OS11E:
Flooding on Coral Reef–Lined Coasts: Current State of Knowledge and Future Challenges Posters


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Session ID#: 44473

Session Description:
Wave-driven coastal flooding is a challenging scientific and emerging societal problem. The need for forecasts and warnings is becoming more urgent due to sea-level rise, climate change, and ever-growing coastal populations. This is especially true for coral reef-lined coasts that have complex bathymetry, hydrodynamically rough reef platforms, steep and poorly sorted beaches, and low coastal elevations. To advance our understanding and skill at predicting flooding on coral reef-lined coasts, a concerted effort from a number of disciplines, including climatology, oceanography, geology, and ecology, is required. This session focuses on advancements in understanding and predicting local sea levels, offshore wave climates, wave transformation and water levels across reefs, and linkages between coral reefs and shorelines. Summaries of current local or regional-scale studies, including modeling exercises, are encouraged, especially if they evaluate responses to changes in sea level or the impact on infrastructure, habitats, agriculture, or freshwater availability.
Primary Convener:  Curt Daron Storlazzi, U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Conveners:  Ap Van Dongeren, Deltares, Delft, Netherlands and Gundula Winter, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
Primary Liaison:  Curt Daron Storlazzi, US Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, United States
Chairs:  Curt Daron Storlazzi, US Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, United States and Ap Van Dongeren, Deltares, Delft, Netherlands
OSPA Liaison:  Curt Daron Storlazzi, US Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • NH - Natural Hazards
Index Terms:

1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4217 Coastal processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4220 Coral reef systems [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4304 Oceanic [NATURAL HAZARDS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

A reef island developed with sea level rise in a cyclone-prone region: Dongsha Island, South China Sea (404424)
Shou-Yeh Gong, National Museum of Natural Science, Geology, Taichung, Taiwan
Analyzing Austral Swells in La Reunion Island Using Microseismic Noise and Ocean Bottom Data in Fringing Reef Environment (392483)
Emmanuel Cordier1, Elisa J. Rindraharisaona2, Guilhem Barruol3, Fabrice R. Fontaine4, Manvendra Singh5 and Alicia Gonzalez4, (1)Université de La Réunion, OSU-Réunion, Saint Denis, Reunion, (2)Université de La Réunion, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Laboratoire GéoSciences Réunion, Saint Denis, France, (3)Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS (UMR 7154), 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France, Paris, France, (4)Laboratoire GéoSciences Réunion, Université de La Réunion, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR CNRS 7154, Université Paris Diderot, F-97744 Saint Denis, France., Saint-Denis, France, (5)Mauritius Oceanography Institute, Quatre Borne, Mauritius
Effect of Reef Degradation on Sediment Flushing through Reef Gaps: Whitehouse, Jamaica (414639)
Christopher Daly, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States and Jaap Nienhuis, Utrecht University, Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht, Netherlands
An Early Warning System for Marine Flooding of Reef-Lined Islands (404345)
William J Skirving1, Curt Daron Storlazzi2, Ap Van Dongeren3, Robert Timothy McCall3, Ronald K Hoeke4, Eric W Leuliette5, Benjamin L Marsh6, Jacqueline L De La Cour7, Gang Liu8 and C. Mark Eakin9, (1)NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (2)US Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, United States, (3)Deltares, Delft, Netherlands, (4)CSIRO, Oceans and Atmosphere, Aspendale, Australia, (5)NOAA College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (6)NOAA, Cranbrook, Australia, (7)NOAA Coral Reef Watch-UMD/CISESS, College Park, United States, (8)NOAA Coral Reef Watch-UMD_CICS, College Park, United States, (9)NOAA/NESDIS/STAR Coral Reef Watch, College Park, MD, United States
The influence of sea level on incident wave, infragravity wave, and non-linear low-frequency bore evolution across fringing coral reefs (395501)
Curt Daron Storlazzi, USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, United States and Olivia M Cheriton, USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Towards a global forecast for wave-induced flooding on coral reef-lined coastlines (351152)
Robert Timothy McCall1, Cornelis Nederhoff III1, Ellen Quataert1, Gerben Hagenaars1, Curt Daron Storlazzi2, Stuart Pearson3 and Ap Van Dongeren1, (1)Deltares, Delft, Netherlands, (2)US Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, United States, (3)Delft University of Technology, Hydraulic Engineering, Delft, Netherlands

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