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EARTHS FUTURE
卷 2, 期 8, 页码 362-382出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2014EF000252
关键词
coastal flooding; sea level rise; storm surge; tides; Gulf Stream; NAO
资金
- Old Dominion University's Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative (CCSLRI)
- Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography (CCPO)
Recent studies identified the U.S. East Coast north of Cape Hatteras as a hotspot for accelerated sea-level rise (SLR), and the analysis presented here shows that the area is also a hotspot for accelerated flooding. The duration of minor tidal flooding [defined as 0.3 m above MHHW (mean higher high water)] has accelerated in recent years for most coastal locations from the Gulf of Maine to Florida. The average increase in annual minor flooding duration was similar to 20 h fromthe period before 1970 to 1971-1990, and similar to 50 h from 1971-1990 to 1991-2013; spatial variations in acceleration of flooding resemble the spatial variations of acceleration in sea level. The increase in minor flooding can be predicted from SLR and tidal range, but the frequency of extreme storm surge flooding events (0.9 m above MHHW) is less predictable, and affected by the North Atlantic Oscillations (NAO). The number of extreme storm surge events since 1960 oscillates with a period of similar to 15 year and interannual variations in the number of storms are anticorrelated with the NAO index. With higher seas, there are also more flooding events that are unrelated to storm surges. For example, it is demonstrated that week-long flooding events in Norfolk, VA, are often related to periods of decrease in the Florida Current transport. The results indicate that previously reported connections between decadal variations in the Gulf Stream (GS) and coastal sea level may also apply to short-term variations, so flood predictions may be improved if the GS influence is considered.
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