Open AccessCOMBINED EFFECT OF STORM SURGE AND OVERLAND FLOW ON FLOODING IN A COASTAL URBAN AREA
Author(s) -
Navid Tahvildari,
Akash Sahu,
Yawen Shen,
Mohamed M. Morsy,
Jonathan L. Goodall
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v36.currents.52
Subject(s) - storm surge , flooding (psychology) , environmental science , storm , flood myth , surface runoff , precipitation , coastal flood , hydrology (agriculture) , surge , hazard analysis , hazard , climate change , climatology , sea level rise , meteorology , geography , oceanography , geology , engineering , psychology , ecology , chemistry , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , organic chemistry , aerospace engineering , psychotherapist , biology
The coastal regions in the U.S. East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico are under the risk of storm surge and precipitation-driven flooding. The adverse impacts of climate change including sea level rise (SLR), potential increase in intensity and frequency of extreme storms, and increase in precipitation intensity increases the vulnerability of coastal communities to flooding. The common practice for flood hazard assessment in urban coastal areas can result in some errors as the effect of storm surge and overland flow are not considered simultaneously. In this study, we combine the results of two hydrodynamic models, one for overland flow and the other for storm surge inundation, to develop an improved approach for flood hazard assessment.