Nuisance Flooding and Relative Sea-Level Rise: the Importance of Present-Day Land Motion.

ABSTRACT: Sea-level rise is beginning to cause increased inundation of many low-lying coastal areas. While most of Earth's coastal areas are at risk, areas that will be affected first are characterized by several additional factors. These include regional oceanographic and meteorological effects and/or land subsidence that cause relative sea level to rise faster than the global average. For catastrophic coastal flooding, when wind-driven storm surge inundates large areas, the relative contribution of sea-level rise to the frequency of these events is difficult to evaluate. For small scale "nuisance flooding," often associated with high tides, recent increases in frequency are more clearly linked to sea-level rise and global warming. While both types of flooding are likely to increase in the future,

SUBMITTER: Karegar MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5593944 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature