Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 8
Articles | Volume 18, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2127-2018
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 8
Research article
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10 Aug 2018
Research article |  | 10 Aug 2018

Understanding epistemic uncertainty in large-scale coastal flood risk assessment for present and future climates

Michalis I. Vousdoukas, Dimitrios Bouziotas, Alessio Giardino, Laurens M. Bouwer, Lorenzo Mentaschi, Evangelos Voukouvalas, and Luc Feyen

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We examine sources of epistemic uncertainty in coastal flood risk models. We find that uncertainty from sea level estimations can be higher than that related to greenhouse gas emissions or climate prediction errors. Of comparable importance is information on coastal protection levels and the topography. In the absence of large datasets with sufficient resolution and accuracy, the last two factors are the main bottlenecks in terms of estimating coastal flood risks at large scales.
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