Charles B. Pyke, Ph.D., Principal Scientist and Primary Expert Witness of Associated Science Experts, LLC, offers forensic discovery and testimony on a range of coastal and oceanographic topics, including: 

• Coastal flooding (sea coasts or Great Lakes), resulting from:

  • Abnormally high sea levels resulting from El Niño conditions.

  • Unusually high astronomical tides.

  • High sea swells / waves / breakers [see photo in top left corner - high breakers and storm surge from Hurricane Carol].

  • Storm surges: hurricanes or major winter cyclones.

  • Heavy river runoff into bays [see also Weather, Sun, Moon, and Light and Floods / Hydrology / Water Intrusion, Contamination, Shortages].

  • Tsunamis.

• Beach erosion, depletion of sand - on various scales:

  • Local sand scouring.

  • Widespread beach disappearance resulting from El Niño and other ocean-wide or global phenomena [compare photos to the lower left:  Same California coast view, top, in October 1997, before, and bottom,  in February 1998, after a major El Niño during the winter of 1997-98 - notice that the bottom photo is even taken at a slightly lower tide than the first photo, as seen in the height of the water on the pier].

• Coastal cliff erosion.

• Ocean currents.

  • Drift of bodies -- investigations of homicides, drowning, suicides, etc.

  • Drift of medical waste, debris, and coastal water pollution.

  • Oil spills:  drift and dispersion.  Hydrologic modeling.

  [See also Environmental and Air Quality Regulations - Compliance.]