Treading Water: Tools to Help US Coastal Communities Plan for Sea Level Rise Impacts
As communities grapple with rising seas and more frequent flooding events, they need improved projections of future rising and flooding over multiple time horizons, to assist in a multitude of planning efforts. There are currently a few different tools available that communities can use to plan, inc...
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| author | Emily A. Smith William Sweet Molly Mitchell Ricardo Domingues Ricardo Domingues Christopher P. Weaver Molly Baringer Gustavo Goni John Haines J. Derek Loftis John Boon David Malmquist |
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| description | As communities grapple with rising seas and more frequent flooding events, they need improved projections of future rising and flooding over multiple time horizons, to assist in a multitude of planning efforts. There are currently a few different tools available that communities can use to plan, including the Sea Level Report Card and products generated by a United States. Federal interagency task force on sea level rise. These tools are a start, but it is recognized that they are not necessarily enough at present to provide communities with the type of information needed to support decisions that range from seasonal to decadal in nature, generally over relatively small geographic regions. The largest need seems to come from integrated models and tools. Agencies need to work with communities to develop tools that integrate several aspects (rainfall, tides, etc.) that affect their coastal flooding problems. They also need a formalized relationship with end users that allows agency products to be responsive to the various needs of managers and decision makers. Existing boundary organizations can be leveraged to meet this need. Focusing on addressing these needs will allow agencies to create robust solutions to flood risks, leading to truly resilient communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a9103ca48c80448592aefd7379441b042022-12-22T00:36:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452019-06-01610.3389/fmars.2019.00300434011Treading Water: Tools to Help US Coastal Communities Plan for Sea Level Rise ImpactsEmily A. Smith0William Sweet1Molly Mitchell2Ricardo Domingues3Ricardo Domingues4Christopher P. Weaver5Molly Baringer6Gustavo Goni7John Haines8J. Derek Loftis9John Boon10David Malmquist11University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science (CPAESS), Silver Spring, MD, United StatesNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, DC, United StatesVirginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, United StatesNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, DC, United StatesCooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United StatesU.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, United StatesNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, DC, United StatesNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, DC, United StatesU.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, United StatesVirginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, United StatesVirginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, United StatesVirginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, United StatesAs communities grapple with rising seas and more frequent flooding events, they need improved projections of future rising and flooding over multiple time horizons, to assist in a multitude of planning efforts. There are currently a few different tools available that communities can use to plan, including the Sea Level Report Card and products generated by a United States. Federal interagency task force on sea level rise. These tools are a start, but it is recognized that they are not necessarily enough at present to provide communities with the type of information needed to support decisions that range from seasonal to decadal in nature, generally over relatively small geographic regions. The largest need seems to come from integrated models and tools. Agencies need to work with communities to develop tools that integrate several aspects (rainfall, tides, etc.) that affect their coastal flooding problems. They also need a formalized relationship with end users that allows agency products to be responsive to the various needs of managers and decision makers. Existing boundary organizations can be leveraged to meet this need. Focusing on addressing these needs will allow agencies to create robust solutions to flood risks, leading to truly resilient communities.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00300/fullsea levelcoastal processesinundationsea level risecommunity planning |
| spellingShingle | Emily A. Smith William Sweet Molly Mitchell Ricardo Domingues Ricardo Domingues Christopher P. Weaver Molly Baringer Gustavo Goni John Haines J. Derek Loftis John Boon David Malmquist Treading Water: Tools to Help US Coastal Communities Plan for Sea Level Rise Impacts Frontiers in Marine Science sea level coastal processes inundation sea level rise community planning |
| title | Treading Water: Tools to Help US Coastal Communities Plan for Sea Level Rise Impacts |
| title_full | Treading Water: Tools to Help US Coastal Communities Plan for Sea Level Rise Impacts |
| title_fullStr | Treading Water: Tools to Help US Coastal Communities Plan for Sea Level Rise Impacts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Treading Water: Tools to Help US Coastal Communities Plan for Sea Level Rise Impacts |
| title_short | Treading Water: Tools to Help US Coastal Communities Plan for Sea Level Rise Impacts |
| title_sort | treading water tools to help us coastal communities plan for sea level rise impacts |
| topic | sea level coastal processes inundation sea level rise community planning |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00300/full |
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