Cheng Zhang¹, James T Kirby Jr², Stephan T Grilli³, Fengyan Shi¹ and Gangfeng Ma⁴, (1)University of Delaware, Center for Applied Coastal Research, Newark, DE, United States, (2)University of Delaware, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Newark, DE, United States, (3)University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States, (4)Old Dominion University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Norfolk, VA, United States