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Young, Adam

Project Scientist

Degrees:

• B.S., California State Polytechnic University, SLO
• M.S., UC San Diego
• Ph.D., UC San Diego

Research Interests:

• Coastal Processes
• Natural Hazards
• Quantitative Geomorphology

Honors and Awards:

• American Shore and Beach Preservation Association Educational Award
• California Shore and Beach Preservation Association Wiegel Scholarship Award
• Recognition of Excellence in Research - California State Senate
• Cal Boating Postdoctoral Fellowship

Young, A.,R. T., Guza, P. Adams, W. O'Reilly, and R. Flick, in press. Cross-shore decay of cliff top ground motions driven by local ocean swell and infragravity waves, J. Geophys. Res.

Young, A., P. Adams, W. O'Reilly, R. Flick, and R. T. Guza, 2011. Coastal cliff ground motions from local ocean swell and infragravity waves in southern California, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C09007,doi:10.1029/2011JC007175.

Young, A.P., Guza, R.T., O’Reilly, W.C., Flick, R.E., and Gutierrez, R., 2011. Short-term retreat statistics of a slowly eroding coastal cliff, Natural Hazards and Earth Systems Sciences 11, 205-217.

Olsen, M. J., A.P. Young, and S.A. Ashford, 2011. Top CAT—Topographical Compartment Analysis Tool to analyze seacliff and beach change in GIS, Computers & Geosciences.

Chadwick, B., R. Flick, J. Helly, T. Nishikawa, P. F. Wang, W. O'Reilly, R. Guza, P. Bromirski, A. Young, W. Crampton, B. Wild, I. Canner, 2011. A framework for sea level rise vulnerability assessment for southwest U.S. military installations. OCEANS 2011 Conference Proceedings, 10p.

Young, A.P., Olsen, M.J., Driscoll, N., Flick, R.E, Gutierrez, R., Guza, R.T., Johnstone, E., and Kuester, F., 2010. Comparison of airborne and terrestrial LIDAR estimates of seacliff erosion in southern California. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 76(4), 421-427.

Young, A.P., Raymond, J.H., Sorenson, J., Johnstone, E.A., Driscoll, N.W., Guza, R.T., Flick, R.E., 2010. Coarse Sediment Yields from Seacliff Erosion in the Oceanside Littoral Cell, Journal of Coastal Research 26(3), 580-585.

Young, A.P., Guza, R.T., Flick, R.E., O’Reilly, W.C., and Gutierrez, R., 2009. Rain, Waves, & Short-Term Seacliff Evolution, Marine Geology 267, 1-7.

Young, A.P., Flick, R.E., Gutierrez, R., and Guza, R.T., 2009. Comparison of Short-Term Seacliff Retreat Measurement Methods in Del Mar, California, Geomorphology 112, 318-323.

Young, A. P. and Ashford, S. A., 2008. Instability Investigation of Cantilevered Seacliffs. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33, 1661-1677.

Olsen, M.J., Johnstone, E., Ashford, S.A., Driscoll, N., Young, A.P., Hsieh, T.J., and Kuester, F., 2008. Rapid Response to Seacliff Erosion in San Diego County, California using Terrestrial LIDAR, ASCE Solutions to Coastal Disasters Conference Proceedings, 2008, Oahu, Hawaii, 573-583.

Hsieh, T., Olsen, M.J., Johnstone, E., Young, A.P., Driscoll, N., Ashford, S.A., and Kuester, F., 2007. VR-based visual analytics of LIDAR data for cliff erosion assessment, Proceedings of the 2007 ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology, Newport Beach, California, 249-250.

Young, A. P. and Ashford, S. A., 2007. Quantifying Sub-Regional Seacliff Erosion Using Mobile Terrestrial LIDAR, Shore and Beach, 75(3), 38-43.

Young, A. P. and Ashford, S. A., 2006. Application of Airborne LIDAR for Seacliff Volumetric Change and Beach-Sediment Budget Contributions. Journal of Coastal Research, 22(2), 307-318.

Young, A. P. and Ashford, S. A., 2006. Performance Evaluation of Seacliff Erosion Control Methods. Shore and Beach, 74(2), 16-24.