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Compound flood impact of water level and rainfall during tropical cyclone periods in a coastal city: the case of Shanghai
Hanqing Xu
Institute of Eco-Chongming (IEC), Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of Education), and School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University
of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Geosciences, University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Zhan Tian
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University
of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China
Laixiang Sun
School of Finance & Management, SOAS University of London, London, WC1H 0XG, UK
Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Qinghua Ye
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Geosciences, University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Deltares, Delft, the Netherlands
Elisa Ragno
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Geosciences, University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Jeremy Bricker
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Geosciences, University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Ganquan Mao
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University
of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
Jinkai Tan
School of Atmospheric Sciences and Key Laboratory of Tropical
Atmosphere–Ocean System (Ministry of Education), Sun Yat-sen University,
Zhuhai, China
Jun Wang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Eco-Chongming (IEC), Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of Education), and School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Qian Ke
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Geosciences, University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Shuai Wang
Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
Ralf Toumi
Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
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A hydrodynamic model and copula methodology were used to set up a joint distribution of the peak water level and the inland rainfall during tropical cyclone periods, and to calculate the marginal contributions of the individual drivers. The results indicate that the relative sea level rise has significantly amplified the peak water level. The astronomical tide is the leading driver, followed by the contribution from the storm surge.
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