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The role of morphodynamics in predicting coastal flooding from storms on a dissipative beach with sea level rise conditions
Coastal Geology and Sedimentology Group, Institute of Geosciences,
Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
Research Group in Natural and Exact Sciences – GICNEX, Department of
Natural and Exact Sciences, Universidad de la Costa, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Luis J. Otero Díaz
Research Group in Geosciences – GEO4, Department of Physics and
Geosciences, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Silvio R. Ospino-Ortiz
Research Group in Geosciences – GEO4, Department of Physics and
Geosciences, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Centro de Investigación de Ingeniería de Cormagdalena –
CIIC, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Alec Torres-Freyermuth
Coastal Processes and Engineering Laboratory – LIPC, Engineering
Institute, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Sisal, Yucatán, Mexico
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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.
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