Peer-reviewed Publications

Hino, M., Anarde, K., Fridell, T., McCune, R., Thelen, T., Farquhar, E., Woodard, P., & Whipple, A., (2025). in press. Land-based sensors reveal high frequency of coastal flooding. Nature Communications Earth and Environment.

Thelen, T., Anarde, K. A., Dietrich., C., & Hino., M. (2024). Wind and rain combine with tides to cause frequent and unexpected coastal floods. Water Research, 266, 122339.

Carr, M. M., Gold, A. C., Harris, A., Anarde, K., Hino, M., Sauers, N., et al. (2024). Fecal bacteria contamination of floodwaters and a coastal waterway from tidally‐driven stormwater network inundation. GeoHealth, 8, e2024GH001020.

Gold, A., Anarde, K., Grimley, L., Neve, R., Srebnik, E. R., Thelen, T., et al. (2023). Data from the drain: A sensor framework that captures multiple drivers of chronic coastal floods. Water Resources Research, 59, e2022WR032392.

GitHub Repositories

Sunny Day Flood Sensors (SuDS) Tutorials-v1: step-by-step instructions to build and deploy the SDFP loggers and cameras described in Gold et al., (2023) (AC powered and wifi) to measure chronic coastal floods outside of extreme events in urban communities.

Sunny Day Flood Sensors (SuDS) Tutorials-v2: step-by-step instructions to build and deploy version 2 of the SDFP loggers and cameras (solar powered and cellular) to measure chronic coastal floods outside of extreme events in rural communities.

TinyCamMLs: materials for building and coding low-cost, open source, smart cameras that can detect flooding on roadways using machine learning, while decreasing data transmission costs and preserving privacy.

Coastal Conductivity Communication Probe (C3PO): low-cost, open source, conductivity probes that can detect whether roadway floodwaters are composed of freshwater or saltwater.

Presentations and Interviews

Washington Post: Anatomy of a Flood (2024)

PBS NC State of Change: Flooding in the Streets (2022)

SE CASC Podcast: Coastal Engineering with Thomas Thelen (2025)

Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center Parlor Talk: Changes in the Tides (2024)

NASA Sea Level Rise Seminar: Incidence and Impacts of Chronic Coastal Flooding in North Carolina (2024)

Waterloop Podcast: Flooding On A Sunny Day (2022)

More Resources

Devices for Retrofitting Stormwater Management Systems to Reduce Tidal Flood Impacts

Chronic Coastal Flooding Tolerance in Rural North Carolina

Chronic Coastal Flooding in Rural Areas: Adapting in place or migrating from risk?

NC Sea Grant Fact Sheet: Exercise Caution – Tidal floods may contain pollutants