Alumni Bibliographies

Publications by Vivien M. Gornitz

This citation list includes papers published while the author was on staff at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. It may also include some publications before or after that period if another GISS researcher was a co-author.

2025

Gornitz, V., 2025: The nature of Quaternary climate change. In Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, Third Edition. S.A. Elias, Ed., vol. 4, Elsevier, pp. 171-183, doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-99931-1.00099-4.

2024

Braneon, C., L. Ortiz, D. Bader, N. Devineni, P. Orton, B. Rosenzweig, T. McPhearson, L. Smalls-Mantey, V. Gornitz, T. Mayo, S. Kadam, H. Sheerazi, E. Glenn, L. Yoon, A. Derras-Chouk, J. Towers, R. Leichenko, D. Balk, P. Marcotullio, and R. Horton, 2024: NPCC4: New York City climate risk information 2022 — Observations and projections. Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 1539, no. 1, 13-48, doi:10.1111/nyas.15116.

Hartig, E.K., C. Haight, M. Hsu, N. Auyeung, R. Swadek, J. Ong, V. Gornitz, and R. Boger, 2024: A decade of salt marsh elevation change in New York City's coastal urban parks. Estuar. Coasts, 47, no. 7, 1941-1954, doi:10.1007/s12237-024-01374-3.

Ortiz, L., C. Braneon, R. Horton, D. Bader, P. Orton, V. Gornitz, B. Rosenzweig, T. McPhearson, L. Smalls-Mantey, H. Sheerazi, F. Montalto, M.R. Golkhandan, C. Evans, A. Degaetano, E. Mallen, L. Carter, K. McConnell, T. Mayo, and M. Buchanan, 2024: NPCC4: Tail risk, climate drivers of extreme heat, and new methods for extreme event projections. Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 1539, no. 1, 49-76, doi:10.1111/nyas.15180.

2021

Major, D.C., P. Blaschke, V. Gornitz, E. Hosek, M. Lehmann, J. Lewis, H. Loehr, G.A. Major-Ex, M. Pedersen Zari, M.J. Vásquez Vargas, E. Watterson, and A. Wejs, 2021: Adaptation to climate change in small island settlements. Ocean Coast. Manag., 212, 105789, doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105789.

2020

Gornitz, V., M. Oppenheimer, R. Kopp, R. Horton, P. Orton, C. Rosenzweig, W. Solecki, and L. Patrick, 2020: Enhancing New York City's resilience to sea level rise and increased coastal flooding. Urban Clim., 33, 100654, doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100654.

2019

Gornitz, V., M. Oppenheimer, R. Kopp, P. Orton, M. Buchanan, N. Lin, R. Horton, and D. Bader, 2019: New York City Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report Chapter 3: Sea level rise. Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 1439, 71-94, doi:10.1111/nyas.14006.

Orton, P., N. Lin, V. Gornitz, B. Colle, J. Booth, K. Feng, M. Buchanan, M. Oppenheimer, and L. Patrick, 2019: New York City Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report Chapter 4: Coastal flooding. Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 1439, 95-114, doi:10.1111/nyas.14011.

Patrick, L., W. Solecki, V. Gornitz, P. Orton, and A. Blumberg, 2019: New York City Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report Chapter 5: Mapping climate risk. Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 1439, 115-125, doi:10.1111/nyas.14015.

2018

Dawson, R., M.S.A. Khan, V. Gornitz, M.F. Lemos, L. Atkinson, J. Pullen, and J.C. Osorio, 2018: Urban areas in coastal zones. In Climate Change and Cities: Second Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network (ARC3.2). C. Rosenzweig, W. Solecki, P. Romero-Lankao, S. Mehrotra, S. Dhakal, and S. Ali Ibrahim, Eds., Cambridge University Press, pp. 319-362.

Gornitz, V.M., 2018: Impacts of sea level rise on coastal urban areas. In Our Warming Planet: Topics in Climate Dynamics. C. Rosenzweig, D. Rind, A. Lacis, and D. Manley, Eds., Lectures in Climate Change, vol. 1, World Scientific, pp. 351-371, doi:10.1142/9789813148796_0017.

2017

Gornitz, V., R. Horton, D.A. Bader, P. Orton, and C. Rosenzweig, 2017: Coping with higher sea levels and increased coastal flooding in New York City. In Climate Change Adaptation in North America: Fostering Resilience and the Regional Capacity to Adapt. W.L. Filho and J.M. Keenan, Eds., Climate Change Management, Springer, pp. 209-223, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-53742-9_13.

2015

Horton, R., C. Little, V. Gornitz, D.A. Bader, and M. Oppenheimer, 2015: New York City Panel on Climate Change 2015 Report: Sea level rise and coastal storms. Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 1336, 36-44, doi:10.1111/nyas.12593.

Orton, P., S. Vinogradov, N. Georgas, A. Blumberg, N. Lin, V. Gornitz, C. Little, K. Jacob, and R. Horton, 2015: New York City Panel on Climate Change 2015 Report: Dynamic coastal flood modeling. Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 1336, 56-66, doi:10.1111/nyas.12589.

2013

Gornitz, V., 2013: Rising Seas: Past, Present, and Future. Columbia University Press.

2012

Major, D.C., V. Gornitz, R. Horton, D.A. Bader, W. Solecki, and C. Rosenzweig, 2012: Climate adaptation in New York City. In Climate Adaptation and Flood Risk in Coastal Cities. J. Aerts, W. Botzen, M. Bowman, P.J. Ward, and P. Dircke, Eds., Earthscan, pp. 265-283.

2011

Buonaiuto, F., L. Patrick, V. Gornitz, E. Hartig, R. Leichenko, and P. Vancura, 2011: Coastal zones. In Responding to Climate Change in New York State: The ClimAID Integrated Assessment for Effective Climate Change Adaptation: Technical Report. C. Rosenzweig, W. Solecki, A. DeGaetano, M. O'Grady, S. Hassol, and P. Grabhorn, Eds., New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, pp. 121-162.

Horton, R.M., V. Gornitz, D.A. Bader, A.C. Ruane, R. Goldberg, and C. Rosenzweig, 2011: Climate hazard assessment for stakeholder adaptation planning in New York City. J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol., 50, 2247-2266, doi:10.1175/2011JAMC2521.1.

Rosenzweig, C., W.D. Solecki, R. Blake, M. Bowman, C. Faris, V. Gornitz, R. Horton, K. Jacob, A. LeBlanc, R. Leichenko, M. Linkin, D. Major, M. O'Grady, L. Patrick, E. Sussman, G. Yohe, and R. Zimmerman, 2011: Developing coastal adaptation to climate change in the New York City infrastructure-shed: Process, approach, tools, and strategies. Climatic Change, 106, 93-127, doi:10.1007/s10584-010-0002-8.

2010

Horton, R., V. Gornitz, M. Bowman, and R. Blake, 2010: Climate observations and projections. Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 1196, 41-62, doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05314.x.

2009

Fairbridge, R.W., and V. Gornitz, 2009: Earth laws and paleoclimatology. In Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments. V. Gornitz, Ed., Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, Springer, pp. 294-301.

Fairbridge, R.W., and V. Gornitz, 2009: History of paleoclimatology: Biographies. In Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments. V. Gornitz, Ed., Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, Springer, pp. 428-438.

Gornitz, V. (Ed.), 2009: Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer.

Gornitz, V., 2009: Ancient cultures and climate change. In Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments. V. Gornitz, Ed., Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, Springer, pp. 6-10.

Gornitz, V., 2009: Mineral indicators of past climates. In Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments. V. Gornitz, Ed., Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, Springer, pp. 573-583.

Gornitz, V., 2009: PMIP. In Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments. V. Gornitz, Ed., Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, Springer, pp. 813-815.

Gornitz, V., 2009: Paleoclimate proxies, an introduction. In Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments. V. Gornitz, Ed., Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, Springer, pp. 716-721.

Gornitz, V., 2009: Sea level change, post-glacial. In Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments. V. Gornitz, Ed., Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, Springer, pp. 887-893.

Gornitz, V., and C. Rosenzweig, 2009: Severe storms and sea level rise in New York City. Water Resour. Impact, 11, no. 1, 10-14.

Horton, R., C. Rosenzweig, V. Gornitz, D.A. Bader, and M. O'Grady, 2009: Climate Risk Information. New York City Panel on Climate Change.

2008

Horton, R., C. Herweijer, C. Rosenzweig, J.P. Liu, V. Gornitz, and A.C. Ruane, 2008: Sea level rise projections for current generation CGCMs based on the semi-empirical method. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L02715, doi:10.1029/2007GL032486.

2007

Jacob, K., V. Gornitz, and C. Rosenzweig, 2007: Vulnerability of the New York City metropolitan area to coastal hazards, including sea-level rise: Inferences for urban coastal risk management and adaptation policies. In Managing Coastal Vulnerability. L. McFadden, R. Nicholls, and E. Penning-Rowsell, Eds., Elsevier, pp. 139-156.

Rosenzweig, C., R. Horton, D.C. Major, V. Gornitz, and K. Jacob, 2007: Appendix 2: Climate Component, 8.8.07 MTA Task Force Report. In August 8, 2007, Storm Report, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, p. 73.

2005

Gornitz, V., 2005: Eustasy. In Encyclopedia of Coastal Science. M.L. Schwartz, Ed., Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, Springer, pp. 439-442.

Gornitz, V., 2005: Natural hazards. In Encyclopedia of Coastal Science. M.L. Schwartz, Ed., Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, Springer, pp. 678-684.

Gornitz, V., 2005: Sea level rise. In Encyclopedia of World Climatology. J.E. Oliver, Ed., Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, Springer, pp. 641-644.

Gornitz, V., 2005: Storm surge. In Encyclopedia of Coastal Science. M.L. Schwartz, Ed., Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, Springer, pp. 912-914.

Syvitski, J.P.M., N. Harvey, E. Wolanski, W.C. Burnett, G.M.E. Perillo, and V. Gornitz, 2005: Dynamics of the coastal zone. In Coastal Change and the Anthropocene: The Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. C.J. Crossland, H.H. Kremer, H.J. Lindeboom, J.I.M. Crossland, and M.D.A. Le Tissier, Eds., Global Change - The IGBP Series, Springer, pp. 39-94.

2004

Gornitz, V., S. Hale, K. Larsen, N. Levine, C. Rosenzweig, and L. Sacks, 2004: Bracing for Climate Change in the Constitution State: What Connecticut Could Face. Environmental Defense.

2002

Hartig, E.K., V. Gornitz, A. Kolker, F. Mushacke, and D. Fallon, 2002: Anthropogenic and climate-change impacts on salt marshes of Jamaica Bay, New York City. Wetlands, 22, no. 1, 71-89, doi:10.1672/0277-5212(2002)022[0071:AACCIO]2.0.CO;2.

2001

Gornitz, V., 2001: Sea-level rise and coasts. In Climate Change and a Global City: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change — Metro East Coast. Report for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change for the United States. C. Rosenzweig and W. Solecki, Eds., Columbia Earth Institute, Columbia University, pp. 21-46.

Gornitz, V., S. Couch, and E.K. Hartig, 2001: Impacts of sea level rise in the New York City metropolitan area. Glob. Planet. Change, 32, 61-88, doi:10.1016/S0921-8181(01)00150-3.

2000

Gornitz, V., 2000: Impoundment, groundwater mining, and other hydrologic transformations: Impacts on global sea level rise. In Sea Level Rise: History and Consequences. B.C. Douglas, M.S. Kearney, and S.P. Leatherman, Eds., Academic Press, pp. 97-119.

Russell, G.L., V. Gornitz, and J.R. Miller, 2000: Regional sea-level changes projected by the NASA/GISS Atmosphere-Ocean Model. Clim. Dyn., 16, 789-797, doi:10.1007/s003820000090.

Small, C., V. Gornitz, and J.E. Cohen, 2000: Coastal hazards and the global distribution of human population. Environ. Geosci., 7, 3-12.

1997

Gornitz, V., C. Rosenzweig, and D. Hillel, 1997: Effects of anthropogenic intervention in the land hydrologic cycle on global sea level rise. Glob. Planet. Change, 14, 147-161, doi:10.1016/S0921-8181(96)00008-2.

1995

Gornitz, V., 1995: Monitoring sea level changes. Climatic Change, 31, 515-544, doi:10.1007/BF01095160.

Gornitz, V., 1995: Sea-level rise: A review of recent past and near-future trends. Earth Surf. Proc. Landforms, 20, 7-20.

1994

Gornitz, V., and I. Fung, 1994: Potential distribution of methane hydrates in the world's oceans. Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles, 8, 335-347, doi:10.1029/94GB00766.

Gornitz, V., C. Rosenzweig, and D. Hillel, 1994: Is sea level rising or falling? Nature, 371, 481, doi:10.1038/371481a0.

1992

Gornitz, V., 1992: Mean sea level changes in the recent past. In Climate and Sea Level Change: Observations, Projections and Implications. R.A. Warrick, E.M. Barrow, and T.M.L. Wigley, Eds., Cambridge University Press, pp. 25-44.

1991

Gornitz, V., 1991: Global coastal hazards from future sea level rise. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 89, 379-398, doi:10.1016/0031-0182(91)90173-O.

1990

Gornitz, V., and L. Seeber, 1990: Vertical crustal movements along the East Coast, North America, from historic and Late Holocene sea level data. Tectonophysics, 178, 127-150, doi:10.1016/0040-1951(90)90143-V.

1987

Gornitz, V., 1987: Climatic consequences of anthropogenic vegetation changes from 1880-1980. In Climate: History, Periodicity, and Predictability. M.R. Rampino, J.E. Sanders, W.S. Newman, and L.K. Koenigsson, Eds., Van Nostrand Reinhold, pp. 47-69.

1984

Henderson-Sellers, A., and V. Gornitz, 1984: Possible climatic impacts of land cover transformations, with particular emphasis on tropical deforestation. Climatic Change, 6, 231-257, doi:10.1007/BF00142475.

1983

Hansen, J., V. Gornitz, S. Lebedeff, and E. Moore, 1983: Global mean sea level: Indicator of climate change? Science, 219, 997, doi:10.1126/science.219.4587.997.

Otterman, J., and V. Gornitz, 1983: Saltation vs. soil stabilization: Two processes determining the character of surfaces in arid regions. Catena, 10, 339-362, doi:10.1016/0341-8162(83)90003-6.

Seeber, L., and V. Gornitz, 1983: River profiles along the Himalayan arc as indicators of active tectonics. Tectonophysics, 92, 335-467, doi:10.1016/0040-1951(83)90201-9.

1982

Gornitz, V., S. Lebedeff, and J. Hansen, 1982: Global sea level trend in the past century. Science, 215, 1611-1614, doi:10.1126/science.215.4540.1611.

1981

Gornitz, V., and L. Seeber, 1981: Morphotectonic analysis of the Hazara arc region of the Himalayas, north Pakistan and northwest India. Tectonophysics, 74, 263-282, doi:10.1016/0040-1951(81)90193-1.

Gornitz, V.M., and B.C. Schreiber, 1981: Displacive halite hoppers from the Dead Sea: Some implications for ancient evaporative deposits. J. Sediment. Petrol., 51, 787-794, doi:10.1016/0040-1951(81)90193-1.

1979

Gornitz, V. (Ed.), 1979: Geology of the Planet Mars. Benchmark Papers in Geology, Vol. 48. Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross.

1974

Gornitz, V., 1974: Correlation between region of enhanced mare flooding on the lunar farside and Apollo orbital results. Moon, 9, 323-325.

Gornitz, V., and R. Jastrow, 1974: Solving the Moon's riddles. Nat. Hist., 83, no. 1, 28-39.

1973

Gornitz, V., 1973: Igneous vs. impact processes for the origin of the mare lavas. Moon, 6, 357-379, doi:10.1007/BF00562211.

Gornitz, V., 1973: The origin of sinuous rilles. Moon, 6, 337-356, doi:10.1007/BF00562210.

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