Assessing sea-level rise and flooding changes in the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta using historical water-level records

Science activity #53106, updated 10 October 2023

Assessing sea-level rise and flooding changes in the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta using historical water-level records

Description / purpose

The project aims to recover, digitize, and analyze more than 1300 station years of ‘lost-and-forgotten’ water level records collected from 1857 to 1982 in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. These measurements, augmented by modern data, will improve our understanding of tidal, flood, and sea level trends in the system. By determining ‘hotspots’ of habitat and flood risk sensitivity, the results may be used to better focus future scientific and management priorities, to protect the environment, manage flood risk, and enhance community resilience to climate change

Linked science activities

None specified

Collaborators

Stefan Talke, Principal investigator - California State University [CSU]

Activity status

1 Awarded / Initiating (2022)
2 In progress / Ongoing
3 Complete

Funding summary

Total allocated funding: $529,809

Delta Stewardship Council - Delta Science Program: $529,809

Label	Value
Contract # or labor code	DSC-21024
Implementing organization	California State University [CSU]
Funding organization	Delta Stewardship Council - Delta Science Program
Funding Source	Not provided
Date of award	2022-05-01
Date of fiscal year-end	2024-06-30
Total award amount	$529,809
State type of obligation	Not provided
Federal type of obligation	Not provided
Reimbursability	Not provided
Procurement mechanism	Not provided

Location

Subbasins

Delta regions

Geographic tags

None specified

Products and outputs

Type	Title	Description	Views
	Project at-a-glance	Short summary of the project in aesthetically plea	14
	Science in Short Podcast: Going Ultra-Local with Delta Data: Looking Back to See the Future	Science-in-Short is a quarterly podcast introdu	1

Type and context

Science action area

SAA Need 1 (2022-2026): Improve coordination and integration of large-scale experiments, data collection, and evaluation across scales and institutions , SAA Need 6 (2022-2026): Assess and anticipate climate change impacts to support successful adaptation strategies , SAA Action Area 2 (2017-2021): Capitalize on existing data through increasing science synthesis , SAA Action Area 5 (2017-2021): Modernize monitoring, data management, and modeling

Management themes

Environmental conditions , Flood risk and land use management

Science themes

Environmental conditions , Hydrologic changes , Hydrology and hydrodynamics , Land use and human activities

Types

Status and trend monitoring , Synthesis , Targeted foundational research

Science functions

Data application – Data analysis , Data application – Modeling , Research

Management actions

None specified

Science Topics

Backwater , Climate change , Environmental drivers , Estuaries , Land elevation , Levees , Outflow , Sea level rise , Stage , Subsidence , Surface water / flow , Tides , Velocity , Vessels and shipping channels , Water , Wind

Lead implementing organization

California State University [CSU]

Partner implementing organizations

University of South Carolina

Funding organizations

Delta Stewardship Council - Delta Science Program

Funding programs

None specified

Funding sources

None specified