Publications

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Book Chapters
  1. Schnebele, E., Oxendine, C., Cervone, G., Ferreira, C. M. and Waters, N. (2015) “Using non-authoritative sources during emergencies in urban areas” In Helbich, M., Arsanjani, J. J. and Leitner, M. (Eds.), Geotechnologies and the Environment Volume 13, Computational Approaches for Urban Environments, Ch. 14, pp. 337-361. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-11469-9_14
Published Articles

(underline students authors and *post-doctoral authors)

  1. Habete, D. and Ferreira, C.M. (2017) “Potential impacts of future sea level rise and land use change on the special flood hazard areas and associated flood risks" Natural Hazards Review, accepted 
  2. Borga, M., Tanyu, B. F., Ferreira, C. M., Garzon, J. L., and Onufrychuk, M. (2017) “A geospatial framework to estimate depth of scour under buildings due to storm surge in coastal areas” Natural Hazards, in press DOI: 10.1007/s11069-017-2817 
  3. *Paquier, A. P., Haddad, J., Lawler, S. and Ferreira, C. M. (2016) “Quantification of the attenuation of storm surge components by a coastal wetland of the U.S. Mid Atlantic” Estuaries and Coasts, in press DOI:10.1007/s12237-016-0190-1
  4. Deb, M. and Ferreira, C. M. (2016) “Potential impacts of the Sunderban mangrove degradation on future coastal flooding in Bangladesh” Journal of Hydro-environment Research, in press DOI: 10.1016/j.jher.2016.11.005
  5. Lawler, S., Haddad, J. and Ferreira, C. M. (2016) “Sensitivity considerations and the impact of spatial scaling for storm surge modeling in wetlands of the mid-Atlantic region” Ocean and Coastal Management (134) 226-238 DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.10.008
  6. Garzon, J. L. and Ferreira, C. M. (2016) “Storm surge modeling in large estuaries: sensitivity analyses to parameters and physical processes in the Chesapeake Bay” Journal of Marine Sciences and Engineering 4(3), 45 DOI:10.3390/jmse4030045
  7. Garzon, J.L., Ferreira, C. M., Dalrymple, R. A., and Guikema, S.D. (2016) “Efficient integration of a storm surge model into a multidisciplinary agent based model framework” Journal of Coastal Research (75) 1082-1086 DOI: 10.2112/SI75-217.1
  8. Deb, M. and Ferreira, C. M. (2016) “Simulation of cyclone induced storm surges in the low lying delta of Bangladesh using coupled hydrodynamic and wave model (SWAN+ADCIRC)” Journal of Flood Risk Management, in press DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12254
  9. Habete, D. and Ferreira, C.M. (2016) “Impact of Forecasted Land Use Change on Design Peak Discharge at Watershed and Catchment Scales: Simple Equation to Predict Changes" Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 21(7) 1-10 DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001384
  10. Tonn, G. L., Guikema, S. D., Ferreira, C. M. and Quiring, S. M. (2016) “Hurricane Isaac: A Longitudinal Analysis of Storm Characteristics and Power Outage Risk” Risk Analysis 36(10) 1936-1947 DOI: 10.1111/risa.12552
  11. Haddad, J., Lawler, S. and Ferreira, C. (2016) “Assessing the relevance of wetlands for storm surge protection: a coupled hydrodynamic and geospatial framework” Natural Hazards 80 (2) 838-861 DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-2000-7
  12. Wright, M., Ferreira, C. M., Houck, M. and Giovannettone, J. (2015) “The relationship between Monte Carlo estimators of heterogeneity and error for daily to monthly time steps in a small Minnesota precipitation gauge network” Water Resources Research 51(7) 5161-5176 DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015399
  13. Wright, M., Houck, M. and Ferreira, C. M. (2015) “Discriminatory power of heterogeneity statistics with respect to error of precipitation quantile estimation” Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 20(10) 1-11 DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001172#sthash.LA5gmjFJ.dpuf
  14. Deb, M. and Ferreira, C. M. (2015) “Planform channel dynamics and hazard assessment of a highly sinuous river in the north-eastern zone of Bangladesh” Environmental Earth Sciences 73(10) 6613-6623 DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3884-3
  15. Wright, M., Ferreira, C. M. and Houck, M. (2014) “Evaluation of heterogeneity statistics as reasonable proxies of the error of precipitation quantile estimation in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region” Journal of Hydrology (513) 457-466 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.03.056
  16. Ferreira, C. M., Irish, J. and Olivera, F (2014) “Quantifying the potential impact of land cover changes due to sea-level rise on storm surge on lower Texas coast bays” Coastal Engineering (94) 102-111 DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2014.08.011
  17. Ferreira, C. M., Irish, J. and Olivera, F (2014) “Uncertainty in hurricane surge simulation due to land cover specification” Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans 199(3) 1812-1827 DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009604
  18. Ferreira, C. M., Irish, J. and Olivera, F (2014) “ArcStormSurge: Integrating GIS and hurricane storm surge" Journal of the American Water Resources Association 50 (1) 219-233 DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12127
  19. Irish, J. L., Frey, A. E., Rosati, A. E., Olivera, F., Dunkin, L. M., Kaihatu, J. M., Ferreira, C. M. and Edge, B. L. (2010) “Potential implications of global warming and barrier island degradation on future hurricane inundation” Ocean and Coastal Management 53(10)645-657 DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2010.08.001
  20. Frey, A. E., Olivera, F., Irish, J. L., Dunkin, L. M., Kaihatu, J. M., Ferreira, C. M. and Edge, B. L. (2010) “The impact of climate change on hurricane flooding inundation, population affected and property damages” Journal of the American Water Resources Association 46(5) 1049-1059 DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00475.x
Articles Under Review
  1. Glass, E., Garzon, J. L., Lawler, S., *Paquier, E. and Ferreira, C. M. (2017) “Potential of marshes to attenuate storm surge water level in the Chesapeake Bay” Estuaries and Coasts, under review
  2. Walls, M., Rezaie, A. M., Chu, Z. and Ferreira, C. M. (2017) "Valuing Flood Protection Services from Coastal Wetlands" PlosONE, under 2nd review
  3. Habete, D. and Ferreira, C. M. (2017) “Impact of Projected Precipitation and Land Use Changes on the Design Peak Discharge and Special Flood Hazard Area.” Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, under review
  4. Garzon, J. L., Ferreira, C. M. and Padilla-Hernandez, R. (2017) “Evaluation of weather forecast systems for storm surge modeling in the Chesapeake Bay” Ocean Dynamics, under review
Articles in Refereed Conference Proceedings
  1. Reilly, A., Guikema, S., Garzon, J. L. and Ferreira, C. M. “Quantification of evolving regional vulnerability to hurricanes” 16th European Safety and Reliability (ESREL), Glasgow, Scotland, September 25-29, 2016. DOI: 10.1201/9781315374987-40
  2. Haddad, J., *Paquier, A .E., Lawler, S. and C.M. Ferreira “Wetlands as a nature-based coastal defense: a numerical modeling and field data integration approach to quantify storm surge attenuation for the Mid-Atlantic region” OCEANS ’15 MTS/IEEE Washington D.C., October 19-22, 2015. DOI: 10.23919/OCEANS.2015.7404359
  3. Irish, J. L., Ferreira, C., Resio, D. T. and Olivera, F. “Future Tropical Cyclone Flooding Probability and Risk Assessment: Considerations for Sea-level Rise and Climate Change” 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering ICCE 2012, Santander, Spain, July 1-6, 2012. DOI: 10.9753/icce.v33.management.7
  4. Irish J., Ferreira, C. Udoh I., Olivera, F., Song Y. and Chang, K. “Rapid probabilistic hurricane surge and damage forecasting using surge response functions” 32nd International Conference on Coastal Engineering ICCE 2010, Shangai, China, June 30-July 5, 2010. DOI: 10.9753/icce.v32.currents.20
Articles in Unrefereed Journals
  1. Ogashawara, I., Curtarelli, M., P. and Ferreira C.M. (2013) “The use of optical remote sensing for mapping flooded areas” International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications 3(5)1956-1960 DOI: unavailable
  2. Brown, S., Ferreira, C. M. (2013) “Agent-Based Modeling of Urban Tropical Green Infrastructure Investment" International Journal of Sustainable Tropical Design Research and Practice 6(2)1-13 DOI: unavailable
Invited lectures
  1. Ferreira, C. M. (2016) “Storm surge and wave attenuation by wetlands and coastal marshes in the Chesapeake Bay” Stanford University Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME) Seminar Series, Palo Alto, CA, April 19.
  2. Ferreira, C. M.  (2016) “Storm surge and wave attenuation by wetlands and coastal marshes in the Chesapeake Bay” Stanford University SIGMA Research Seminar, Palo Alto, CA, February 9.
  3. Ferreira, C. M. (2015) “Storm surge and wave attenuation by wetlands and coastal marshes in the Chesapeake Bay” 14th International Workshop on Wave Hindcasting & Forecasting & Scientific and Technical Symposium on Storm Surges, Key West, FL, November 13.
  4. Ferreira, C. M. (2015) “Storm surge attenuation in Chesapeake Bay Wetlands” Maryland Emergency Management Association Annual Symposium, Ocean City, MD, June 28.
  5. Ferreira, C. M. (2014) “Application of ADCIRC + SWAN to assess geospatial potential of wetlands to attenuate storm surge and hurricane flooding in the Chesapeake Bay” 2nd International workshop on the application of fluid mechanics to disaster reduction: Cyclone (hurricane/typhoon/extra-tropical) modeling and damage assessment, Sendai, Japan, March 16.
  6. Ferreira, C. M. (2013) “The influence of coastal wetlands on hurricane surge and damage with application to planning under climate change” Resources for the Future (RFF), Washington, DC, March 13.
  7. Ferreira, C. M. (2013) “The influence of coastal wetlands on hurricane surge and damage with application to planning under climate change” United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Research Program (NRP) Seminar Series, Reston, VA, March 8.
  8. Ferreira, C. M.  (2013) “The first year of an assistant professor” Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, September 13.
  9. Ferreira, C. M.  (2012) “The influence of coastal wetlands on hurricane surge and damage with application to planning under climate change” National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA), Silver Springs, MD, November 22.
Conference presentations (Selected)
  1. Rezaie, A. M., Ferreira, C. M. and Walls, M. (2017) “Valuing the protective ecosystem services of natural and nature based features: building resiliency in Virginia” American Water Resources Association (AWRA) National Capital Region Symposium, Washington, DC, April 7. (Podium presentation)
  2. Lanza, B., Shultz, C. and Ferreira, C M. (2017) “Quantifying impacts of upstream reservoirs on the Potomac river due to consumptive use” American Water Resources Association (AWRA) National Capital Region Symposium, Washington, DC, April 7. (Poster presentation)
  3. Maldonado, S., Suckale, J. and Ferreira, C. M. (2016) “Investigation of vegetation-induced drag parameterizations for natural and nature-based extreme events coastal protection in the Chesapeake Bay” American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14. (Poster presentation)
  4. Lunghino, B., Suckale, J., Fringe, O., Maldonado, S., Ferreira, C. M., Marras, S. and Mandel, T. (2016) “Effects of spatial variability in marshes on coastal erosion under storm conditions” American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14. (Poster presentation)
  5. Rezaie, A. M., Ferreira, C. M. and Walls, M. (2016) “Future flood inundation and damages from storm surge in the coast of Virginia and Maryland with projected climate change and sea level rise scenarios” American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14. (Poster presentation)
  6. Omeara, K., Zaitchik, B. and Ferreira, C.M. (2016) “HIGHER GROUND: Leveraging Baltimore’s topography to increase social and climate resiliency” Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, December 14. (Podium presentation)
  7. Melick, K., Fu, Z., Igusa, T., Garzon, J.L. and Ferreira, C.M. (2016) “Identification of critical storms conditions for hurricane-induced coastal surge in the Mid-Atlantic Region” Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, December 14. (Podium presentation)
  8. Bigalbal, A., Lanza, B., Keller, L., Jigme, T. and Reznicek, E., *Paquier, A.E. and Ferreira, C. M. (2016) “Challenges in field data acquisition and processing for wetland characterization and hydrodynamic measurements” American Water Resources Association (AWRA) National Capital Region Symposium, Washington, DC, April 8. (Poster presentation)
  9. *Paquier, A.E., Haddad, J., Lawler, S. and Ferreira, C.M. (2016) “Field study of hydrodynamics modification by a coastal wetland of the US Mid-Atlantic.” American Water Resources Association (AWRA) National Capital Region Symposium, Washington, DC, April 8. (Podium presentation)
  10. Walls, M and Ferreira, C. M. (2016) “Valuing the protective services of natural lands on the coast” Social Coast Forum (NOAA), Charleston, SC, February 10. (Podium presentation)
  11. Haddad, J., *Paquier, A.E., Lawler, S. and C.M. Ferreira (2015) “Wetlands as a nature-based coastal defense: a numerical modeling and field data integration approach to quantify storm surge attenuation for the Mid-Atlantic region” OCEANS MTS/IEEE Washington, DC, October 21. (Podium presentation) 
  12. Haddad, J., *Paquier, A.E., Lawler, S. and C.M. Ferreira (2015) “Quantifying storm surge attenuation by wetlands: Integration of field monitoring for numerical model calibration” 14th International Workshop on Wave Hindcasting & Forecasting & Scientific and Technical Symposium on Storm Surges, Key West, FL, November 12. (Podium presentation)
  13. Haddad, J., Lawler, S. and C.M. Ferreira (2015) “A hydrodynamic modeling and geospatial framework for assessing the relevance of coastal wetlands for storm surge protection” Solutions to Coastal Disasters & Coastal Structures American Society of Civil Engineering (COPRI/ASCE), Boston, MA, September 11. (Podium presentation)
  14. Lawler, S., Haddad, J., Garzon, J., Deb, M. and Ferreira, C. (2015) “Designing nature-based coastal defenses: A modeling approach to identify critical properties of Back Bay systems” Solutions to Coastal Disasters & Coastal Structures American Society of Civil Engineering (COPRI/ASCE), Boston, MA, September 11. (Poster presentation)
  15. Lawler, S., Haddad, J., Garzon, J., Deb, M. and Ferreira, C. (2015) “Application of ADCIRC + SWAN to assess geospatial potential of wetlands to attenuate storm surge and hurricane flooding in the Chesapeake Bay” 2nd International workshop on the application of fluid mechanics to disaster reduction: Cyclone (hurricane/typhoon/extra-tropical) modeling and damage assessment, Sendai, Japan, March 16. (Podium presentation)
  16. Lawler, S., Haddad, J., Garzon, J., Deb, M. and Ferreira, C. (2015) “Evaluation of the spatial and temporal impacts of protected wetlands on surge induced flooding in the Chesapeake Bay region: modeling and field measurements” EWRI World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), Austin, TX, May 21.  (Podium presentation)
  17. Garzon, J., Lawler, S., Haddad, J., Deb, M. and Ferreira, C. (2015) “Integrating physically-based numerical modeling of hurricane storm surge to an agent based framework for coastal resilience and planning” EWRI World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), Austin, TX, May 20. (Podium presentation)
  18. Brown, S., Behera, Pradeep, Ferreira, C. M. and Houck, M. (2015) “To green or not to green: modeling an incentive-based program for green infrastructure investment on private property” American Water Resources Association (AWRA) National Capital Region Symposium, Washington, DC, April 10. (Podium presentation)
  19. Haddad, J and Ferreira, C. (2015) “A Geospatial Framework for Characterizing the Integration of Wetlands, Storm Surge Flooding and Critical Infrastructure in the Chesapeake Bay” American Water Resources Association (AWRA) National Capital Region Symposium, Washington, DC, April 10. (Podium presentation)
  20. Deb, M., and Ferreira, C. (2015) “Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Storm Surge Hazards in the Bay of Bengal Region: A case study for Bangladesh” American Water Resources Association (AWRA) National Capital Region Symposium, Washington, DC, April 10. (Podium presentation)
  21. Garzon, J., Lawler, S., Haddad, J., Deb, M. and Ferreira, C. (2015)  “Integrating rivers discharge into coastal flooding modeling along the Baltimore harbor” American Water Resources Association (AWRA) National Capital Region Symposium, Washington, DC, April 10. (Podium presentation)
  22. Ferreira, C., Da Silva, A. L., Nunes, A., Haddad, J. and Lawler, S. (2014) “The Mason Water Data Information System (MWDIS): Enabling data sharing and discovery at George Mason University” American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 15. (Poster presentation)
  23. Neupane, S. R. and Ferreira, C. M. (2014) “Killer cold waves in Nepal: possible causes in Nepalgunj” Annual American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Conference, Tysons Corner, VA, November 5. (Podium presentation)
  24. Brown, S., Ferreira, C. M. and Houck, M. (2014) “To Green or Not to Green: Modeling an Incentive-based Program for Green Infrastructure Investment” Annual American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Conference, Tysons Corner, VA, November 5. (Podium presentation)
  25. Haddad, J. and Ferreira, C. M. (2014) “Wetlands and Hurricanes: A geospatial perspective on the potential of wetlands to reduce storm surge impact to critical infrastructure” Annual American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Conference, Tysons Corner, VA, November 4. (Podium presentation)
  26. Lawler, S., Deb, M., Ferreira, C. M.(2014) “Assessing the role of Chesapeake Bay wetlands in attenuation of storm surges using coastal circulation model and real-time data collection” Annual American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Conference, Tysons Corner, VA, November 6. (Podium presentation)
  27. Deb, M., Lawler, S., Ferreira, C. (2014) “Reducing hurricane flood risk: Quantifying wetlands storm surge attenuation rate in the Chesapeake Bay region” American Geophysical Union (AGU) Science and Policy Conference, Washington, DC, June 16. (Poster presentation)
  28. Lawler, S., Deb, M. and Ferreira, C. (2014) “Monitoring storm surge: hydrodynamic processes in coastal and estuarine wetlands” EWRI World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), Portland, OR, June 1. (Podium presentation)
  29. Deb, M., Lawler, S. and Ferreira, C. (2014) “Coastal storm surge mitigation: analysis and modeling of Chesapeake Bay wetlands” EWRI World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), Portland, OR, June 1. (Podium presentation)
  30. Lawler, S., Deb, M. and Ferreira, C. (2014) “Storm surge attenuation in Chesapeake Bay wetlands: analysis and modeling” American Water Resources Association (AWRA) National Capital Region Symposium, Washington, DC, April 4. (Podium presentation)
  31. Deb, M., Lawler, S. and Ferreira, C. (2014) “Application of Unstructured mesh, SWAN+ADCIRC model to evaluate the role of wetlands in attenuating storm surges, Chesapeake Bay region” American Water Resources Association (AWRA) National Capital Region Symposium, Washington, DC, April 4. (Podium presentation)
  32. Lawler, S., Deb, M. and Ferreira, C. (2014) “Evaluating the role of emergent wetlands in the Chesapeake Bay region to attenuate storm surge” 7th National Summit on Coastal and Estuarine Restoration and the 24th Biennial Meeting of the Coastal Society, Annapolis, MD, November 1. (Podium presentation)
  33. Deb, M., Lawler, S. and Ferreira, C. (2014) “Assessment of the role of wetlands in the attenuation of storm surges using coastal circulation model (ADCIRC) in the Chesapeake Bay region” Chesapeake Modeling Symposium, Annapolis, MD, May 28. (Podium presentation)
  34. Lawler, S., Deb, M. and Ferreira, C. (2013) “Coastal storm surge mitigation: analysis and modeling of Chesapeake Bay wetlands?” American Geophysical Union (AGU) Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, February 25. (Poster presentation)
  35. Lawler, S., Deb, M. and Ferreira, C. (2013) “A high density storm surge monitoring network: Can we better understand hurricane flooding attenuation by wetlands?” American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 9. (Poster presentation)
  36. Wright, M., Ferreira, C. M. and Houck, M. (2013) “Parallelizing R code for the evaluation of heterogeneity statistics in precipitation frequency analysis” American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 9. (Poster presentation)
  37. Wright, M., Ferreira, C. M. and Houck, M. (2013) “Evaluating regional heterogeneity statistics as reasonable proxies of the error of precipitation quantile estimation” American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 9. (Poster presentation)
  38. Ogashawara, I., Curtarelli, M. P. and Ferreira, C. (2013) “Hurricane coastal flood analysis using multispectral images” American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 10. (Poster presentation)
  39. Scolese, D., Pham, K., Ferreira, C. and Tanyu, B. (2013) “Evaluation of the HAZUS-MH model to predict flood damage along the New Jersey coast after Hurricane Sandy” AGU Science Policy Conference, Washington, DC, June 24. (Poster presentation)
  40. Martin, A. and Ferreira, C. (2013) “Potential impacts of hurricane flooding in the national capital region: what if hurricane sandy made landfall in the Chesapeake Bay?” AGU Science Policy Conference, Washington, DC, June 24. (Poster presentation)
  41. Wright, M., Ferreira, C. and Houck, M. (2013) “Evaluation of heterogeneity statistics as reasonable proxies of the error of precipitation quantile estimation in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region” AGU Science Policy Conference, Washington, DC, June 24. (Poster presentation)
  42. Wright, M., Ferreira, C. and Houck, M. (2013) “Regional frequency analysis of rainfall using gauge and satellite data: improving accuracy of estimation for gauged and un-gauged sites” American Water Resources Association (AWRA) National Capital Region Symposium, Washington, DC, April 5. (Podium presentation)
  43. Ferreira, C. M. (2013) “From hurricanes to coastal flood maps: A GIS approach” ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA, July 9. (Podium presentation)
  44. Ferreira, C., Irish, J. L. and Olivera, F. (2012) “Potential effects of SLR and land-cover changes on hurricane surge and damage” American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2012 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 4. (Poster presentation)
  45. Irish, J. L., Ferreira, C., Resio, D. T., and Olivera, F. (2012) “Future Tropical Cyclone Flooding Probability and Risk Assessment: Considerations for Sea-level Rise and Climate Change” International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE), Santander, Spain, July 1. (Podium presentation)
  46. Ferreira, C., Olivera, F. and Irish, J. L. (2012) “Integration of High Performance Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to GIS “ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA, July 21. (Podium presentation)
  47. Ferreira, C., Irish, J. L. and Olivera, F. (2012) “Potential impact of climate change on hurricane flooding in coastal bays" EWRI World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, Albuquerque, NM, May 21. (Podium presentation)
  48. Ferreira, C., Olivera, F. and Irish, J. L. (2012) “Integration of GIS and Hurricane Coastal Flooding" EWRI World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, Albuquerque, NM, May 22. (Podium presentation)
  49. Ferreira, C., Irish, J. L. and Olivera, F. (2011) “Impact of sea level rise on the attenuation of hurricane storm surge by wetlands in Corpus Christi, TX.” American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 6. (Poster presentation)
  50. Ferreira, C., Irish, J. L. and Olivera, F. (2011) “Numerical modeling of the impact of wetlands on hurricane storm surge in coastal bays” Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS) Meeting, Boulder, CO, October 28. (Poster presentation)
  51. Ferreira, C., Olivera, F. and Djokic, D. (2011) “Development of DEMs from LiDAR data for Watershed Delineation" ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA, July 12. (Podium presentation)
  52. Ferreira, C., Irish, J. and Olivera, F. (2011) “ArcStormSurge: Geodatamodel for hurricane storm surge and ADCIRC GIS interface" ESRI International User Conference. San Diego, CA, July 12. (Podium presentation)
  53. Ferreira, C., Olivera, F. and Irish, J. (2011) “The Role of Wetlands in Reducing Hurricane Related Coastal Flooding: Can Wetlands Help Reduce Coastal Disasters Damage in Corpus Christi, TX?" Solutions to Coastal Disasters & Coastal Structures American Society of Civil Engineering (COPRI/ASCE), Anchorage, AK, June 25. (Poster presentation)
  54. Ferreira, C., Olivera, F. and Irish, J. (2011) “Quantification of hurricane surge damage in Corpus Christi, Texas, as a function of wetland characteristics with application to restoration and climate change" EWRI World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, Palm Springs, CA, May 23. (Podium presentation)
  55. Ferreira, C., Irish, J. and Olivera, F. (2011) “Integrating Geographical Information Systems and ADCIRC for hurricane storm surge modeling" ADCIRC Model Workshop, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, April 19. (Poster presentation)
  56. Ferreira, C., Udoh I., Olivera, F. and Irish, J. L. (2011) “Scaling hurricane surge for hazard assessment” 2011 Texas A&M Supercomputing Annual Users Meeting, College Station, TX, May 2. (Podium presentation)
  57. Ferreira, C., Olivera, F. and Djokic, D. (2010) “Evaluation of terrain datasets for LiDAR data thinning and DEM generation for watershed delineation applications" American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14. (Poster presentation)
  58. Ferreira, C., Irish, J. Olivera, F (2010) " The influence of coastal wetlands on hurricane surge in Corpus Christi, TX" American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14. (Poster presentation)
  59. Ferreira, C., Olivera, F. and Djokic, D. (2010) "Terrain Datasets: How good are they?" American Water Resources Association (AWRA) GIS Specialty Conference, Orlando, FL, March 29. (Podium presentation)
  60. Ferreira, C., Olivera, F., and Djokic, D. (2010) “Development of large topographic datasets for hydrologic applications" EWRI World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, Providence, RI, May 13. (Podium presentation)