Investigating compound flooding in an estuary using hydrodynamic modelling: a case study from the Shoalhaven River, Australia

Kumbier, Kristian; Carvalho, Rafael C.; Vafeidis, Athanasios T.; Woodroffe, Colin D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-463-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-463-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-463-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 2

Research article

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12 Feb 2018

Research article |

| 12 Feb 2018

Investigating compound flooding in an estuary using hydrodynamic modelling: a case study from the Shoalhaven River, Australia

Kristian Kumbier, Rafael C. Carvalho, Athanasios T. Vafeidis, and Colin D. Woodroffe

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Nov 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Kristian Kumbier, 04 Dec 2017
RC2: 'Reviewer #2', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Nov 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Kristian Kumbier, 21 Dec 2017
SC1: 'Comment to the paper', Emanuele Bevacqua, 21 Dec 2017

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (26 Dec 2017) by Bruno Merz

AR by Kristian Kumbier on behalf of the Authors (04 Jan 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (08 Jan 2018) by Bruno Merz

AR by Kristian Kumbier on behalf of the Authors (09 Jan 2018)

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This study investigates compound flooding in an estuary by quantifying horizontal (flood extent) and vertical differences (inundation depth) in flood risk estimates resulting from a separation of storm surge and river flooding. Results demonstrated large underestimation of flood risk when river discharge was excluded. We recommend considering storm surge and river flooding processes jointly in estuaries with large catchment areas which are known to have a quick response time to extreme rainfall.