Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2024
DOI
10.1038/s41612-023-00549-2
Publication Title
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Volume
7
Issue
1
Pages
5 (1-9)
Abstract
Post Hurricane Abnormal Water Level (PHAWL) poses a persistent inundation threat to coastal communities, yet unresolved knowledge gaps exist regarding its spatiotemporal impacts and causal mechanisms. Using a high-resolution coastal model with a set of observations, we find that the PHAWLs are up to 50 cm higher than the normal water levels for several weeks and cause delayed inundations around residential areas of the U.S. Southeast Coast (USSC). Numerical experiments reveal that while atmospheric forcing modulates the coastal PHAWLs, ocean dynamics primarily driven by the Gulf Stream control the mean component and duration of the shelf-scale PHAWLs. Because of the large spatial impact of the post-hurricane oceanic forcing, the coastal hazards are not limited to a direct hit from a hurricane but can be detected throughout the USSC where the oceanic processes reach.
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Data Availability
Article states: "The DEM of the GEBCO 2022 is available at https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data/gebco_2022/. The CUDEM is available at https://coast.noaa.gov/htdata/raster2/elevation/NCEI_ninth_Topobathy_2014_8483/. The CMEMS model data can be obtained from https://resources.marine.copernicus.eu?option=com_csw&task=results. The AVISO data is available at https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/home.html. The ECMWF product can be downloaded from https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/catalogue-ecmwf-real-time-products. The HRRR data is available at https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/. The dataset of NOAA stations used in this study can be downloaded from https://tidesandcurrents.noaa/gov/map/index.html. The NOAA submarine cable data can be downloaded from https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/floridacurrent/data_access.php. The Argo data is available at https://nrlgodae1.nrlmry.navy.mil/cgi-bin/datalist.pl?generate=summary. The JPL GHRSST data is available at: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/GHRSST. The data archive of the sensitivity experiments can be requested by e-mail to the corresponding author."
Original Publication Citation
Park, K., Di Lorenzo, E., Zhang, Y. J., Wang, H., Ezer, T., & Ye, F. (2024). Delayed coastal inundations caused by ocean dynamics post-Hurricane Matthew. NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science, 7(1), 1-9, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-023-00549-2
Repository Citation
Park, Kyungmin; Di Lorenzo, Emanuele; Zhang, Yinglong J.; Ezer, Tal; and Yi, Fei, "Delayed Coastal Inundations Caused by Ocean Dynamics Post-Hurricane Matthew" (2024). CCPO Publications. 394.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/ccpo_pubs/394
ORCID
0000-0002-2018-6071 (Ezer)
Supplementary Information
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Comments
Code Availabilty: The source code of SCHISM can be accessed at https://github.com/schism-dev/schism