Author: Sarah Kotsay

August 2020 Project Updates

The ongoing health crisis has been a challenge for us all. While most of CIRCA’s work, transitioned to virtual formats this past spring, the hard work and efforts of everyone at UConn, CIRCA, and our partners allowed us to keep the Resilient Connecticut project on track, and we thank everyone for their efforts during this […]

June 2020 Project Updates

Connecticut Coastal Towns Storm Annual Exceedance Probability & Return Interval The CIRCA team reproduced the highest 44 storms between 1950-2018 using a coupled circulation and wave model. The modeled events are fit to a probability distribution to statistically estimate the annual exceedance probabilities (AEP) and return periods for expected storms. The results presented here are […]

Forming local resilience committees – October 31st Webinar

Resilient Connecticut Webinar Series Forming local resilience committees: A discussion with two Connecticut coastal towns Webinar held on Thursday, October 31, 2019 11:00 am – 12:00 pm As the impacts of climate change are increasingly felt at a local level, community-driven resilience planning becomes ever-more important. On October 31st CIRCA hosted staff from two coastal […]