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Mervin CashKapiolani Community College
NASA Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates
(REU)NASA Cooperative Agreement
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Background• The State of Hawaii is in the middle of
the Pacific Ocean
• Hawaii’s biggest export is Tourism
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Objective
The objective of my project is to determine the impact of climate change induced sea level rise on coastal inundation for the island of Oahu.
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Data Sources
• ArcMap• DEMs• Sea Level Rise Data (SLR)• Open Street Map Data (OSM)• Ice Sheet Data
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Methodology Work on digitizing the island of Oahu to create an OSM file which
labels everything on the island Study the future scenarios for potential SLR Using formulas obtained from a DoD report on SLR, calculate the
various levels of potential SLR for several different scenarios Using the DEM of Oahu, create visuals which represent SLR across
the island Show coastal inundation around several spots around the island,
primarily focusing around our major industries Create a map showing the potential SLR of the melting of the major
ice sheets
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Results and Discussion
b End Scenario at 2100 in Meters
2.7126200 x 10-5 0.5m
6.9993141 x 10-5 1.0m
1.12860082 x 10-4 1.5m
1.55727023 x 10-4 2.0m
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SLR Scenarios1992 2025 2050 2075 2100
0m 0.0561m 0.0986m 0.1411m 0.1836m
0m 0.08564m 0.18985m 0.32797m 0.5m
0m 0.13232m 0.33406m 0.62328 1.0m
0m 0.179m 0.47826m 0.91859m 1.5m
0m 0.22569m 0.62247m 1.2139m 2.0m
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0.5
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1.5
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2.5
2000 2025 2050 2075 2100
MET
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YEARS
Sea Level Rise in Meters
0.2m 0.5m 1m 1.5m 2m
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Island Wide Inundation Maps
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Island Wide Inundation Maps
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Island Wide Inundation Maps
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South Shore Inundation Maps
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South Shore Inundation Maps
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South Shore Inundation Maps
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Pearl Harbor Inundation Maps
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Pearl Harbor Inundation Maps
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Pearl Harbor Inundation Maps
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Kailua Inundation Maps
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Kailua Inundation Maps
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Kailua Inundation Maps
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Recommendations and Future Work Examine ocean wave science and surfing Examine potential sea level rise and how it impacts various surf spots around the island. Use the mobile collector app to plot bowl location and wave line up
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OSM Work
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Final Thoughts
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Literature Cited Doney, S., A. A. Rosenberg, M. Alexander, F. Chavez, C. D. Harvell, G. Hofmann, M. Orbach, and M. Ruckelshaus, 2014: Ch. 24: Oceans
and Marine Resources. Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment, J. M. Melillo, Terese (T.C.) Richmond, and G. W. Yohe, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Program, 557-578. doi:10.7930/J0RF5RZW.
Hall, J.A., S. Gill, J. Obeysekera, W. Sweet, K. Knuuti, and J. Marburger. 2016. Regional Sea Level Scenarios for Coastal Risk Management: Managing the Uncertainty of Future Sea Level Change and Extreme Water Levels for Department of Defense Coastal Sites Worldwide. U.S. Department of Defense, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program. 224 pp.
Howard, Brian Clark. "West Antarctica Glaciers Collapsing, Adding to Sea-Level Rise." National Geographic. National Geographic Society, 13 May 2014. Web. 02 Aug. 2016.
Parris, Adam, Peter Bromirski, Dan Cayan, Mary Culver, John Hall, Radley Horton, Kevin Knuuti, Richard Moss, Jayantha Obeysekera, Abby Sallenger, and Jeremy Weiss. "Global Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States National Climate Assesment." NOAA Technical Report OAR CPO-1 (2012): 1-29. Web. 22 July 2016.
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"What Are The Major Industries In The State Of Hawaii." Hawaii.gov. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Aug. 2016.
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Acknowledgements This project was funded by Kiksapa Consulting, LLC
through NASA Cooperative Agreement Number NNX10AU65A
Dr. Bull Bennett; Kiksapa Consulting, LLC Kathi Bennett; Kiksapa Consulting, LLC Dr. Eric Wood; USGS EROS Patrick Kozak; Kiksapa Consulting, LLC Colleen Campbell; Kiksapa Consulting, LLC REU Instructors: Volker Mell (Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde) , Robert Kenning (Salish Kootenai College), Patrick Kozak
National Center for Atmospheric Research Haskell Indian Nations University
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Questions?