Methodology for Combining Coastal Design-Flood Levels and Sea-Level Rise Projections
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 139, Issue 5
Abstract
Design-flood levels with associated exceedance probabilities are usually determined for coastal flood protection projects. Rising sea level introduces another design feature that needs to be combined with the design-flood level. However, most sea-level projections do not have exceedance probabilities that can be used in conjunction with the design flood to obtain total flood levels. This paper shows how to combine design-flood levels with sea-level rise projections that have exceedance probabilities, such as those of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change, to obtain total elevations at desired exceedance probabilities over particular intervals.
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Acknowledgments
I very much appreciate the review provided by Professor Robert G. Dean and his stimulation of my interest in sea-level rise and collaboration on earlier papers.
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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 139 • Issue 5 • September 2013
Pages: 341 - 345
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Received: Jun 6, 2012
Accepted: Jan 8, 2013
Published online: Jan 10, 2013
Published in print: Sep 1, 2013
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