Paleostorm History of NW Florida - Florida Climate Institute

Location: NW Florida (Walton County)

Description: This project is investigating the record of major storm impacts on the NW Florida coast, using sediment cores from coastal lakes. We are using both sedimentologic and geochemical proxies, along with sediment geochronology, to reconstruct storm history over the past several millennia. The results will be combined with the historic storm record to model future storms and develop a more complete understanding of storm occurrence and risk for the NW Florida coast.

Faculty Involved: Dr. Joseph Donoghue (EOAS), Dr. James Elsner (FSU-Geography), Dr. Yang Wang (EOAS), Dr. Ming Ye (FSU-Computational Science), Dr. Alan Niedoroda (URS Corp.), and graduate students Jen Coor (EOAS) and Oindrila Das (EOAS).

Filed Under: Climate Sciences

The Florida Climate Institute (FCI) is a multi-disciplinary network of national and international research and public organizations, scientists, and individuals concerned with achieving a better understanding of climate variability and change.