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WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
卷 58, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2022WR032544
关键词
sea-level rise; morphodynamic; estuary; flood risk; idealized model
资金
- China Scholarship Council (CSC) [201806320313]
- NSF PREEVENTS program [1663859]
- NSF Cascadia CoPes Hub [213713]
- STF at the University of Washington
- Directorate For Geosciences
- ICER [1663859] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
This research investigates the influence of sea level rise (SLR) on riverine flooding in estuaries by simulating the morphodynamic evolution of an idealized estuary under different SLR scenarios. The results show that the estuarine response to SLR is affected by both morphological changes and changes in channel hydrodynamics. Interestingly, more severe SLR scenarios lead to a decrease in flood extent in upstream areas due to tidal energy penetration and erosion, which increases the channel capacity locally.
This research simulates the morphodynamic evolution of an idealize estuary under four different SLR scenarios of increasing severity to investigate how SLR will influence riverine flooding in estuaries. We find that estuarine response to SLR is influenced by both morphological changes to channel capacity and the associated changes to channel hydrodynamics. Low and moderate SLR scenarios result in an increase in flood extent throughout the estuary relative to the no SLR base case. Surprisingly, more severe SLR scenarios result in decreased flood extent in upstream reaches. This shift is due to penetration of tidal energy and erosion further upstream with greater SLR, which increases channel capacity locally. A periodic pattern of local sediment transport is additionally observed due to SLR, which we attribute to the time response lag between hydrological and morphological response. The finding that increased SLR does not result in increased flood extent everywhere emphasizes that flood mitigation measures need to carefully account for non-linear responses in the estuarine morphodynamic systems, such as the feedbacks resulting from increased tidal erosion.
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