Visualizing Sea Level Rise: A Glimpse a Rhode Island’s Future Coastline
by A.J. Wilson
Rhode Sea Grant & the University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center
23. with 3 feet of SLR Perrotti Park/ Newport Visitors Center, Newport, RI High Tide (3.8 ft) Plus 3ft of sea level rise projection
24. Perrotti Park/ Newport Visitors Center, Newport, RI Average Spring Tide 1997- 2007 (7.03ft) plus 3ft of sea level rise projection
25. Goat Island Causeway, Newport RI High Tide (3.8 ft) Clearance 14 ft at MHW high tide
26. Goat Island Causeway, Newport, RI High Tide (3.8 ft) plus an additional 3 ft of sea level rise projection. Clearance less than 11ft.
27. Goat Island Causeway, Newport, RI Average Spring Tide 1997- 2007 (7.03ft) plus an additional 3 ft of sea level rise projection . Clearance at high tide reduced to less than 8ft
28. Ida Lewis Yacht club / King’s Point, Newport, RI High Tide (3.8 ft)
29. Ida Lewis Yacht Club / King’s Point, Newport, RI High Tide (3.8 ft) plus 3ft of sea level rise projection
30. Ida Lewis Yacht club / King’s Point, Newport, RI Average Spring Tide 1997- 2007 (7.03ft) plus 3ft sea level rise projection