Causes of accelerated High-Tide Flooding in the U.S. since 1950

Abstract The U.S. coastlines have experienced rapid increases in occurrences of High Tide Flooding (HTF) during recent decades. While it is generally accepted that relative mean sea level (RMSL) rise is the dominant cause for this, an attribution to individual components is still lacking. Here, we u...

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Main Authors: Qiang Sun, Sönke Dangendorf, Thomas Wahl, Philip R. Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-12-01
Series:npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-023-00538-5