Climate Change

Sea Level Rise

Adapting to rising sea levels and mitigating the impacts of storm surges and associated flooding is a pressing need in coastal areas.

Challenges with Sea Level Rise

Adapting to rising sea levels and mitigating the impacts of storm surges and associated flooding is a pressing need in coastal areas.

Modeled bed shear stress across the Novato Creek floodplain, shown over an aerial map. Modeled bed shear stress across the Novato Creek floodplain, shown over an aerial map.
Novato Creek model results, bed shear stress
EEMS Capabilities

When formulating policy, administrative institutions use sea level rise forecasts in scenarios analysis which is undertaken with a calibrated EFDC+ model. EE offers powerful graphical and statistical tools for comparing scenarios and helping the user understand the full impacts of the projected sea level rise. Forecasts that are used as input to the EFDC+ hydrodynamic model can be analyzed with time series, horizontal profiles and model vs. model comparisons.

Related Research

Response Characteristics of the Perdido and Wolf Bay System to Inflows and Sea Level Rise

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Sea level rise is named directly in the title as a studied driver.

Evaluation of the Impact on St. Johns River Circulation and Salinity for the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project

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Assesses cumulative navigation-project impacts combined with projected future sea level rise.

Potential Challenges for the Restoration of Biscayne Bay in the Face of Climate Change Effects Revealed with Predictive Models

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Sea level rise is one of the explicit restoration-scenario stressors tested, though the paper also touches temperature and precipitation.

Modeling Climate Change Impacts Using EE

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Climate change is an accepted reality, so most infrastructure development and maintenance will require the evaluation of possible impacts of climate change.

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