Understanding extreme sea levels for broad-scale coastal impact and adaptation analysis

T. Wahl; I. D. Haigh; R. J. Nicholls; A. Arns; S. Dangendorf; J. Hinkel; A. B. A. Slangen

doi:10.1038/ncomms16075

Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Understanding extreme sea levels for broad-scale coastal impact and adaptation analysis

T. Wahl,
I. D. Haigh,
R. J. Nicholls,
A. Arns,
S. Dangendorf,
J. Hinkel,
A. B. A. Slangen

Affiliations

T. Wahl: Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering and Sustainable Coastal Systems Cluster, University of Central Florida
I. D. Haigh: Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, European Way
R. J. Nicholls: Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton
A. Arns: Research Institute for Water and Environment, University of Siegen
S. Dangendorf: Research Institute for Water and Environment, University of Siegen
J. Hinkel: Global Climate Forum
A. B. A. Slangen: Department of Estuarine & Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16075
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Uncertainties in contemporary extreme sea levels (ESL) from mean sea level rise (SLR) projections have been overlooked in broad-scale risk and adaptation studies. Here, the authors quantify the uncertainties in present-day global ESL estimates and find that they exceed those from global SLR projections.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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