Selected publications:
Keeney, Analise, Brian Blanton, Taylor Asher, Gregory Dusek, William Brooks, Richard A Luettich Jr., Blake Waring, Matthew J. Widlansky, Linta Rose, Doug Marcy, Jana Haddad, Cheryl Morse, Jeffrey Tilson, John Callahan, and John Ratcliff, 2025. NOAA’S Coastal Ocean Reanalysis (CORA): Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Puerto Rico. NOAA Technical Report NOS CO-OPS 108, 61 pp. https://doi.org/10.25923/5ypp-4e84
Warner, Daniel L., Kari St. Laurent, Thomas K. McKenna, and John A. Callahan, 2024. Leveraging a decade of Landsat-8 spectral records for mapping blue carbon storage in tidal salt marshes, Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment. Vol. 36, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2024.101382
Rose, Linta, Matthew J. Widlansky, Xue Feng, Philip Thompson, Taylor G. Asher, Gregory Dusek, Brian Blanton, Richard A. Luettich, Jr., John Callahan, William Brooks, Analise Keeney, Jana Haddad, William Sweet, John Marra, Ayesha Genz, Paige Hovenga, and Jeffrey Tilson, 2024. Assessment of water levels from 43 years of NOAA’s Coastal Ocean Reanalysis (CORA) for the Gulf of Mexico and East Coasts. Frontiers in Marine Science: Coastal Ocean Processes. Vol 11, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1381228
May, C.L., M.S. Osler, H.F. Stockdon, P.L. Barnard, J.A. Callahan, R.C. Collini, C.M. Ferreira, J.F. Hart, E.E. Lentz, T.B. Mahoney, W. Sweet, D. Walker, and C.P. Weaver, 2023. Ch. 9. Coastal effects. In: Fifth National Climate Assessment. Crimmins, A.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, B.C. Stewart, and T.K. Maycock, Eds. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA. https://doi.org/10.7930/NCA5.2023.CH9
Warner, Daniel L., John A. Callahan, Thomas E. McKenna, and Catherine Medlock, 2023. Reducing vertical bias in tidal wetland digital elevation models with machine learning and LIDAR derivatives. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Vol 291:108442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108442
Callahan, John A., Daniel J. Leathers, and Christina L. Callahan, 2022. Comparison of Extreme Coastal Flooding Events Between Tropical and Mid-Latitude Weather Systems in the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays for 1980- 2019. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Vol 61, 457-472. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0077.1
Warner, Daniel L., Mario Guevara, John Callahan, and Rodrigo Vargas, 2021. Downscaling satellite soil moisture for landscape applications in the Mid-Atlantic region, USA. Journal of Hydrology, Vol 38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100946
Callahan, John A., Daniel J. Leathers, and Christina L. Callahan, 2021. Skew Surge and Storm Tides of Tropical Storms in the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays for 1980- 2019. Frontiers in Climate, Vol 3: 610062, special collection on Coastal Flooding: Modeling, Monitoring, and Protection Systems. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2021.610062
Stotts, Stephanie, John Callahan, and Olivia Gulledge, 2021. Impact of Channel Dredging and Straightening in an Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides L. (B.S.P.)) Freshwater Tidal Wetland. Journal of Coastal Research, 37(5), 973-986.
https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-20-00093.1
Callahan, John A., Benjamin P. Horton, Daria L. Nikitina, Christopher K. Sommerfield, Thomas E. McKenna, and Danielle Swallow, 2017. Recommendation of Sea-Level Rise Planning Scenarios for Delaware. Technical Report prepared for Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) Delaware Coastal Programs, 117 pp. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.17411.66082
Tehranirad, B., Kirby, J.T., Callahan, J.A., and Shi, F., 2015. Tsunami inundation mapping for Atlantic City, NJ NGDC DEM, Research Report No. CACR-15-01, Center for Applied Coastal Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware.
Bates, A., Samoteskul, K., Callahan, J., Corbett, J., Kempton, W., Madsen, J., Shriver, G., Dvorak, M., Kenney, R., McCormack, R., Harris, K. Noel, L., and Firestone, J., 2012. Delaware Marine Spatial Planning: Offshore Wind Context. Final Report. Center for Carbon-free Power Integration, 108 pp. Available at https://crew.udel.edu/wind-power/publications/
Madsen J., A. Bates, J. Callahan, and J. Firestone, 2011. Use of Geospatial Data in Planning for Offshore Wind Development. In: Thakur J.K., Singh S.K., Ramanathan A., Prasad M.B.K., Gossel W. (eds) Geospatial Techniques for Managing Environmental Resources. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1858-6_16
Academic Theses:
Callahan, John A., 2021. Skew surge and extreme coastal flooding events in the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays of the US Mid-Atlantic coast for 1980 – 2019. PhD Dissertation, Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, 230 pp. Available from Dissertations & Theses @ University of Delaware; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I. (2572616185). https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/skew-surge-extreme-coastal-flooding-events/docview/2572616185/se-2?accountid=10457
Callahan, John A., 2014. Estimation of Precipitable Water Over the Amazon Basin Using GOES Imagery. Master’s Thesis, Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of Delaware, 221 pages. Available from University of Delaware Institutional Repository. http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/15868
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