Joint projections of US East Coast sea level and storm surge using a novel flood index

• Main Authors: Kopp, Robert E., Oppenheimer, Michael, Little, Christopher M., Horton, Radley M., Vecchi, Gabriel, Villarini, Gabriele
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Rutgers University 2016
• Subjects: Sea level; Climatic changes > Mathematical models; Earth system modelling; Climate change impacts; Geophysical prediction; Oceanography; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Posi; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7282/t3wh2rzr; https://scholarship.libraries.rutgers.edu/esploro/outputs/acceptedManuscript/991031549891104646

Future coastal flood risk will be strongly influenced by: 1) sea level rise (SLR) and 2) changes in the frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones (TCs). These two factors are generally considered independently. Here, we assess 21st century changes in the United States East Coast hazard using a fl...