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Publications

Publications

 
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Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman

Professor at Florida International University

Books and National Academy Reports

  • THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL RIP CURRENT SYMPOSIUM (with Jung Lyul Lee and Jooyong Lee, editors), Journal of Coastal Research Special Issue 72, 2014, 195 p.

  • FIELD GUIDE TO THE WATER’S EDGE (with Jack Williams), National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 2012, 335 p (subscriber’s edition).

  • RIP CURRENTS: BEACH SAFETY, PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY AND WAVE MODELING (with John Fletemeyer, editors), CRC Press International, 2011, 277 pp.

  • HURRICANES, World Life Library, London, England (with Jack Williams), 2008, 72pp.

  • Dr. BEACH’S SURVIVAL GUIDE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SHARKS, RIP CURRENTS, & MORE BEFORE GOING IN THE WATER, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2003, 106 pp.

  • BEACH VACATION TRAVEL JOURNAL, 2002, AAA National Office, Heathrow, FL, 80 pp.

  • SEA LEVEL RISE: HISTORY AND CONSEQUENCES, Academic Press, New York (with B. Douglas and M. Kearney, editors), 2001, 228 pp.

  • COASTAL EROSION MAPPING AND MANAGEMENT, Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 28 (with M. Crowell, editors), 1999, 196 pp.

  • AMERICA’S BEST BEACHES, Laboratory for Coastal Research, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 1998, 112 pp. (Distributed by University Press of Florida).

  • ISLAND STATES AT RISK: GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 24, editor, 1997, 242 pp.

  • POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF ACCELERATED SEA-LEVEL RISE ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 14 (with R. Nicholls, editors), 1995, 323 pp.

  • MANAGING COASTAL EROSION, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. (with others), 1990, 182 pp.

  • CAPE COD: FROM GLACIERS TO BEACHES, Laboratory for Coastal Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1988, 132 pp.

  • RESPONDING TO CHANGES IN SEA LEVEL: ENGINEERING IMPLICATIONS, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. (with others), 1987, 148 pp.

  • REMOTE SENSING LABORATORY MANUAL, Kendall-Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, Iowa, 1986 (with S. Goward), 116 pp.

  • BARRIER ISLANDS, Special Issue, Marine Geology, V. 63, (with G. Oertel, editors), Elsevier Publishing Co., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1985, 419 pp.

  • OVERWASH PROCESSES, Benchmark Papers in Geology, Hutchinson and Ross Publishing Co., Stroudsburg, PA, editor, 1981, 376 pp.

  • ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGIC GUIDE TO CAPE COD NATIONAL SEASHORE, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Eastern Section, editor, 1979, 249 pp.

  • BARRIER ISLAND HANDBOOK, Laboratory for Coastal Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, editor, 1979, 101 pp., reprinted 1980; revised and reprinted 1982; revised and reprinted, 1988.

  • BARRIER ISLANDS: FROM GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE TO GULF OF MEXICO, Academic Press, New York, editor, 1979, 325 pp.

200+ journal articles and technical reports authored, including articles in both Science and Nature

 
 
 
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Dr. Stephen B. Leatherman

SteveLeatherman1@gmail.com

Refereed Journal Articles and Book Chapters

  • Leatherman, S.B., Leatherman, S.P., and A. Mittelstaedt, Jr., 2023, Aquatic Accidents, Peppertree Press, in press.

  • Sun, A., Tao, Y. and Leatherman, S.B., Chen, Shu-Ching, 2023. Rip Current Detection Based on Particle Image Velocimetry using Drone Video, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, in preparation.

  • Fraile-Jurado, P., Villarin, M. C., Leatherman, S.B. and Fernández-Díaz, M, 2021. Alternative approaches to medium-long term sea level rise mapping in Southern Miami Beach (Florida, USA), Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 255, 107365, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107365.

  • Zhang, K., Zhang, M. Leatherman, S.B. and Leatherman, S.P., 2020, Quantifying and Rating Rip Current Hazards for Beachgoers, Journal of Coastal Research Special Issue 95,969-973.

  • Fraile-Jurado, P., Sanchez-Rodriguez, E. and Leatherman, S.B., 2019. Improving the Learning Processes of Physical Geography Through the use of Landscape Photographs, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, V. 43(1), p. 24-39, DOI: 10.1080/03098265.2018.1515189.

  • Leatherman, S.B., 2017, Techniques for Rip Current Detection and Measurement, International Journal of Earth Science & Geophysics, 3:014.

  • Leatherman, S. B., 2017, Rip Flow Characteristics and Escape Strategies in South Florida, Shore and Beach, V. 85, p. 30-34.

  • Leatherman, S. B., 2017, Rip Current Measurements at Three South Florida Beaches, Journal of Coastal Research, V. 33, p. 1228-1234.

  • Leatherman S. P. and Leatherman, S. B., 2017, Sea Level Change, in the International Encyclopedia of Geography, People, the Earth, Environment and Technology, Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, p. 6084-6093.

  • Leatherman, S. B., 2016, Rip Currents in South Florida: A Major Coastal Hazard and Management Challenge, Journal of Coastal Zone Management, V. 19:431, Doi: 10.4172/2473-3350.1000431.

  • Leatherman, S. B., 2015, Rip current hazard on Florida and South Georgia beaches, Shore and Beach, V. 83, p 63-66.

  • Leatherman, S. B., Leatherman, S. P. and Haus, B., 2013. Bar height and rip current presence and strength, Shore and Beach, V. 81, 19-22.