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DOI | 10.5194/nhess-24-973-2024 |
Thresholds for estuarine compound flooding using a combined hydrodynamic-statistical modelling approach | |
Lyddon, Charlotte; Chien, Nguyen; Vasilopoulos, Grigorios; Ridgill, Michael; Moradian, Sogol; Olbert, Agnieszka; Coulthard, Thomas; Barkwith, Andrew; Robins, Peter | |
发表日期 | 2024 |
ISSN | 1561-8633 |
EISSN | 1684-9981 |
起始页码 | 24 |
结束页码 | 3 |
卷号 | 24期号:3 |
英文摘要 | Estuarine compound flooding can happen when extreme sea level and river discharges occur concurrently, or in close succession, inundating low-lying coastal regions. Such events are hard to predict and amplify the hazard. Recent UK storms, including Storm Desmond (2015) and Ciara (2020), have highlighted the vulnerability of mountainous Atlantic-facing catchments to the impacts of compound flooding including risk to life and short- and long-term socio-economic damages. To improve prediction and early warning of compound flooding, combined sea and river thresholds need to be established. In this study, observational data and numerical modelling were used to reconstruct the historic flood record of an estuary particularly vulnerable to compound flooding (Conwy, North Wales). The record was used to develop a method for identifying combined sea level and river discharge thresholds for flooding using idealised simulations and joint-probability analyses. The results show how flooding extent responds to increasing total water level and river discharge, with notable amplification in flood extent due to the compounding drivers in some circumstances, and sensitivity ( similar to 7 %) due to a 3 h time lag between the drivers. The influence of storm surge magnitude (as a component of total water level) on the flooding extent was only important for scenarios with minor flooding. There was variability as to when and where compound flooding occurred; it was most likely under moderate sea and river conditions (e.g. 60th-70th and 30th-50th percentiles) and only in the middle-estuary zone. For such cases, joint-probability analysis is important for establishing compound flood risk behaviour. Elsewhere in the estuary, either the sea state (lower estuary) or river flow (upper estuary) dominated the hazard, and single-value probability analysis is sufficient. These methods can be applied to estuaries worldwide to identify site-specific thresholds for flooding to support emergency response and long-term coastal management plans. |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Geology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences ; Water Resources |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences ; Water Resources |
WOS记录号 | WOS:001190637100001 |
来源期刊 | NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/303330 |
作者单位 | University of Liverpool; University of Edinburgh; University of Hull; Bangor University; Ollscoil na Gaillimhe-University of Galway; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Natural Environment Research Council (NERC); NERC British Geological Survey |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Lyddon, Charlotte,Chien, Nguyen,Vasilopoulos, Grigorios,et al. Thresholds for estuarine compound flooding using a combined hydrodynamic-statistical modelling approach[J],2024,24(3). |
APA | Lyddon, Charlotte.,Chien, Nguyen.,Vasilopoulos, Grigorios.,Ridgill, Michael.,Moradian, Sogol.,...&Robins, Peter.(2024).Thresholds for estuarine compound flooding using a combined hydrodynamic-statistical modelling approach.NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES,24(3). |
MLA | Lyddon, Charlotte,et al."Thresholds for estuarine compound flooding using a combined hydrodynamic-statistical modelling approach".NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES 24.3(2024). |
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