EVALUATION OF IMPACTS OF THE PATRIOTS' DAY STORM (APRIL 15 -18, 2007) ON THE NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE

摘要

This paper will present an evaluation of the impacts of the Patriots' Day storm in the New England states of Maine and Massachusetts. The Patriots' Day storm was an extra-tropical storm or Northeaster that occurred between April 15 and 18, 2007. Throughout northern New England, the storm caused higher than normal tides, large waves, beach erosion and localized property damage. The Patriots' Day Storm provided an opportunity to collect wave and water level data from an infrequent return period storm event in New England.rnThe evaluation of impacts includes a review of available tide gage and wave buoy data to characterize the storm in terms of return period or probability of occurrence. The paper also describes the findings of post-storm surveys that documented property damage, water levels and the extents of wave runup.