Sea-level rise and flooding in coastal riverine flood plains

Abstract

This work presents a method for calculating the contributions of sea-level rise and urban growth to flood risk in coastal flood plains. The method consists of hydraulic/hydrological, urban growth and flood-damage quantification modules. The hydraulic/hydrological module estimates peak annual flows to generate flood stages impacted by sea-level rise within flood plains. A model for urban growth predicts patterns of urbanization within flood plains over the period 2010–2050. The flood-damage quantification module merges flood maps and urbanization predictions to calculate the expected annual flood damage (EAFD) for given scenarios of sea-level rise. The method is illustrated with an application to the Tijuana River of southern California, USA, and northwestern Mexico, where the EAFD is predicted to increase by over US$100 million because of sea-level rise of 0.25–1.0 m and urban growth by the year 2050. It is shown that urbanization plays a principal role in increasing the EAFD in the study area for the range of sea-level rise considered.

Editor Z.W. Kundzewicz

Citation Garcia, E.S. and Loáiciga, H.A., 2013. Sea-level rise and flooding in coastal riverine flood plains. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 59 (1), 204–220.     

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河套华北地区旱涝的前期环流异常与大西洋海温的关系及其数值模拟

首先分析了河套华北地区旱涝的前期异常环流，然后探讨了这种异常环流形成的机制，最后采用了ＯＳＵ－ＡＧＣＭ作了大西洋地区热源异常强迫的数值试验。结果表明，大西洋地区海温异常强迫激发的定常波向上、下游的能量传播，造成的前期秋冬季环流异常与河套华北地区的夏季旱涝有较好的对应关系。     

河口涨落潮槽水动力特征及河槽类型判定

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Babbling brook to thunderous torrent: Using sound to monitor river stage

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ENSO事件对长江上游1470-2003年旱涝灾害影响分析

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山洪泥石流风险评估与风险管理理论与方法

针对山洪灾害防治研究工作中只关注暴雨-洪水的作用,忽视泥沙淤积导致的洪水-泥沙耦合致灾的问题,重建考虑松散固体物源储量空间异质性的影响因子体系,面向山区小流域复杂下垫面环境进行敏感性分析,利用地理信息空间分析、多重共线性检验计算影响因子贡献度指标,通过不同类型的贡献度-集成学习耦合算法对阿坝州5250条小流域山洪水沙灾害易发度进行识别,构建基于数据驱动的山区暴雨山洪水沙灾害早期识别方法。结果表明：山洪水沙灾害在空间上表现出一定的聚集性,影响因子特定区间对于灾害发生具有更高敏感性,部分影响因子对于灾害发生的敏感性规律具有相似性。阿坝州东部、中南部部分地区以及西北部少部分地区为高易发区,与固体物源累积高频区较为接近,洪水-泥沙耦合致灾概率相对较大,较低和低易发区主要分布在阿坝州西部和西南部地区,与固体物源累积高频区重叠度较小,洪水在致灾过程中起主导作用可能性相对较大。相对于山洪风险调查评估研究结果,基于数据驱动的山洪水沙灾害易发性早期识别结果的高易发区灾害密度更大,高风险覆盖度提高23.2—45.4个百分点。

     

Biogeochemistry of dissolved carbon,major, and trace elements during spring flood periods on the Ob River

Detailed knowledge of the flood period of Arctic rivers remains one of the few factors impeding rigorous prediction of the effect of climate change on carbon and related element fluxes from the land to the Arctic Ocean. In order to test the temporal and spatial variability of element concentration in the Ob River (western Siberia) water during flood period and to quantify the contribution of spring flood period to the annual element export, we sampled the main channel year round in 2014–2017 for dissolved C, major, and trace element concentrations. We revealed high stability (approximately ≤10% relative variation) of dissolved C, major, and trace element concentrations in the Ob River during spring flood period over a 1‐km section of the river channel and over 3 days continuous monitoring (3‐hr frequency). We identified two groups of elements with contrasting relationship to discharge: (a) DIC and soluble elements (Cl, SO₄, Li, B, Na, Mg, Ca, P, V, Cr, Mn, As, Rb, Sr, Mo, Ba, W, and U) negatively correlated (p < 0.05) with discharge and exhibited minimal concentrations during spring flood and autumn high flow and (b) DOC and particle‐reactive elements (Al, Fe, Ti, Y, Zr, Nb, Cs, REEs, Hf, Tl, Pb, and Th), some nutrients (K), and metalloids (Ge, Sb, and Te), positively correlated (p < 0.05) with discharge and showed the highest concentrations during spring flood. We attribute the decreased concentration of soluble elements with discharge to dilution by groundwater feeding and increased concentration of DOC and particle‐reactive metals with discharge to leaching from surface soil, plant litter, and suspended particles. Overall, the present study provides first‐order assessment of fluxes of major and trace elements in the middle course of the Ob River, reveals their high temporal and spatial stability, and characterizes the mechanism of river water chemical composition acquisition.