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PhD student @UNSW Sydney Water Research Lab. Researching coastal erosion 🌊, remote sensing 🛰️ & early warning systems 🚨 | #scicomm #phdlife #BiInSci 🏳️‍🌈
Oct 26, 2020 7 tweets 5 min read
🚨My first #phd @EarthArXiv #preprint!🚨doi.org/10.31223/X5Q592

"A Storm Hazard Matrix combining coastal flooding and beach erosion"

Consider these two locations. Did they face the same type of coastal storm hazard? A thread 1/7 Coastal #storms and #hurricanes can bring flooding (elevated water levels) and beach #erosion, but how much of each depends the coastal setting and the storm conditions. If we can understand and predict what hazards may threaten a coast, we can better prepare for them. 2/7