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NORTHEAST BEACHES CONFERENCE
S E P T E M B E R 2 1 - 2 3, 2 0 0 9
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION
Woods Hole (Falmouth), Massachusetts
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presented by the
NORTHEAST SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION,
the IECA Northeast Chapter, Woods Hole Sea Grant and others
The program will consist of a choice of a field trip on the 21st and dozens of presentations on the 22nd & 23rd, with a small number of exhibits and plenty of opportunities to network. Additional information will be posted on this web page as it becomes available.
For information about the American Shore & Beach Protection Association, please go to www.asbpa.org.
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Update - August 10th:
The Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) has informed us that Certified Floodplain Managers who attend the Northeast Beaches Conference can receive a total of 11 Continuing Education Credits (CECs) for attending both days of the conference! For information about how to get CECs from ASFPM for attending the conference, go to: http://www.floods.org/index.asp?menuID=217&firstlevelmenuID=180&siteID=1
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UPDATE - June 23, 2009:
National Weather Service Hydrologist DAVID VALLEE joins program on 9/22 as the featured speaker at the dinner meeting
David Vallee is the Hydrologist-in-Charge of the National Weather Service’s Northeast River Forecast Center. The center provides detailed water resource forecasting information to weather service offices and other collaborative agencies throughout the Northeast and New York. Prior to becoming the Hydrologist-in-Charge, David served as Science and Operations Officer, and Hurricane Program Leader at the NWS Weather Forecast Office, in Taunton, MA from 2001 through 2006, and as Senior Service Hydrologist from 1993 through 2000.
David has extensive experience leading hydrometeorological forecast and warning operations and directing weather research and training programs. He has conducted research on a variety of topics including flooding, severe weather forecasting and radar detection, orographically enhanced heavy rainfall in southern New England, coastal flood climatology and the behavior and characteristics of New England Tropical Cyclones. David has served as the NWS lead investigator with the State University of New York, at Albany, on a multi-year project addressing Land Falling Tropical Cyclones in the Northeastern United States. This multi-faceted project is aimed at improving the forecasting of heavy precipitation associated with these land falling tropical cyclones, as well as developing a better understanding the mechanisms which lead to the recurvature and rapid acceleration of tropical cyclones as they approach the Northeast.
David is a graduate of Lyndon State College. He is a life long resident of the Rhode Island, now living in the northeast part of Cumberland, with his wife and two sets of twins! He considers it a tremendous privilege to be serving the people of the very region he calls home.
The topic of Mr. Vallee's dinner meeting address will be The Realities of Hurricanes in New England
Abstract: Hurricanes affecting the Northeast United States are considered low frequency but tremendously high impact events. The region is fortunate in one sense: we do understand the behavior of these systems as they race toward us. We must use that understanding to our advantage in continuing efforts to make our communities as resilient and best prepared as possible. David’s presentation will examine the behavior of these devastating tropical cyclones and will address aspects of the heavy rainfall and riverine flooding, high winds, and storm surge and coastal flooding.
The dinner meeting will be at the Flying Bridge Restaurant at 220 Scranton Road, Falmouth, MA 02540.
Contact Information:
David R. Vallee
Hydrologist-in-Charge
NOAA/NWS Northeast River Forecast Center
445 Myles Standish Blvd.
Taunton, MA 02780
(508) 824-5116 ∙
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C O N T A C T I N F O R M A T I O N
The Northeast Beaches Conference PLANNING Committee Chairman is Bob Hamilton (Woods Hole Group); click to contact Bob via e-mail.
For information about PRESENTATIONS, please click here or on the "Northeast Beaches Program" tab at the top of the page. You may also contact Rich Weggel (Drexel University) at .
For information about the FIELD TRIPS, please contact Rebecca Haney (Mass Coastal Zone Management) at .
For information about SPONSORSHIP opportunities including EXHIBIT space, please click here or on the "Sponsorship" tab at the top of the page. To learn more or to sign up, please contact Ted Thies (Earth Protection Systems) at or (774) 521-4100.
GENERAL INQUIRIES can be sent to Christine Odiaga (IECA Northeast Chapter) at .
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