Annette Grilli

Biography

Dr. Grilli‘s research interests include ocean renewable energy assessment and coastal hazard assessment. Of particular interest in renewable energy assessment is the siting optimization of offshore wind farms, including environmental and societal constraints. Current interest in coastal hazard assessment is on the use of numerical models and statistics to assess the coastal impact of extreme events (tsunami, extreme storms).

Research

  • Coastal Hazard Assessment
  • Coastal Erosion Modeling
  • Wave Modeling
  • Marine Hydrokinetic and Offshore Wind Resource Assessment

Education

  • Ph.D., Climatology, University of Delaware, 2000
  • M.S., Oceanography, University of Liege, Belgium, 1984
  • B.S., Geography, University of Liege, Belgium, 1983
  • B.S., Education, University of Liege, Belgium, 1983

Selected Publications

Schuh E, Grilli AR, Groestsch F, et al. Assessing the morphodynamic response of a New England beach-barrier system to an artificial reef. Coastal Engineering, 2023; 184(9), 104355. doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2023.104355
Grilli ST, Mohammadpour M, Schambach L, Grilli AR. Tsunami Coastal Hazard along the US East Coast from coseismic sources in the Açores convergence zone and the Caribbean arc areas. Natural Hazards, 2021. doi: 10.1007/s11069-021-05103-y
Grilli ST, Zhang C, Kirby JT, et al. Modeling of the Dec. 22nd 2018 Anak Krakatau volcano lateral collapse and tsunami based on recent field surveys: Comparison with observed tsunami impact. Marine Geology, 2021; 106566. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106566
Grilli AR, Westcott G, Grilli ST, Spaulding ML, Shi F, Kirby JT. Assessing coastal hazard from extreme storms with a phase resolving wave model: Case study of Narragansett, RI, USA. Coastal Engineering, 2020; 160, 103735. doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2020.103735
Spaulding ML, Grilli A, Damon C, Crean T, Fugate G. Application of STORMTOOLS Coastal Environmental Risk Index (CERI) to Inform State and Local Planning and Decision Making along the Southern RI Shoreline. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020; 8(4), 295. doi: 10.3390/jmse8040295
Spaulding ML, Grilli A, Damon C, Hashemi R, Kouhi S, Fugate G. STORMTOOLS Design Elevation (SDE) Maps: Including impact of sea level rise. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020; 8(4), 292. doi: 10.3390/jmse8040292
Spaulding ML, Grilli A, Damon C, et al. STORMTOOLS, Coastal Environmental Risk Index (CERI) Risk and Damage Assessment App. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020; 8(2), 129. doi: 10.3390/jmse8020129
Grilli ST, Tappin DR, Carey S, et al. Modelling of the tsunami from the December 22, 2018 lateral collapse of Anak Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Straits, Indonesia. Scientific Reports, 2019; 9(1), 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48327-6
Guérin C-A, Grilli ST, Moran P, Grilli AR, Insua TL. Tsunami Detection by High-Frequency Radar in British Columbia: Performance Assessment of the Time-Correlation Algorithm for Synthetic and Real Events. Ocean Dynamics. 2018; 68, 423-438. doi: 10.1007/s10236-018-1139-7
Schambach L, Grilli AR, Grilli ST, Hashemi MR, King JW. Assessing the Impact of Extreme Storms on Barrier Beaches Along the Atlantic Coastline: Application to the Southern Rhode Island Coast. Coastal Engineering. 2018; 133, 26-42. doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2017.12.004

Recent Grants

5/18/2023. Co-PI. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce. “CI - Modeling, Visualizing and Communicating Nor'esters, Hurricanes Threats with Sea-Level Rise to Support Coastal Management of New England.”
9/20/2022. Co-PI. Northeast States Emergency Consortium. “United States East Coast Tsunami Hazard Program (FY22).”
 8/3/2022. Co-PI. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce. “CI - Modeling, Visualizing and Communicating Nor'esters, Hurricanes Threats with Sea-Level Rise to Support Coastal Management of New England.”
9/27/2921. Co-PI. Department of Energy. “Design, optimization, and control of floating offshore wind farms for optimal energy production.”
9/17/2021. Co-PI. Northeast States Emergency Consortium, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “United States East Coast Tsunami Hazard Program”
9/9/2021. Co-PI. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “CI: Modeling, Visualizing and Communicating Nor’easters and Hurricane Threats”
10/19/2020. Co-PI. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program. “United States East Coast Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program”
12/19/2019. Co-PI. Creare Inc. "Phase II SBIR: Development of Ship Motion Sea State Predictor."
1/11/2019. Co-PI. Creare LLC. “Estimation of Sea State Based on Measured Ship Response.”
12/14/2018. PI. RI Coastal Res Mgt.Council. “Stormtool Risk and Damage Assessment APP.”
3/15/2018. Co-PI. Creare LLC. “Estimation of Sea State Based on Measured ship Response.”
2/22/2018. Co-PI. National Science Foundation. “NSFGEO-NERC Caldera-Forming Eruption-Generated Tsunamis.”
10/22/2017. Co-PI. RI Coastal Resource Management Council. “CI - Developing the Rhode Island Coastal Environmental Risk Index to Inform State and Local Planning and Decision Making.”
10/12/2017. Co-PI. University of Delaware. “Modeling Tsunami Inundation and Hazard for the US East Coast (Phase 6).”
10/10/2017. Co-PI. RI Coastal Resource Management Council. “A Hydrodynamic Model Study to Assess the Impact of Dredging the Channels Connecting Ninigret and Green Hill Pont on Circulation and Flushing of Green Hill Pont, Charlestown, RI.”
10/4/2017. PI. RI Coastal Resource Management Council. “HUD VI Design Elevation Maps.”
2/7/2017. Co-PI. . University of Victoria. “Development of Tsunami Detection Algorithms by HF Radar Applicable to the Area Off of Vancouver Island BC.”

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