Modeling and analysis of a novel offshore binary species free-floating longline macroalgal farming system. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 145(2), 021301. doi.org/10.1115/1.4055803
Dickey, J., Wengrove, M., Cohn, N., Ruggiero, P., & Hacker, S. D. (2023). Observations and modeling of shear stress reduction and sediment flux within sparse dune grass canopies on managed coastal dunes. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 48(5), 907-922.
Duprey, J., Gallego, R., Klinger, T., & Kelly, R. P. (2023). Environmental DNA reveals patterns of biological invasion in an inland sea. Plos one, 18(12), e0281525. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281525
Feagin, R. A., Innocenti, R. A., Bond, H., Wengrove, M., Huff, T. P., Lomonaco, P., … & Silva, R. (2023). Does vegetation accelerate coastal dune erosion during extreme events?. Science Advances, 9(24), eadg7135. doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adg7135
Graffin, M., Taherkhani, M., Leung, M., Vitousek, S., Kaminsky, G., & Ruggiero, P. (2023). Monitoring interdecadal coastal change along dissipative beaches via satellite imagery at regional scale. Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, 1, e42. doi.org/10.1017/cft.2023.30
Graffin, M., Taherkhani, M., Leung, M., Vitousek, S., Kaminsky, G., & Ruggiero, P. (2024). Monitoring interdecadal coastal change along dissipative beaches via satellite imagery at regional scale–Corrigendum. Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, 2, e3. doi.org/10.1017/cft.2024.3
Graffin, M., Almar, R., Bergsma, E. W., Boucharel, J., Vitousek, S., Taherkhani, M., & Ruggiero, P. (2025). Waterline responses to climate forcing along the North American West Coast. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 444. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02414-x
LaPorte-Fauret, Q., R. Askerooth, M. Wengrove, S. Hacker, P. Ruggiero, J. Dickey, R. Edgell, and I. Silvernail. 2023. Experimental test of the influence of native and non-native plant species on sand accretion on a U.S. Pacific Northwest dune. Coastal Sediments 2023: 627–641.
LaPorte-Fauret, Q., M. Wengrove, P. Ruggiero, S. D. Hacker, N. Cohn, P. L. Zarnetske, and C. D. Piercy. 2024. A new approach to account for species-specific sand capture by plants in an aeolian sediment transport and coastal dune building model. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF007867
Leung, M. C., Cagigal, L., Méndez, F. J., & Ruggiero, P. (2023). Projecting Future Chronic Coastal Hazard Impacts, Hotspots, and Uncertainty at Regional Scale. Authorea Preprints. doi.org/10.22541/essoar.169711756.69292862/v1
Leung, M., Cagigal, L., Mendez, F., & Ruggerio, P. (2023). EVOLVING IMPACTS OF CHRONIC COASTAL HAZARDS UNDER A CHANGING CLIMATE IN CASCADIA, USA. In Coastal Sediments 2023: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2023 (pp. 561-576). doi.org/10.1142/9789811275135_0053
Leung, M., Cagigal, L., Pittman, R., Mendez, F. J., & Ruggerio, P. (2024). “TESLA-Cascadia Total Water Levels and Chronic Hazard Proxies”, in TESLA-Cascadia: Stochastic Total Water Level and Chronic Coastal Hazard Proxy Simulations. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-mr46-5g54
Lou, Y., A. R. Horner-Devine, M. Derakhti, S. N. Giddings, M. S. Spydell, A. R. Rodriguez, and A. J. Simpson, 2025: Dynamics and Scaling of a Small River Discharging into the Surf Zone. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 55, 1255–1276, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-24-0072.1.
Miller, I. M., Kaminsky, G. M., & Akmajian, A. (2023). Shoreline dynamics on a high energy beach associated with relative sea-level fall on the Pacific Coast, USA. In Coastal Sediments 2023: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2023 (pp. 364-378) https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811275135_0034
Miller, I., Maverick, A., Johannessen, J., Fleming, C., & Regan, S. (2023). A Data-Driven Approach for Assessing Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Applied to Puget Sound, Washington State, USA. Sustainability, 15(6), 5401. doi.org/10.3390/su15065401
Mostow, R. S., F. S. Barreto, and S.D. Hacker. 2024. A hybrid beachgrass (Ammophila arenaria × A. breviligulata) is more productive and outcompetes its non-native parent species. Oecologia. In Press.
Mukhopadhyay, S., Leung, M., Cagigal, L., Kucharski, J., Ruggiero, P., & Steinschneider, S. (2023). Understanding the Natural Variability of Still Water Levels in the San Francisco Bay Over the Past 500 yr: Implications for Future Coastal Flood Risk. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128(2), e2022JC019012. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC019012
Ni, W., Morgan, J. A., Horner‐Devine, A. R., Kumar, N., & Ahrendt, S. (2022). Impacts of Sea‐Level Rise on Morphodynamics and Riverine Flooding in an Idealized Estuary. Water Resources Research, 58(12), e2022WR032544. doi.org/10.1029/2022wr032544
Pontiki, M., Puleo, J. A., Bond, H., Wengrove, M., Feagin, R. A., Hsu, T. J., & Huff, T. (2023). Geomorphic response of a coastal Berm to storm surge and the importance of sheet flow dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128(10), e2022JF006948.
Richmond, L. and Kunkel, K. (2024). Living in the ‘Blue Zone’ of a Sea-level Rise Inundation Map: Community Perceptions of Coastal Flooding in King Salmon, California. Climate Risk Management, 44, 100596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2024.100596
Richmond, L., Anderson, J., Archibald, J., Brown, A., Canter, A., Cashman, E., … & Wilkinson, H. (2023). Transformative Sea-Level Rise Research and Planning. Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, 45, 67-93. doi.org/10.55671/0160-4341.1167
Stevens, A.W., Ruggiero, P., Parker, K.A., Vitousek, S., Gelfenbaum, G., Kaminsky, G.M. (2024). Climate controls on longshore sediment transport and coastal morphology adjacent to engineered inlets, Coastal Engineering, 104617, ISSN 0378-3839, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2024.104617
Stevens, A., Ruggiero, P., Parker, K., Vitousek, S., Gelfenbaum, G., and Kaminsky, G., 2024. Climate controls on wave-drive sediment transport and coastal morphology adjacent to engineered inlets, Coastal Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2024.104617.
Tabasi, M., Suzuki, T., & Cox, D. T. (2022). A Copula-Based Simulation of Wave-Induced Pore Water Pressure Gradient and Local Acceleration Within Surf Zone for Natural and Laboratory Barred Beach Profiles. Frontiers in Built Environment, 8, 816020. doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2022.816020
Taherkhani, M., Leung, M., Ruggiero, P., Vitousek, S., & Allan, J. (2023). Multiscale assessment of shoreline evolution in the us pacific northwest via a process-based model. In Coastal Sediments 2023: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2023 (pp. 1437-1451). doi.org/10.1142/9789811275135_0133
Taherkhani, M., Vitousek, S., Graffin, M., Vos, K., Allan, J., Kaminsky, G., and Ruggiero, P., 2026. ENSO and PDO drive shoreline position anomalies in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, PNAS-nexus. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf404
Toft, J., Kobelt, J., Accola, K., Dethier, M., Ogston, A., Vollero, S. (2025) Functions of coastal feeder bluff systems: implications for prioritizing protection and restoration. Plos One 20(10): e0334742. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334742
Van Dang, H., Park, H., Shin, S., Tomiczek, T., Cox, D. T., Lee, E., … & Lomonaco, P. (2023). Physical model comparison of gray and green mitigation alternatives for flooding and wave force reduction in an idealized urban coastal environment. Coastal Engineering, 184, 104339. doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2023.104339
van IJzendoorn, C., Wengrove, M.E., Ruggiero, P. and Bond, H.G., Measurements and Modeling of Aeolian Sand Transport on Dynamic Cobble Berm Revetments. Available at SSRN 5253286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2025.104859
Wang, Z., Leung, M., Mukhopadhyay, S., Sunkara, S.V., Steinschneider, S., Herman, J., Abellera, M., Kucharski, J., Ruggiero, P., 2025. Compound coastal flooding in San Francisco Bay under climate change, npj | Natural Hazards, https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-024-00057-0.
Community resilience, Science communication and climate change
Blockstein, J., Tilt, J.H. and Botello Salgado, B. (2024), “Daily vulnerability and disaster resilience: a case study of preferred community assets and social capital for Latinx coastal residents”, Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 33 No. 6, pp. 57-72. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-02-2024-0048
Brown, A., Marlow, J., and Sorfleet, J. (2024). Crafting Effective Oversight for the Long-Term Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel on Sites at Risk of Climate and Coastal Hazards. Frontiers in Climate: Climate Law and Policy. Vol. 6. doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2024.1356724
Cano-Calhoun, C., Abramson, D. B., & Chen, C. (2024). On your own, together: Regional perspectives on community resource-sharing for disaster preparedness in Washington state. Journal of Urban Affairs, 1–25. doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2024.2326491
Chen, C., Wang, H., Lindell, M. K., Jung, M. C., & Siam, M. R. K. (2022). Tsunami preparedness and resilience: Evacuation logistics and time estimations. Transportation research part D: transport and environment, 109, 103324. doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2022.103324
Chen, C., Mostafizi, A., Wang, H., Cox, D., & Chand, C. (2022). An integrative agent‐based vertical evacuation risk assessment model for near‐field tsunami hazards. Risk Analysis, 42(12), 2720-2734. doi.org/10.1111/risa.13881
Chen, C., Mostafizi, A., Wang, H., Cox, D., & Cramer, L. (2022). Evacuation behaviors in tsunami drills. Natural Hazards, 112(1), 845-871. doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05208-y
C Liu, BM Staes, H Wang (2025). Evacuation Time Estimates for Life Safety in Tsunami Hazards, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
Crews, T., Goodwin, C., Rowe, S., & Olmeta-Schult, F. (2023). The Quest to Support Community Resilience in the Face of Coastal Hazards and Natural Disasters. Current: The Journal of Marine Education, 37(2), 3-8. doi.org/10.5334/cjme.81
Doyle, E.E., Thompson, J., Hill, S., Williams, M., Paton, D., Harrison, S., Bostrom, A. and Becker, J., 2023. Where does scientific uncertainty come from, and from whom? Mapping perspectives of natural hazards science advice. International journal of disaster risk reduction, 96, p.103948. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103948
Doyle EE, Thompson J, Hill SR, Williams MN, Paton D, Harrison S, Bostrom A, Becker J. (2024). Differences in identified sources of uncertainty in natural hazards science advice: lessons for cross-disciplinary communication. Frontiers in Communication, 9, 1366995. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2024.1366995
Fox, N., Tilt, J. H., Ruggiero, P., Stanton, K., & Bolte, J. (2023). Toward equitable coastal community resilience: Incorporating principles of equity and justice in coastal hazard adaptation. Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, 1, e36. doi.org/10.1017/cft.2023.24
Gupta, H. S., Adluri, T., Sanderson, D., González, A. D., Nicholson, C. D., & Cox, D. (2024). Multi-objective optimization of mitigation strategies for buildings subject to multiple hazards. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 100, 104125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.104125
Hess, J. J., Errett, N. A., McGregor, G., Busch Isaksen, T., Wettstein, Z. S., Wheat, S. K., & Ebi, K. L. (2023). Public health preparedness for extreme heat events. Annual Review of Public Health, 44(1), 301-321. doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-071421-025508
Idziorek, K., Abramson, D. B., Kitagawa, N., Yamamoto, T., & Chen, C. (2023). Factors Influencing Willingness to Share Resources Postdisaster: A Cross-Cultural Comparison between US and Japanese Communities. Natural Hazards Review, 24(4), 04023044. https://doi.org/10.1061/nhrefo.nheng-1836
Jean, C., Vickery, J., Wartman, J., Berman, J., Errett, N.A. Bridging Underrepresented Disaster Scholars and National Science Foundation-Funded Resources. Nat Hazards. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-06569-2
Jean, C., Gaines, L., Plaza, D., & Meléndez, J. W. (2024). The Cascadia coastal hazards and resilience training, education, and research (CHARTER) fellows mentoring model for underrepresented students. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 104315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104315
Khan, A. S., Wittenauer, R., Patel, R., Baseman, J., Miller, A., & Errett, N. A. (2023). Developing a concept of operations template to guide collaborative disaster research response between academic public health and public health agencies. Disaster medicine and public health preparedness, 17, e39. doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2021.280
Kolesar, S.E., P. Ruggiero, D. Tullos, J.H. Tilt, B. Tilt, and B.M. Thompson. 2024. Challenges and strategies for knowledge co-production in ecosystem and natural hazards research. Oceanography 37(1):19–25, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2024.225.
Koll, C., Lindell, M., Chen, C., & Wang, H. (2023). Emergency warning dissemination in a multiplex social network. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 26(1). doi.org/10.18564/jasss.4946
Leung, M., Ruggiero, P., Cagigal, L., Anderson, D., and Mendez, F., 2026. The Role of El Niño Southern Oscillation in driving Coastal Hazards in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, NHESS, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4039, 2026.
Lovell S., Vickery J., López P, Rodríguez A.J., Cummings B.J., Moloney K,. Berman, J., Bostrom, A., Busch Isaksen, T. Estrada, E., Hartwell, C., Kohler, P. Kramer, C.B., Patel, R., Schnall, A.H., Hannah Smith, M., and Errett, N. A. (2024). Evaluating an equity-focused approach to assess climate resilience and disaster priorities through a community survey. PLoS ONE 19(6): e0302106. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.03021066
Mah, A. Y.J., Tilt, J., Blockstein, J., Fox, N., Rashid, N., Meselhe, A. E., & Schult, F.N.S.O. (2025) Identification of community assets: A survey of coastal Oregonians’ priorities for natural hazard preparedness. Natural Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-07626-0
Meléndez, J. W., & Hoff, C. G. (2022). Transforming collaborative governing bodies for immigrants’ authentic engagement: the roles of culture and influence. Journal of the American Planning Association. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2022.2121309
Miller, I.M., M. Collins, M. Covi, P. Gassett, H. Abeels, K. Alvarez, J. Barrett, S. Barry, M. Behl, R. Collini, L. Engeman, P. Grifman, L. Kerr, K. McClure, C. Petrone, L. Richmond, P. Rubinoff, and D. Swallow. 2024. Sea Grant programs build resilience to coastal climate hazards. Oceanography 37(1):108–115, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2024.221.
Moore, A., Jean, C., Korfmacher, M., Vickery, J., Bostrom, A., Errett, N.A. (2024). Coastal emergency managers’ risk perception and decision making for the Tonga distant tsunami, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Volume 108, 104560, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104560
Nguyễn, L. T., Bostrom, A., Abramson, D. B., & Moy, P. (2023). Understanding the role of individual-and community-based resources in disaster preparedness. International journal of disaster risk reduction, 96, 103882.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103882 [also Nguyễn, L., Bostrom, A., Abramson, D. B., & Moy, P. Mainstreaming Disaster Preparedness. Available at SSRN 4258920]
Renirie, A., & Meléndez, J. W. (2022). Experience, expertise, and the rational ideal: Funds of knowledge and influence in Oregon’s decision-making bodies. Administrative Theory & Praxis. https://doi.org/10.1080/10841806.2022.2138212
Richmond, L., & Kunkel, K. (2024). Living in the ‘Blue Zone’of a sea-level rise inundation map: Community perceptions of coastal flooding in King Salmon, California. Climate Risk Management, 100596. doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2024.100596
Sanderson, D., Cox, D., Amini, M., and Barbosa, A. (2022b). Coupled urban change and natural hazard consequence model for community resilience planning. Earths Future, 10(12). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF003059
Siam, M. R. K., Lindell, M. K., & Wang, H. (2024). Modeling of multi-hazard warning dissemination time distributions: An agent-based approach. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 100, 104207. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.104207
Schmidt, D., Ruggiero, P., Pearson, A., Downes, J., Burgos, A., and Bostrom, A.* (2025). Cascadia CoPes Hub Navigating Coastal Hazards Workshop 2 Summary Report. Cascadia Coastlines and Peoples Hazards Research Hub, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, July 9, 2025. *Authors listed in reverse alphabetical order. https://cascadiacopeshub.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Finalized-NCH2-2025-Evaluation-Report.pdf
Stanton, K. A., & Tilt, J. H. (2023). Building resilient Oregon coastal communities: Reimagining critical facilities through Latinx sense of place. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 87, 103600. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103600
van de Lindt, J. W., Barbosa, A. R., & Dong, Y. (2023). Integrated modeling of cities to improve natural hazards resilience. Resilient Cities and Structures, 2(2), A1. doi.org/10.1016/j.rcns.2023.08.003
Wu, S., Abramson, D. B., & Zhong, B. (2022). Digital governance in rural Chengdu, China: Its potential for social-ecological resilience. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 4, 736965. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2022.736965
Yuhi, M., Mase, H., Cox, D. T., & Park, H. (2022). Improvement of empirical formulas to estimate the reduction effects by berms on irregular wave runup over a dune-berm coast. Coastal Engineering, 176, 104166. doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2022.104166
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Data Sets
• Abramson, D., J. Berman, J. Wartman, K. Dedinsky, J. Zdebski, A. Lyda, M. Grilliot, A. Bowden, N. RAPID (2024). “COPE: EAGER Coastal Hazard Planning in Time”, in COPE: EAGER Coastal Hazard Planning in Time [Version 2]. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-wxdx-4311
• Berman, J., K. Dedinsky, M. Grilliot, J. Zdebski, N. RAPID (2023). “2023 Cascadia CoPes Meeting at Islandwood”, in 2023 Cascadia CoPes Hub Meeting. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-p8qg-fy19
• Blockstein, J., J. Tilt. (2023) “Focus Group Protocol (English and Spanish) – Questions, Conceptual Mapping Activity, Demographics”, in Critical Links: Exploring the Connection between Community Assets and Latinx Social Capital for Disaster Resilience along the Oregon Coast. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-m009-vg97
• Leung, M., L. Cagigal, F. Mendez, P. Ruggiero, R. Pittman (2024). “TESLA-Cascadia Total Water Levels and Chronic Hazard Proxies”, in TESLA-Cascadia: Stochastic Total Water Level and Chronic Coastal Hazard Proxy Simulations [Version 2]. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-mr46-5g54
• Tilt, J (2024). “Oregon Coastal Community Assets Survey Instrument”, in Oregon Coastal Community Assets. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-cm31-rg77