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Generating Boundary Conditions for Compound Flood Modeling in a Probabilistic Framework
Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
National Center for Integrated Coastal Research, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
Thomas Wahl
Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
National Center for Integrated Coastal Research, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
Sara Santamaria-Aguilar
Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
National Center for Integrated Coastal Research, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
Robert Jane
Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
National Center for Integrated Coastal Research, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
Sönke Dangendorf
Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118-5698, USA
Hanbeen Kim
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
High Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Gabriele Villarini
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
High Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Short summary
Compound flooding occurs when multiple drivers, such as heavy rain and storm surge, occur simultaneously. Comprehensive compound flood risk assessments require simulating many storm events using flood models, but such historical data are limited. To address this, we developed a statistical framework to generate large numbers of synthetic yet realistic storm events for use in compound flood modeling.
Compound flooding occurs when multiple drivers, such as heavy rain and storm surge, occur...
