Articles | Volume 27, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-3911-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-3911-2023
Research article
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06 Nov 2023
Research article |  | 06 Nov 2023

Understanding the compound flood risk along the coast of the contiguous United States

Dongyu Feng, Zeli Tan, Donghui Xu, and L. Ruby Leung

Data sets

Water level change time series for the European coast from 1977 to 2100 derived from climate projections K. Yan, S. Muis, M. Irazoqui Apecechea, and M. Verlaan https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.8c59054f

Model code and software

Compound flood risk analysis in CONUS D. Feng https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7588256

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Short summary
This study assesses the flood risks concurrently induced by river flooding and coastal storm surge along the coast of the contiguous United States using statistical and numerical models. We reveal a few hotspots of such risks, the critical spatial variabilities within a river basin and over the whole US coast, and the uncertainties of the risk assessment. We highlight the importance of weighing different risk measures to avoid underestimating or exaggerating the compound flood impacts.