Christopher Amante

chris amante environmental studies faculty

Visiting Lecturer, Environmental Studies

Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder
Fields: Geographic Information Science (GIS), Coastal Elevation Modeling, Flood Risk

 


Contact Information

Email: camante@holycross.edu
Office: TBA      Phone:  TBA

Teaching

Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

Research

I'm a Geospatial Research Scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) through the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder. I develop integrated bathymetric-topographic digital elevation models (DEMs) to support coastal inundation modeling. My research interests include quantifying the uncertainty in coastal DEMs, and incorporating that uncertainty and uncertainty in sea-level rise projections and storm surge models in future flood risk assessments.

Publications

Amante, C.J.; Love, M.; Carignan, K.; Sutherland, M.G.; MacFerrin, M.; Lim, E. (2023). Continuously Updated Digital Elevation Models (CUDEMs) to Support Coastal Inundation Modeling. Remote Sensing, 15, 1702. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15061702

Rodziewicz, D., Amante, C.J., Dice, J. Wahl, E. (2022). Housing market impairment from future sea-level rise inundation. Environment Systems and Decisionshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-022-09842-6

Amante, C.J. (2019). Uncertain Seas: Probabilistic Modeling of Future Coastal Flood Zones. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 33:11, 2188 – 2217. 10.1080/13658816.2019.1635253

Amante, C.J. (2018). Estimating Coastal Digital Elevation Model Uncertainty. Journal of Coastal Research, 34(6), 1382 – 1397. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-17-00211.

Amante, C.J. and Eakins, B.W. (2016). Accuracy of Interpolated Bathymetry in Digital Elevation Models. In: Brock, J.C., Parrish, C.E., Gesch, D., Wright, C.W., and Rogers, J. (eds.), Advances in Topobathymetric Mapping, Models, and Applications. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue, No. 76. 10.2112/SI76-011

Hare, R., Eakins, B., Amante, C. (2011). Modelling Bathymetric Uncertainty. International Hydrographic Review, 31 – 42