The role of morphodynamics in predicting coastal flooding from storms on a dissipative beach with sea level rise conditions

Cueto, Jairo E.; Otero Díaz, Luis J.; Ospino-Ortiz, Silvio R.; Torres-Freyermuth, Alec

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-713-2022

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Coastal hazards and hydro-meteorological extremes

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07 Mar 2022

Research article |

| 07 Mar 2022

The role of morphodynamics in predicting coastal flooding from storms on a dissipative beach with sea level rise conditions

Jairo E. Cueto, Luis J. Otero Díaz, Silvio R. Ospino-Ortiz, and Alec Torres-Freyermuth

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RC1:
'Comment on nhess-2021-210', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Aug 2021

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://nhess.copernicus.org/preprints/nhess-2021-210/nhess-2021-210-RC1-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2021-210-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Jairo Cueto, 14 Nov 2021
  
  Dear editor,
  We thank the reviewer 1 for his time and dedication on commenting our manuscript. Attached you will find the answer to all his comments and suggestions.
  Best regards,
  Jairo Cueto
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2021-210-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on nhess-2021-210', Pushpa Dissanayake, 27 Sep 2021

I read the m/s with great interest. Authors have investigated the extent of coastal flooding using previously calibrated two numerical models, SWAN and XBeach. Their main focus is to explore the flooding extend with and without morphodynamics in the simulations considering 5 scenarios (1 extreme event and 4 Cold front) together with sea level rise (SLR) and 3 scenarios with high tide. Approach and analyses support to derive their conclusions.

The content is interested for the NHESS readers. However, I found, the m/s needs careful improvements from abstract to conclusions. Therefore, I recommend moderate revision as suggested below (attached pdf) before accepting for publication.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2021-210-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Jairo Cueto, 14 Nov 2021
  
  Dear editor,
  We thank the reviewer 2, Pushpa Dissanayake, for his time and dedication on commenting our manuscript. Attached you will find the answer to all his comments and suggestions.
  Best regards,
  Jairo Cueto
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2021-210-AC2

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (24 Nov 2021) by Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla

AR by Jairo Cueto on behalf of the Authors (01 Dec 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (14 Dec 2021) by Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla

AR by Jairo Cueto on behalf of the Authors (24 Dec 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (13 Jan 2022) by Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla

ED: Publish as is (26 Jan 2022) by Heidi Kreibich (Executive editor)

AR by Jairo Cueto on behalf of the Authors (27 Jan 2022)

Short summary

We investigate the importance of morphodynamics on flooding estimation during storms with sea level rise conditions on a microtidal beach. XBeach and SWAN were the numerical models used to test several case studies. The results indicate that numerical modeling of flooding should be approached by considering morphodynamics; ignoring them can underestimate flooding by ~ 15 %. Moreover, beach erosion and flooding are intensified by sea level rise and high tides in ~ 69 % and ~ 65 %, respectively.