Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2-2020
Pages
43 pp.
Abstract
From Executive Summary:
The report presents analysis of the best available existing data on coastal land elevation, sea level rise projections, vertical land motion (subsidence), and building and transportation assets. Sea level rise (SLR) projections are analyzed as Relative SLR (RSLR), combining the effects of vertical water rise (or “eustatic” change) with regional trends in vertical land motion, or subsidence. The study made use of available Commonwealth LiDAR elevation data, buildings, and roads as well as several sources of federal data, including sea level trends, tidal flooding and datums, and peer-reviewed and government reports. Maps of potential future inundation provided here represent a baseline assessment of impacts to land areas, including wetlands, parcels and development, roadways and buildings within the Commonwealth.
Repository Citation
Mcleod, George; Allen, Tom; Steinhilber, Emily; Hutt, Sheila; Solano, Manuel; and Burdick, Kellie, "Future Sea Level and Recurrent Flooding Risk for Coastal Virginia" (2020). Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resiliency (CCRFR): Reports. 3.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/ccrfr_reports/3
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