Bibliography
All sources cited in this project, formatted in APA 7th edition style.
Government Reports & Official Sources
- Blake, E. S., Kimberlain, T. B., Berg, R. J., Cangialosi, J. P., & Beven, J. L. (2013). Tropical cyclone report: Hurricane Sandy (AL182012). National Hurricane Center. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL182012_Sandy.pdf
- City of New York. (2013). A stronger, more resilient New York. Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency (SIRR). https://www.nyc.gov/html/sirr/downloads/pdf/final_report/001SIRR_cover_for_DoITT.pdf
- Federal Emergency Management Agency. (2013). Hurricane Sandy FEMA after-action report. https://alnap.hacdn.io/media/documents/sandy-fema-aar.pdf
- National Hurricane Center. (2013). NWS warning and product changes associated with post-tropical cyclones (Service Change Notice 13-21). National Weather Service. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/news/20130404_scn_postTropicalChanges.php
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2013). Hurricane/Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy, October 22–29, 2012 (Service Assessment). NOAA/NWS. https://www.weather.gov/media/publications/assessments/Sandy13.pdf
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services. (2013). Hurricane Sandy, October 29, 2012: Water level and meteorological data report. https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/publications/Hurricane_Sandy_2012_Water_Level_and_Meteorological_Data_Report.pdf
- National Centers for Environmental Information. (2024). Costliest U.S. tropical cyclones (CPI-adjusted to 2024 dollars). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/
Climate Science & IPCC
- IPCC. (2021). Climate change 2021: The physical science basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009157896
- IPCC. (2022). Climate change 2022: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009325844
- Kemp, A. C., & Horton, B. P. (2013). Contribution of relative sea-level rise to historical hurricane flooding in New York City. Journal of Quaternary Science, 28(6), 537–541. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2653
- Trenberth, K. E. (2012). Framing the way to relate climate extremes to climate change. Climatic Change, 115(2), 283–290. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-012-0441-5
Sea Level Rise & Storm Surge
- Lin, N., Emanuel, K., Oppenheimer, M., & Vanmarcke, E. (2012). Physically based assessment of hurricane surge threat under climate change. Nature Climate Change, 2(6), 462–467. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1389
- Strauss, B. H., Orton, P. M., Bittermann, K., Buchanan, M. K., Gilford, D. M., Kopp, R. E., Kulp, S., Massey, C., de Moel, H., & Vinogradov, S. (2021). Economic damages from Hurricane Sandy attributable to sea level rise caused by anthropogenic climate change. Nature Communications, 12, 2720. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22838-1
- Sweet, W. V., Kopp, R. E., Weaver, C. P., Obeysekera, J., Horton, R. M., Thieler, E. R., & Zervas, C. (2017). Global and regional sea level rise scenarios for the United States (NOAA Technical Report NOS CO-OPS 083). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- Orton, P. M., Conticello, F. R., Cioffi, F., Hall, T. M., Georgas, N., Lall, U., Blumberg, A. F., & MacManus, K. (2020). Flood hazard assessment from storm tides, rain and sea level rise for a tidal river estuary. Natural Hazards, 102, 729–757. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-018-3251-x
Socioeconomic Impact & Vulnerability
- Abramson, D. M., Van Alst, D., Merdjanoff, A., Piltch-Loeb, R., Beedasy, J., Findley, P., Peek, L. A., Mordy, M., & Moroso, S. (2015). The Hurricane Sandy Person Report: Disaster exposure, health impacts, economic burden, and social well-being. Sandy Child and Family Health Study, Rutgers University and New York University.
- Faber, J. W. (2015). Superstorm Sandy and the demographics of flood risk in New York City. Human Ecology, 43(3), 363–378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-015-9757-x
- Kunz, M., Mühr, B., Kunz-Plapp, T., Daniell, J. E., Khazai, B., Wenzel, F., Vannieuwenhuyse, M., Matber, T., & Elmer, F. (2013). Investigation of superstorm Sandy 2012 in a multi-disciplinary approach. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 13(10), 2579–2598. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-13-2579-2013
Mitigation & Resilience
- Aerts, J. C. J. H., Botzen, W. J. W., Emanuel, K., Lin, N., de Moel, H., & Michel-Kerjan, E. O. (2014). Evaluating flood resilience strategies for coastal megacities. Science, 344(6183), 473–475. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1248222
- NYC Mayor's Office of Recovery and Resiliency. (2019). Climate resiliency design guidelines (Version 4.0). City of New York. https://www.nyc.gov/content/climate/pages/reports-and-publications/climate-resiliency-design-guidelines
- Rosenzweig, C., & Solecki, W. (2014). Hurricane Sandy and adaptation pathways in New York: Lessons from a first-responder city. Global Environmental Change, 28, 395–408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.05.003
Tropical Cyclone Trends & Attribution
- Kossin, J. P., Emanuel, K. A., & Vecchi, G. A. (2014). The poleward migration of the location of tropical cyclone maximum intensity. Nature, 509(7500), 349–352. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13278
- Kossin, J. P., Knapp, K. R., Olander, T. L., & Velden, C. S. (2020). Global increase in major tropical cyclone exceedance probability over the past four decades. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(22), 11975–11980. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1920849117
- Kossin, J. P. (2018). A global slowdown of tropical-cyclone translation speed. Nature, 558(7708), 104–107. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0158-3
- Hall, T. M., & Sobel, A. H. (2013). On the impact angle of Hurricane Sandy's New Jersey landfall. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(10), 2312–2315. https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50395
Photo Credits
- NASA MODIS / Terra Satellite. (2012, October 28). Hurricane Sandy [Satellite image]. Public domain.
- Shankbone, D. (2012). Manhattan blackout during Hurricane Sandy [Photograph]. CC BY 3.0.
- Shankbone, D. (2012). Manhattan power outage during Hurricane Sandy [Photograph]. CC BY 3.0.
- U.S. Air Force. (2012, October 30). New Jersey coastline aerial after Hurricane Sandy [Photograph]. Public domain.
- Henderson, J. (2012). John B. Caddell tanker beached on Front Street, Staten Island [Photograph]. Public domain.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (2012). New Jersey shore flooding after Hurricane Sandy [Photograph]. Public domain.
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority. (2012). Pump train in Cranberry Street subway tunnel [Photograph]. CC BY 2.0.
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority. (2012). Hugh L. Carey Tunnel flooded [Photograph]. CC BY 2.0.
- U.S. Coast Guard. (2012). Breezy Point, Queens fire damage aerial [Photograph]. Public domain.
- Henderson, J. (2012). Fuel shortage lines in New York City [Photograph]. Public domain.
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority. (2012). Boat on subway tracks [Photograph]. CC BY 2.0.
- Henderson, J. (2012). Brooklyn storm damage at bay [Photograph]. Public domain.
- Zifan, A. (2016). USA map of Köppen climate classification [Map]. Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA_map_of_K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification.svg
All references are formatted in APA 7th edition style. URLs are provided where available. Accessed May 2026.