Using GNSS to Evaluate Threats to Mobility of Resources and People on Coastal Roads in USDOT Region 10

The objective of this research is to develop a new technique to assess the hazard intensity of coastal erosion hotspots to existing and planned coastal roadways by continuously monitoring coastal water levels and wave heights using a new remote sensing technique with land-based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). The proposed technique will measure nearshore water levels and wave heights using land-based and easily mobilized GNSS, which is an all-weather, continuous, global radio satellite system. GNSS is a remote sensing technique. GNSS is easy to install and maintain. GNSS can continuously monitor during storms without being in destructive sea-states (like tide gages and coastal buoys), or depending on optical clarity (like cameras).

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $80000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747110

• Sponsor Organizations:

  United States Department of Transportation - FHWA - LTAP

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC    20590

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  University of Washington, Seattle

  433 Brooklyn Ave. NE
  Box 359472
  Seattle, WA  United States  98195-9472
• Performing Organizations:

  Oregon State University, Corvallis

  Department of Civil Engineering
  202 Apperson Hall
  Corvallis, OR  United States  97331-2302
• Principal Investigators:

  Wengrove, Megan

• Start Date: 20190816
• Expected Completion Date: 20210815
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coasts; Erosion; Evaluation and assessment; Hazard evaluation; Highway safety; Remote sensing; Sea level; Wave height
• Identifier Terms: Global Navigation Satellite System
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01723939
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747110
• Files: UTC, RiP
• Created Date: Nov 27 2019 7:21PM