Compound hydrometeorological extremes: Drivers, mechanisms and methods

W Zhang, M Luo, S Gao, W Chen, V Hari… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Compound extremes pose immense challenges and hazards to communities, and this is
particularly true for compound hydrometeorological extremes associated with deadly floods …

Perspective on uncertainty quantification and reduction in compound flood modeling and forecasting

P Abbaszadeh, DF Munoz, H Moftakhari… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
This perspective discusses the importance of characterizing, quantifying, and accounting for
various sources of uncertainties involved in different layers of hydrometeorological and …

Climate change exacerbates hurricane flood hazards along US Atlantic and Gulf Coasts in spatially varying patterns

R Marsooli, N Lin, K Emanuel, K Feng - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
One of the most destructive natural hazards, tropical cyclone (TC)–induced coastal flooding,
will worsen under climate change. Here we conduct climatology–hydrodynamic modeling to …

Increasing sequential tropical cyclone hazards along the US East and Gulf coasts

D Xi, N Lin, A Gori - Nature Climate Change, 2023 - nature.com
Two tropical cyclones (TCs) that make landfall close together can induce sequential hazards
to coastal areas. Here we investigate the change in sequential TC hazards in the historical …

A globally consistent local-scale assessment of future tropical cyclone risk

N Bloemendaal, H de Moel, AB Martinez, S Muis… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
There is considerable uncertainty surrounding future changes in tropical cyclone (TC)
frequency and intensity, particularly at local scales. This uncertainty complicates risk …

Tropical cyclone-blackout-heatwave compound hazard resilience in a changing climate

K Feng, M Ouyang, N Lin - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Tropical cyclones (TCs) have caused extensive power outages. The impacts of TC-caused
blackouts may worsen in the future as TCs and heatwaves intensify. Here we couple TC and …

[HTML][HTML] Global projections of intense tropical cyclone activity for the late twenty-first century from dynamical downscaling of CMIP5/RCP4. 5 scenarios

TR Knutson, JJ Sirutis, M Zhao, RE Tuleya… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
Global Projections of Intense Tropical Cyclone Activity for the Late Twenty-First Century from
Dynamical Downscaling of CMIP5/RCP4.5 Scenarios in: Journal of Climate Volume 28 Issue 18 …

Advancing global storm surge modelling using the new ERA5 climate reanalysis

JCM Dullaart, S Muis, N Bloemendaal, JCJH Aerts - Climate Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
This study examines the implications of recent advances in global climate modelling for
simulating storm surges. Following the ERA-Interim (0.75°× 0.75°) global climate reanalysis …

Accounting for tropical cyclones more than doubles the global population exposed to low-probability coastal flooding

JCM Dullaart, S Muis, N Bloemendaal… - … Earth & Environment, 2021 - nature.com
Storm surges that occur along low-lying, densely populated coastlines can leave
devastating societal, economical, and ecological impacts. To protect coastal communities …

Assessing compound flooding from landfalling tropical cyclones on the North Carolina coast

A Gori, N Lin, J Smith - Water Resources Research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical cyclone (TC) events are major drivers of compound flooding due to the interaction
of wind‐driven storm surge and TC rainfall. Traditionally, coastal flood risk models have only …