HURRICANE HAZARD ASSESSMENT: CONSIDERATIONS FOR SEA-LEVEL RISE AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Jennifer L. Irish; Celso Ferreira; Donald T Resio; Francisco Olivera; Chih Hung Hsu

doi:10.9753/icce.v33.management.7

No. 33 (2012), Coastal Management, Environment, and Risk

No. 33 (2012)

HURRICANE HAZARD ASSESSMENT: CONSIDERATIONS FOR SEA-LEVEL RISE AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Coastal Management, Environment, and Risk

https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v33.management.7

Published 2012-10-25

Jennifer L. Irish⁺⁻
Celso Ferreira⁺⁻
Donald T Resio⁺⁻
Francisco Olivera⁺⁻
Chih Hung Hsu⁺⁻

Jennifer L. Irish

Virginia Tech

Celso Ferreira

George Mason University

Donald T Resio

University of North Florida

Francisco Olivera

Texas A&M University

Chih Hung Hsu

Texas A&M University

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storm surge
extreme-value statistics
hurricanes
risk

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Irish, J. L., Ferreira, C., Resio, D. T., Olivera, F., & Hsu, C. H. (2012). HURRICANE HAZARD ASSESSMENT: CONSIDERATIONS FOR SEA-LEVEL RISE AND CLIMATE CHANGE. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(33), management.7. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v33.management.7

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Assessment of hurricane flooding risk is an essential component for effective coastal planning and engineering design. Existing methods for evaluating extreme-value flood statistics traditionally assume that flood conditions are stationary, such that historical information represents future conditions. However, dynamic changes in the environment, specifically changing sea levels and potential changes in hurricane intensity and rate of occurrence, mean that future flooding risk will not be adequately represented by historical conditions alone. In this paper, an approach is proposed for incorporating future sea level and hurricane climate projections into extreme-value flood probabilities and risk assessment.

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