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Screening Method for Determining Coastal Storm Inundation Limits
Planning and development in the coastal zone requires knowledge about the risk of flooding from coastal storms and hurricanes. Critical infrastructure, such as hospitals, power plants, and emergency response centers, when possible, should be sited in areas beyond the surge limits of a "worst-case" hurricane defined by a maximum possible intensity (MPI). Knowledge about the surge limits in a coastal area also provides a critical elevation contour beyond which it is known that coastal storm flood risk need not be considered. The purpose of this paper is to document a screening methodology to determine if a site is at risk for flooding from coastal storms. The methodology incorporates an open-coast surge calculation, wind wave effects, tide, and uncertainty to estimate an appropriately conservative elevation threshold that determines if a given site requires a more detailed estimation of the coastal flood risk. The method is demonstrated on the USA Texas and Mississippi coasts.
Screening Method for Determining Coastal Storm Inundation Limits
Planning and development in the coastal zone requires knowledge about the risk of flooding from coastal storms and hurricanes. Critical infrastructure, such as hospitals, power plants, and emergency response centers, when possible, should be sited in areas beyond the surge limits of a "worst-case" hurricane defined by a maximum possible intensity (MPI). Knowledge about the surge limits in a coastal area also provides a critical elevation contour beyond which it is known that coastal storm flood risk need not be considered. The purpose of this paper is to document a screening methodology to determine if a site is at risk for flooding from coastal storms. The methodology incorporates an open-coast surge calculation, wind wave effects, tide, and uncertainty to estimate an appropriately conservative elevation threshold that determines if a given site requires a more detailed estimation of the coastal flood risk. The method is demonstrated on the USA Texas and Mississippi coasts.
Screening Method for Determining Coastal Storm Inundation Limits
Wamsley, Ty V. (author) / Resio, Donald T. (author) / Massey, T. Chris (author) / Cialone, Mary A. (author)
Solutions to Coastal Disasters Conference 2011 ; 2011 ; Anchorage, Alaska, United States
2011-06-21
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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