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Tal Ezer, Ph.D.
Professor of Ocean and Earth Sciences (OES), Old Dominion University (ODU)
Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography (CCPO), 4111 Monarch Way, Norfolk, VA 23508 (e-mail)
Classes: Physical Oceanography, Waves and Tides, Ocean Modeling and Prediction (link)

Editor-in-Chief: - by - .
Organizations: VMASC , ICAR , ODU-RC , CCRFR , MARI , FloodAdapForum , Larry's SLR , CoastPredict.org , OceanVisions.org
Coordinator: Graduate Certificate in Modeling & Simulation in Oceanography
Manager: Princeton Ocean Model Users Group (POM)

Education: PhD, Physical Oceanography , Florida State University (1989), M.Sc., Atmospheric Sciences, (1984), B.Sc., Physics & Mathematics, Hebrew University (1981)
Postdoc & Research Scholar, Princeton University (1989-2006), Visiting Professor NOC Southampton, UK (2014)
Awards: Highly Cited Papers (top 1%) (2016,2019) , Most Cited JGR paper , Most Viewed JGR paper , AGU's Excellence in Refereeing (EOS, Jun2014) , Distinguished Research Award (May2017) , MIT Solve Finalist (Sep2018)
Research.com ranking of best scientists in Earth Science , Stanford U. World Ranking of Scientists (Nov2020) , in ODU News , Dec2023 list


NORFOLK FLOOD PICTURES: (free to use with credit)
2012 (Sandy), 2013, 2015 (Joaquin), 2016 (Hermine), 2017 (KingTide) 2018 (Florence) 8/26/2019 9/6/2019 (Dorian) May/2022 (Wind Event) Oct/2022 (remnants of Hur. Ian) Floods Before/After
Norfolk Hourly WL (1927-2022) ANNUAL FLOOD HOURS, 1ft: 2ft: 3ft: nuisance (53cm): Flood projection 2100: ,Movie( AVI , GIF )
TOP STORM SURGES 1930-2019: TOP SNOW STORMS 1890-2021: (table) _ SEA-LEVEL vs. GULF-STREAM:
VIDEOS from drones: Hurricane Matthew (Oct2016), Hurricane Hermine (Sep2016)
GISS/NASA Seminar on sea-level and hurricanes


My recent papers on SEA LEVEL RISE AND CLIMATE CHANGE: JGR(2013), GRL( 2012, 2013), MTS(2012, 2018), LawPolicy(2013), Earth's Future(2014, 2019), GlobalChange(2014, 2015), JCR(2015), OD(2016, 2017a, 2017b, 2018 , 2019 , 2020 , 2022) , DAO(2017) , EGU/OS(2020) , JMS(2020) , ClimDyn(2021)
2018 Hampton Roads SLR in MTS     2019 Hurricanes (also in CCPO Newsletter issues: Spring2008, Summer2013, Summer2015, Summer2016, Spring2019, Fall2019).
In News/Media: ODU News (10/18/23), Washington Post (4/10/23), WIRED News (12/8/21), NBC News (11/11/21), Courthouse News (3/5/21), ODU News (1/15/21), Post&Courier (9/22/20), UNESCO/IOC (9/23/19), WIRED News (10/4/19), Inside Climate News (9/7/19), Daily KOS (9/9/19), Post&Courier ( 9/10/19, 9/4/19, 9/6/18, GS), SciNews (8/6/19), VA-Pilot (11/2/18), ODUnews (10/4/18), VA-Pilot (9/17/18), ODUnews (9/9/18), MIT-SOLVE/RISE (6/7/18), Yale360 (4/25/18), VA-Pilot (3/14/18 online;, 3/18/18 FrontPage), VA-Pilot (Oct Print), VA Pilot (10/7/17), ClimFeedback (4/7/17), CtrPubIntegrity (11/21/16), VA SeaGrant (9/20/16), T.Kaine, WP (7/16), PhysicsToday (5/16), Sen. Warner (4/1/16), VP Foster (4/1/16), GS Blog (3/9/16), MD SLR Video (7/1/13), Globo TV, Brazil (10/1/15), Christian Sci. Monitor (10/1/15), Weather Blog (9/9/15), VaPilot (9/10/15), VaPilot (7/25/14), Science News (2/13/15), Chesapeake Quarterly (10/21/14), Union Concerned Sci (10/2014), Reuters News (7/10/14), NPR/WAMC Academic Minute (7/5/13), ODUnews (7/19/13), ODU State of Univ. Address (8/20/13), Monarch Mag (Summer/2013), Maryland SLR Proj (6/26/13), ODUnews (5/3/13), WHRV/NPR (5/1/13), Richmond Times Dispatch (4/29/13), Law & Policy J (4/26/13), Inside Bus J (4/19/13), ECOnference (4/16/13), Risk & Insur Mag (4/12/13), Discover Mag (2/14/13) , Climate Central (2/13/13) , Weather Channel (2/13/13), ODUnews (2/13), ODUnews (9/12) , Tidewater (9/23/12), Recurrent Flooding Study for Tidewater VA, OTHER WEB SITES

Other Research and Activities:
  • Numerical ocean modeling, forecast systems, data assimilation, turbulence, strait dynamics, climate change and sea level rise
  • Research on: Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, Cook Inlet (Alaska) and WAD simulations , Dead Sea, Faroe Bank Channel, Gulf Stream, Gulf of Mexico and Yucatan Channel , Kuroshio.
    Geography of my research- , Word-Cloud of my Publications-

  • mail: (cox, gmail, odu)