Dr. Vivien Gornitz

PUBLICATIONS

2019    Gornitz, V., Vanishing Ice; Glaciers, Ice Sheets and Rising Oceans. Columbia University Press. 

2019     Gornitz, V., Oppenheimer, M., Kopp, R., Orton, P., Buchanan, M., Lin, N., Horton, R., and Bader, D., 2019: New York City Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report. Chapter 3. Sea level rise. In:  Advancing Tools and Methods for Flexible Adaptation Pathways and Science Policy Integration. Rosenzweig C, Solecki W (eds). Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 1439: 71-94.

2019    Orton, P., Lin, N., Gornitz, V., Colle, B., Booth, J,, Feng, K., Buchanan, M., Oppenheimer, M., and Patrick, L., New York City Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report. Chapter 4. Coastal Flooding. In:  Advancing Tools and Methods for Flexible Adaptation Pathways and Science Policy Integration. Rosenzweig C, Solecki W (eds). Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 1439:95-114.

2019    Patrick, L., Solecki, W., Gornitz, V., Orton, P., and Blumberg, A., New York City Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report. Chapter 5. Mapping Climate Risk. In:  Advancing Tools and Methods for Flexible Adaptation Pathways and Science Policy Integration. Rosenzweig C, Solecki W (eds). Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 1439:115-125.

2018    Gornitz, V. Natural hazards. In: C.W. Finkl and C. Makowski, eds., Encyclopedia of Coastal Science, 2nd edition. Springer, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-48657-4_221-2.

2018    Dawson, R., Shah Alam Khan, M., Gornitz, V., Lemos, M. F., Atkinson, L., Pullen, J.,Osorio, J. C., and Usher, L., 2018. Chapter 9. Urban areas in coastal zones. In C. Rosenzweig, W. Solecki, P. Romero-Lankao, S. Mehrotra, S. Dhakal, and S. Ali Ibrahim (eds.), Climate Change and Cities: Second Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network. Cambridge University Press.

2018    Gornitz, V. and David C. Major, 2018. Case Study 9.8. Preparing for sea-level rise, coastal storms, and other climate change-induced hazards in New York. In: Chap. 9. Urban areas in coastal zones. C. Rosenzweig, W. Solecki, P. Romero-Lankao, S. Mehrotra, S. Dhakal, and S. Ali Ibrahim (eds.), Climate Change and Cities: Second Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network. Cambridge University Press, p.351-352. 

2018    Gornitz, V., Chapter 17: Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Urban Areas. In: Our Warming Planet: Topics in Climate Dynamics. Lectures in Climate Change, Vol. 1. Rosenzweig, C., Rind, D., Lacis, A., Manley, D., (Eds), World Scientific Publishing. (In press).

2018    Gornitz, V. and Blumberg, A.; contributing authors: Brady, M., Cohn, A., Hartig, E.K., Patrick, L., and Rafferty, P. 2017. Chap. 3.7 Coastal Zones. In: U.S. Cities and Climate Change: Urban, Infrastructure, and Vulnerability Issues, Technical Input to the National Climate Assessment Urban Zone. W. Solecki and C. Rosenzweig, eds. Island Press. (In press).

2017    Gornitz, V., Horton, R., Bader, D.A., Orton, P., and Rosenzweig, C., Coping with higher sea levels and increased coastal flooding in New York City. In: Climate Change Adaptation in North America: Experiences, Case Studies and Best Practices, W.L. Filho and J.M. Keenan, Springer. 

2017    Gornitz, V. Eustasy. In: C.W. Finkl and C. Makowski, eds., Encyclopedia of Coastal Science, Springer, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-48657-4_142-2 

2017    Gornitz, V. Storm surge. In: C.W. Finkl and C. Makowski, eds., Encyclopedia of Coastal Science, Springer, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-48657-4_298-2

2015    Horton, R., Little, C., Gornitz, V., Bader, D., and Oppenheimer, M., 2015. Sea level rise and coastal storms. In: Building the Knowledge Base for Climate Resiliency: New York City Panel on Climate Change 2015 Report. C. Rosenzweig and W. Solecki, eds. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1336: 36-44.

2015    Orton, P., Vinogradov, S., Georgas, N., Blumberg, A., Lin, N., Gornitz, V., Little, C., Jacob, K., and Horton, R. Dynamic coastal flood modeling. In: Building the Knowledge Base for Climate Resiliency: New York City Panel on Climate Change 2015 Report. C. Rosenzweig and W. Solecki, eds. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1336: 56-66.

2015    Solecki, W., Rosenzweig, C., Gornitz, V., Horton, R., Major, D.C., Patrick, L., and Zimmerman, R., 2015. Climate change and infrastructure adaptation in coastal New York City. In: Climate Change and the Coast: Building Resilient Communities. B. Glacovic, R. Kaye, M. Kelly, and A. Travers, eds. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; Taylor and Francis.

2013    Gornitz, V. Rising Seas: Past, Present, and Future, Columbia University Press. 

2013    Gornitz, V., In: C. Rosenzweig and W. Solecki (Co-Chairs), New York City Panel on Climate Change, June, 2013. Climate Risk Information 2013: Observations, Climate Change Projections, and Maps. 36p. Member, New York City Panel on Climate Change.

2012    Major, D.C., Gornitz, V., Horton, R., Bader, D., Solecki, W., and Rosenzweig, C. Climate adaptation in New York City. In:  Aerts, J., Botzen, W., Bowman, M.J., Ward, P.J., and Dirke, P., Climate Adaptation and Flood Risk in Coastal Cities. Earthscan: London, New York, 265-283.

2011    Rosenzweig, C., Solecki, W.D., Blake, R., Bowman, M., Faris, C., Gornitz, V., Horton, R., Jacob, K., LeBlanc, A., Leichenko, R., Linkin, M., Major, D., O’Grady, M., Patrick, L., Sussman, E., Yohe, G., and Zimmerman, R. Developing coastal adaptation to climate change in the New York City infrastructure-shed: process, approach, tools, and strategies. Climatic Change 106, 93-127.

2011    Horton, R.M., Gornitz, V., Bader, D.A., Ruane, A.C., Goldberg, R., and Rosenzweig, R. Climate hazard assessment for stakeholder adaptation planning in New York City.  Journal of Applied Meteorology & Climate, 50 (11), 2247-2266. doi:10.1175/2011JAMC2521.1

2011    Buonaiuto, F., Patrick, L., Gornitz, V., Hartig, E., Leichnko, R. and Vancura, P., 2011. Coastal Zones. In: Responding to Climate Change in New York State: the ClimAID Integrated Assessment for Effective Climate Change Adaptation Final Report. C. Rosenzwieg, W. Solecki, A. DeGaetano, M. O’Grady, S. Hassol and P. Grabhorn, eds. Annals of the New York Academy of Science, v. 1244, p. 121-162.

2010    Milly, P.C.D., Cazenave, A., Famiglietti, J.S., Gornitz, V., Laval, K., Lettenmaier, D.P., Sahagian, D.L., Wahr, J.M., and Wilson, C.R. Terrestrial water-storage contributions to sea-level rise and variability. In: Understanding Sea-Level Rise and Variability. Church, J.A. and Woodworth, P.L., eds. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK.

2010    Horton, R., Gornitz, V. and Bowman, M. Climate Observations and Projections. In: New York City Panel on Climate Change 2010 Report. Climate Change Adaptation in New York City: Building a Risk Management Response. C. Rosenzweig and W. Solecki, eds. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1196, 41-85.

2009    Gornitz, V., ed., Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments, Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 1047p.

2009    Gornitz, V. and Rosenzweig, C. Severe storms and sea level rise in New York City. Water Resources IMPACT, 11(10), 10-14.

2008    Horton, R., Herweijer, C., Rosenzweig, C., Liu, J., Gornitz, V., and Ruane, A.C. Sea level rise projections for current generation CGCMs based on the semi-empirical method. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L02715, doi:10.1029/2007GL032486.

2007    Rosenzweig, C., Horton, R., Major, D., Gornitz, V., and Jacob, K. Appendix 2. Climate Component, 8.8.07 MTA Task Force Report. In: August 8, 2007 Storm Report, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, E.G. Sander, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer.

2007    Church, J.A., Nicholls, R., Hay, J.E., and Gornitz, V., 2007. Chapter 6C. Ice and Sea-Level Change. In: Global Outlook for Ice & Snow. UNEP: Nairobi, Kenya, p. 153-180.

2007    Jacob, K., Gornitz, V., and Rosenzweig, C., Vulnerability of the New York City metropolitan area to coastal hazards, including sea level rise: Inferences for urban coastal risk management and adaptation policies. In: L. McFadden, R.J. Nicholls, and E. Penning-Rowsell, eds., Managing Coastal Vulnerability. Elsevier Science Publishers: Amsterdam, the Netherlands, p. 141-158.

2005    Gornitz, V., Sea level rise.  Encyclopedia of World Climatology, J.E. Oliver, ed., Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, p. 641-644.

2005    Syvitski, J.P.M., Harvey, N., Wolanski, E., Burnett, W.C., Perillo, G.M.E., and Gornitz, V. Chapter 2. Dynamics of the Coastal Zone, in: Crossland, C.J., Kremer, H.H., Lindeboom, H.J., Crossland, J.I.k, and Le Tissier, M.D. A., eds., Coastal Change in the Anthropocene: The Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. Springer, Texel, the Netherlands.

2004    Gornitz, V., Hale, S., Larsen, K., Levine, N., Rosenzweig, C., and Sacks, L. Bracing for Climate Change in the Constitution State: What Connecticut Could Face. Environmental Defense: New York, NY, 42p.

2003    Gornitz, V. and Hartig. E.K., Vulnerable shores of the New York area: preparing for sea level rise. In: Urban Beaches: Balancing Public Rights and Private Development, L. Ewing, T. Herrington, and O. Magoon, eds., Proc. of the NSBPA 4th Annual Conference, Oct. 24-26, 2001, Hoboken, NJ, p.82-88, ASCE.

2002    Gornitz, V., Couch, S., and Hartig, E.K., Impacts of sea level rise in the New York City metropolitan area. Global and Planet. Change, 32, 61-88.

2002    Hartig, E.K., Gornitz, V., Kolker, A., Mushacke, F., and Fallon, D. Anthropogenic and climate-change impacts on salt marshes of Jamaica Bay, New York City. Wetlands, 22, 71-89.

2001    Hartig, E.K., Kolker, A., and Gornitz, V., 7.2. Investigations into recent salt marsh losses in Jamaica Bay. In: Integrated Reconnaissance of the Physical and Biogeochemical Characteristics of Jamaica Bay—Final Report, July 2001. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, p. 21-40.

2001    Gornitz, V. Impoundment, groundwater mining, and other hydrological transformations: impacts on global sea level rise. In: Sea Level Rise: History and Consequences, B.C. Douglas, M.S. Kearney, S.P. Leatherman, eds., Academic Press, p. 97-119.

2001    Gornitz, V., with S. Couch. Sea-Level Rise and Coasts. In: Climate Change and a Global City: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change--Metro East Coast. C. Rosenzweig and W. Solecki, eds. Report for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, National Assessment of Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change for the United States, Columbia Earth Institute, New York, p.21-46.

2000    Small, C., Gornitz, V., and Cohen, J.E. Coastal hazards and the global distribution of human population. Environmental Geosciences. 7(1), 3-12.

2000    Russell, G.L., Gornitz, V., and Miller, J.R., Regional sea level changes projected by the NASA/GISS atmosphere-ocean model. Climate Dynamics, 16, 789-797.

1998    Gornitz, V., with contributions from the International Sea Level Workshop. Design of a Global Sea Level Network for Monitoring Climate Variability on Seasonal to Centennial Time Scales. Appendix A in Workshop Report of the International Sea Level Workshop, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 10-11, 1997. GCOS No. 43, GOOS No. 55, ICPO No. 16.

1997    Gornitz, V., Rosenzweig, C., and Hillel, D.: Effects of anthropogenic intervention in the land hydrologic cycle on global sea level rise. Global and Planet. Change, 14, 147-161.

1997    Gornitz, V.: Mars: Geology. In:  Encyclopedia of Planetary Sciences. J. Shirley and R.W. Fairbridge (eds.). Chapman & Hall, London, UK, pp. 441-450