Articles | Volume 21, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2705-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2705-2021
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Extreme floods of Venice: characteristics, dynamics, past and future evolution (review article)

Piero Lionello, David Barriopedro, Christian Ferrarin, Robert J. Nicholls, Mirko Orlić, Fabio Raicich, Marco Reale, Georg Umgiesser, Michalis Vousdoukas, and Davide Zanchettin

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In this review we describe the factors leading to the extreme water heights producing the floods of Venice. We discuss the different contributions, their relative importance, and the resulting compound events. We highlight the role of relative sea level rise and the observed past and very likely future increase in extreme water heights, showing that they might be up to 160 % higher at the end of the 21st century than presently.
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