Publications
(Bold denotes CFL student, postdoc or PI first author)
30. Gomez, B., Diaz., G., Gallien, T.W., 2025. Numerical modeling and observations of infragravity wave propagation and amplification within a small, confined harbor, Coastal Engineering, 104816; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2025.104816
29. Delisle, M.P., Gallien, T.W., Kim, Y., 2025. Modeling beach groundwater impacts on wave runup: mechanisms and implications, accepted Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering.
28. Tang, B-X, Neederhoff, K., Gallien, T.W., Quantifying compound coastal flooding effects in urban regions using a tightly coupled 1D-2D model explicitly resolving flood defense infrastructure, 2025. Coastal Engineering, 104728; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2025.104728
27. Gomez, B., Gallien, T.W., Giddings, S.N., Tang, B-X, Whitcraft, C., Evaporation impacts on residence time and salinity transport in a low-inflow estuary, 2025. Estuaries and Coasts, 48(2), 1-17; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-024-01470-4
26. Gomez, B., Giddings, S.N., Gallien, T.W., Infragravity Wave Oscillation Forecasting in a Shallow Estuary, 2024. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 12(4), 672; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12040672
25. Lucey, J.T.D., Gallien, T.W., Quantifying compound flood event uncertainties in a wave and tidally dominated coastal region: The impacts of copula selection, sampling, record length and precipitation gauge selection, 2024. Journal of Flood Risk Management, 17 (3), e12984.
24. Delisle, M-P.C., Gallien, T.W., Kim, Y., A numerical study of dam-break driven swash and beach groundwater interactions, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research- Oceans, 128 (9), e2022JC019615.
23. Tang B-X., Gallien, T.W., Predicting Compound Coastal Flooding in Embayment-Backed Urban Catchments: Seawall and Storm Drain Implications, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2023, 11(7), 1454; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11071454.
22. Delisle, M.P.C., Kim, Y., Mieras, R.S., Gallien, T.W. (2022). Numerical investigation of sheet flow driven by a near-breaking transient wave using SedFoam. European Journal of Fluid Mechanics – B/Fluids. doi:10.1016/j.euromechflu.2022.07.002
21. Lucey, J. T., & Gallien, T. W. (2022). Characterizing multivariate coastal flooding events in a semi-arid region: the implications of copula choice, sampling, and infrastructure. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 22(6), 2145-2167. doi:10.5194/nhess-22-2145-2022 [PDF]
20. Goulet, C. A., Wang, Y., Nweke, C. C., Tang, B. X., Wang, P., Hudson, K. S., … & Gallien, T.W., Winters, M. A. (2021). Comparison of near-fault displacement interpretations from field and aerial data for the M 6.5 and 7.1 ridgecrest earthquake sequence ruptures. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 111(5), 2317-2333. doi:10.1785/0120200222
19. Kim, Y., Mieras, R.S., Anderson, D., Gallien, T.W. (2021). Numerical study of sheet flow driven by skewed asymmetric waves using SedWaveFoam, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering,9, 936. doi:10.3390/jmse9090936
18. Merrifield, M.A., Johnson, M., Guza, R.T., Fiedler, J., Young, A., Henderson., C.S., , Athina M. Z. Lange., A.M-Z., O’Reilly, W.C., Ludka, B.C., Okihiro, M., Gallien, T.W., Kyle Pappas, K., Engeman, L., James Behrens, J. Terrill, E. (2021). An early warning system for wave-driven coastal flooding at Imperial Beach, CA, Natural Hazards, 108, 259-1-2612. doi:10.1007/s11069-021-04790-x
17. Ho, M., Molemaker, J.M., Kessouri, F., McWilliams, J.C, Gallien, T.W. (2021). High-Resolution Nonhydrostatic Outfall Plume Modeling: Cross-Flow Validation. ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 147(8), 04021028. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001896
16. Kim, Y., Son, S., Yung, T., Gallien, T.W. (2021). An analytical and numerical study of a vertically discretized multi-paddle wavemaker for generating free surface and internal waves, Coastal Engineering, 165, 103840. doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2021.103840
15. Winters, M.A., Leslie, B., Sloane, E., Gallien, T.W. (2020). Observations and Preliminary Vulnerability Assessment of a Hybrid Dune-Based Living Shoreline. Journal of Marine Sciences and Engineering, 8, 920. doi:10.3390/jmse8110920 [PDF]
14. Kalligeris, N., Smit, P., Ludka, B., Guza, R.T., Gallien, T.W. (2020). Calibration and assessment of process-based numerical models for beach profile evolution in southern California. Coastal Engineering, 158, 103650. doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2020.103650
13. Brandenberg, S.J., Stewart, J.P, Wang, P., Chukwuebuka C.N, Hudson K., Goulet, C.A., Meng, X., Davis, C.A, Ahdi, S.K., Hudson, M.B., Donnellan, A., Lyzenga, G. Pierce, M., Wang, J., Winters, M., Delisle, M.P., Lucey J., Kim, Y., Gallien, T.W., Lyda, A., Yeung, J.S., Issa, O., Buckreis, T., Yi., Z. (2020). Ground Deformation Data from GEER Investigations of Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence, Seismological Research Letters. doi:10.1785/0220190291 [PDF]
12. Harvey, M., Giddings, S.N., Stein, E.D., Crooks, J.A., Whitcraft, C., Gallien, T.W., Tiefenthaler, L., Meltzer, H., Pawlak, G., Thorne, K., Johnston, K., Ambrose, R., Schroeter, S., Page, M. (2020). Effects of the 2015-2016 El Niño on Water Levels in Southern California Estuaries and Implications for Elevated Sea Levels, Estuaries and Coasts, 43(2), 256-271. doi:10.1007/s12237-019-00676-1 [PDF]
11. Gallien, T.W., Kalligeris, N., Delisle, M-P.C., Tang, Bo-xiang, Lucey, J., Winters, M.A. (2018). Coastal Flood Modeling Challenges in Defended Urban Backshores. Geosciences 8(12), 450. doi:10.3390/geosciences8120450 [PDF]
10. Young, A.P., Flick, R.F., Gallien, T.W., Giddings, S.N., Guza, R.T., Lenain, L., Melville, K. (2018). Southern California Coastal Response to the 2015-2016 El Niño, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface 123(11), 3069-3083. doi:10.1029/2018JF004771 [PDF]
9. Barnard, P.L., Hoover, D., Hubbard, D.M., Snyder, A., Ludka, B.C., Allan, J., Kaminsky, G.M., Ruggiero, P., Gallien, T.W., Gabel, L., Cohn, N., Anderson, D.A., Serafin, K.A. (2017). Extreme oceanographic forcing and coastal response due to the 2015-2015 El Niño. Nature Communications, 8, 14385. doi:10.1038/ncomms14365 [PDF]
8. Ludka, B.C., Gallien, T.W., Crosby, S.C., Guza, R.T. (2016). Mid-El Niño erosion at nourished and unnourished southern California beaches. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 4510-4516. doi:10.1002/2016GL068612 [PDF]
7. Gallien, T.W., Validated coastal flood modeling at Imperial Beach, California: Comparing total water level, empirical and numerical overtopping methodologies. (2016) Coastal Engineering 111, 95-104. doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2016.01.014 [PDF]
6. Gallien, T.W., O’Reilly, W.C., Flick, R.E., Guza, R.T. (2015). Geometric properties of anthropogenic flood control berms on southern California beaches. Ocean & Coastal Management 105, 37-45. doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.12.014 [PDF]
5. Schubert, J.E., Gallien, T.W., Shakeri Majd, M., Sanders, B.F. (2015). Terrestrial laser scanning of anthropogenic beach berm erosion and overtopping. Journal of Coastal Research 31, 47-60. doi:10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-14-00037.1 [PDF]
4. Gallien, T.W., Sanders, B.F., Flick, R.E. (2014). Urban coastal flood prediction: integrating wave overtopping, flood defenses and drainage. Coastal Engineering 91, 18-28. doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2014.04.007 [PDF]
3. Gallien, T.W., Barnard, P.L., van Ormondt, M., Foxgrover, A.C., Sanders, B.F. (2013). A Parcel-Scale Coastal Flood Forecasting Prototype for a Southern California Urbanized Embayment. Journal of Coastal Research 29(3), 642-656. doi:10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00114.1 [PDF]
2. Gallien, T.W., Schubert, J.E., Sanders, B.F. (2011). Predicting tidal flooding of urbanized embayments: A modeling framework and data requirements. Coastal Engineering 58, 567-577. doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2011.01.011 [PDF]
1. Harmeyer, K.J., Holland, M.A., Gallien, T.W., Lumkes, J.H., Krutz, G.W. (2009). Embedded Sensors in Rubber and Other Polymer Components. Strain 45(6) 543-546. doi:10.1111/j.1475-1305.2007.00336.x [PDF]
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2. Maple, M., Gallien, T.W., Coylar, M., Detwiler, R., in prep (full manuscript available). Numerical Modeling of Coastal Groundwater Response to Waves, Tides, and Dual Forcing Using PFLOTRAN, Water Resources Research.
1. Angelis, M.A., Winters, M.A, Leslie, B., Gallien, T.W., in prep. Observations and analysis of a novel dune-based living shoreline in high energy open coast application. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering.