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Welcome to the Coastal Risks & Engineering (CoRE) Lab at UCF.

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Dr. Thomas Wahl
Associate Professor
Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering &
National Center for Integrated Coastal Research
University of Central Florida
Email: [email protected]
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Research in the CoRE Lab mainly focuses on connecting engineering and various science disciplines (e.g., oceanography, hydrology, meteorology) to better understand the vulnerability of coastal societies, built infrastructure, and fragile ecosystems. We study changes in coastal sea levels (mean and extreme), ocean waves, and freshwater flows and the associated impacts to support the development of sustainable and resilient adaptation strategies.

Some of the topics we work on are:
  • Changes in sea level, storm surges, ocean waves, precipitation, and river discharges
  • (Coastal-)Engineering design concepts
  • ​Compound events
  • Sustainability of human-natural systems in coastal zones
  • Extreme value analysis
  • Coastal resilience
  • Integrated coastal vulnerability and risk assessment
  • Stochastic and numerical modelling of tides, storm surges, waves, and river flows
  • Multi hazards
  • Coastal processes and hydrodynamics​
Our research work connects civil/coastal engineering and various science disciplines (e.g., oceanography, hydrology, meteorology) to better understand the vulnerability of coastal societies, built infrastructure, and fragile ecosystems.
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(CoRE Lab Members, 2024)
Research Highlights.

  • Our recent paper "Acceleration of U.S. Southeast and Gulf coast sea-level rise amplified by internal climate variability" published in Nature Communications has been featured in various news media and blogposts. 
  •  Our paper "Understanding uncertainties in contemporary and future extreme wave events for broad-scale impact and adaptation planning" published in Nature Science Advances has been featured in various news media and blog posts.
  • Check out the media coverage here about our recently published paper "Trends in Europe storm surge extremes match the rate of sea-level rise" in Nature.
  • Our paper "Evolving tides aggravate nuisance flooding along the U.S. coastline" published in Science Advances has been featured in various news media and blog posts. Homeland Security News Wire | The Herald | Phys.org | EurekAlert! | ScienMag | Finger Lakes Times | Hastings Tribune | Union Bulletin | The News & Observer | The Modesto Bee | Belleville News-Democrat | The Bellingham Herald | Star Telegram | SunHerald | The Charlotte Observer | The Olympian | Myrtle Beach Online | Ledger Enquirer | The Herald Sun | Merced Sun Star | Idaho Statesman | Miami Herald | Bloomberg Quint | The Sacramento Bee | Bakersfield | The Island Packet | The Wichita Eagle | The Telegraph | The News Tribune | Centre Daily Times | ScienceDaily | The Weather Channel | Popular Science | WIRED
  • Our paper "Predictability of Extreme Sea Level Variations Along the U.S. Coastline" published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans has been featured in various news and blog posts. PreventionWeb | Phys.org | EurekAlert! | ScienMag | 10 Tampa Bay News | Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center | ScienceDaily
  • Our paper "Spatial Footprints of Storm Surges Along the Global Coastlines" published in  Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans was featured in various news: Phys.org | EurekAlert! | ScienMag | 10 Tampa Bay News
  • Our Nature Climate Change paper "​Understanding and Managing Connected Extreme Events" was featured in UCF TODAY News and various other news blogs.
  • Our Nature Communications paper "Non-linear interaction modulates global extreme sea levels, coastal flood exposure, and impacts" was featured in various News articles. Homeland Security News Wire | UCF Today | Phys.org | Technology Networks | Science Daily | EurekAlert! 
  • Our Nature Scientific Data paper "An extreme sea level indicator for the contiguous United States coastline" was featured in various news articles: Phys.org | EurekAlert! | Lab Manager |  Science Daily | Long Room | Bioengineer | WMFE Radio | UCF Today 
  • Our Nature Communications paper "Coherent modulation of the sea-level annual cycle in the United States by Atlantic Rossby waves" was featured in a EOS article.
  • Here is a collection of news articles and blogs on our Nature Climate Change perspective paper "Future climate risk from compound events" .
  • Here is a collection of news articles on our Nature Communications paper "Coherent modulation of the sea-level annual cycle in the United States by Atlantic Rossby waves".
  • Nature Feature Article including results and reference to our Nature Communications paper "Understanding extreme sea levels for broad-scale coastal impact and adaptation analysis".  and here is a collection of news articles on the same paper.
  • Our Nature Scientific Data paper "Spatial and temporal analysis of extreme sea level and storm surge events around the coastline of the UK" was mentioned in several news articles.
  • Our Geophysical Research Letters paper "Rapid changes in the seasonal sea level cycle along the US Gulf coast from the late 20th century" was featured in Nature and Nature Climate Change.
  • Our Nature Climate Change article "Increasing Risk of Compound Flooding from Storm Surge and Rainfall for Major U.S. Cities" was featured in the Magazine of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
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