STORMTOOLS

Illustrates and displays storm inundation, with and without sea level rise, for different types of storms that could occur along RI’s coast line.

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Notice:  Temporary Lapse in Storm Tools Web Access

Some of our current StormTools products – specifically the Coastal Hazards Analysis viewer, StormTools Design Elevation maps, and Coastal and Environmental Risk Index - are temporarily inaccessible (see Home page).

In the interim, we encourage folks to continue to use the layers available from Beginner and Advanced StormTools. For Coastal Hazard Analysis Worksheets, please complete all portions that can be filled out as CRMC will still need this information for permit application reviews. Thank you!

Interagency Coastal Wetlands Workgroup Recommendations for Reducing Wetland Loss in Coastal Watersheds of the United States (PDF)

Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM) Maps (adopted by the CRMC on January 13, 2015)

CRMC’s James Boyd on the Sea Levels Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM) Results and Analysis (YouTube)

Rhode Island Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge Maps

CRMC a leader in planning for, addressing sea level rise and climate change concerns in RI

Overview of a Changing Climate in Rhode Island (PDF)

Methods for Short-term Tide Measurements:

• Tidal Datum Methods (PDF)
• Tide Field Measurements sheet (PDF)
• Example of Tide Gage Setup (JPG)
• Methodology for Determining Mean High Water (PDF)

Virginia Offers Adaptive Strategies for Sea Level Rise

Risk Reduction for Small Business Resilience

Shoreline Change Special Area Management Plan (SAMP)

Sea Level Trends for Providence RI – NOAA

Sea Level Trends for Newport RI – NOAA

National Climate Assessment, Northeast

Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment (NECIA) – Union of Concerned Scientists

Overview of a Changing Climate in Rhode Island (PDF)

Adapting To Climate Change In The Ocean State: A Starting Point – Rhode Island Climate Change Commission 2012 Progress Report (PDF)

Rhode Island’s Rising Tide: CRMC and RI Sea Grant’s Pam Rubinoff featured in NOAA Climate Magazine

Confronting Climate Change in in the U.S. Northeast

Extreme Precipitation in New York & New England

FEMA Flood Maps - Rhode Island

NOAA "State of the Climate" Report

NOAA Arctic Report Card

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

US Army Corps of Engineers, Responses to Climate Change

Global Climate Change - NASA

Georgetown Climate Center

Climate Central

CU Sea Level Research Group